Plans to construct two coal-fired power plants in middle Georgia were dealt a blow on Thursday as Dwight Brown, CEO of Cobb EMC- one of the nations largest Electrical Members Corporations (EMC)- was indicted on 31 accounts of corporate theft by taking, racketeering, and making false statements to government entities. The charges come after 2 years of… [Read more…]
January 8, 2011
by Seth Gunning
FINANCIAL CONCERNS ABOUT COAL PLANTS SPREAD AS COBB EMC CHIEF DWIGHT BROWN IS INDICTED Brown’s Business Schemes Included Power4Georgians January 7, 2011 ATLANTA, GA – Environmental organizations across the state were not surprised to learn that Dwight Brown, the Chief Executive of Cobb EMC and the organizer of Power4Georgians, has been indicted by the Cobb… [Read more…]
February 17, 2010
by Seth Gunning
Democratic Governance, Clean Energy the Focus of National Co-op Dialogue Atlanta, Ga. — Why are electric rates higher for customer in Cobb County, Georgia’s electric membership corporation (EMC) than for other utility customers? That’s only one of the questions Cobb and other EMC members hope to find answers to as the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)… [Read more…]
December 18, 2009
by Seth Gunning
Power4Georgians Targets Rural Georgia Again for Dirty Coal Plant Waynesville, Ga. — A private consortium of electric cooperatives, Power4Georgians (P4G), intends to develop a second 850-megawatt coal-fired plant in Georgia, in addition to Plant Washington, north of Sandersville in middle Georgia. Its second plant would be near Fitzgerald in south-central Ben Hill County. Located on… [Read more…]
December 10, 2009
by Seth Gunning
New Study Finds Prior Estimates Overstate Jobs and Revenue to County; County to Provide $66.4 Million Subsidy and May Need to Fund Infrastructure with New Taxes Sandersville, Ga.— Taxpayers in Washington County face serious risks and will likely not reap the financial and employment perks that supporters of the proposed Plant Washington are promising if… [Read more…]
November 13, 2009
by Seth Gunning
Public Input on Plant Washington Rejected by Washington County Chairman Since the coal-fired Plant Washington was proposed for Middle Georgia in January 2008, citizens in the area have tried to get answers to a number of tough questions. After months of delay, Katherine Cummings, president of the Fall-line Alliance for a Clean Environment (FACE) and… [Read more…]
October 23, 2009
by Seth Gunning
Those of us who have opposed Cobb EMC’s plan to build a new pollution-spewing coal-fired power plant in Washington County were reaffirmed in our position this week at the Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s public hearing on the plant on October 20 in Sandersville. Georgians from many parts of the state attended, but the most impressive… [Read more…]
October 22, 2009
by Seth Gunning
Residents crowd hearing, urge state to opt for cleaner, safer, more beneficial energy sources SANDERSVILLE, Ga. — A diverse cross-section of Georgians packed an elementary school cafeteria in Sandersville Tuesday night to tell state environmental officials that pollution from a planned coal-burning power plant in Washington County posed unnecessary threats to public health and the… [Read more…]
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