Georgia Goes Where Florida Wants to Leave
Feb. 27th, 2009 01:25 amThis is almost funny.
Nuclear Bill Gets a Push in Georgia - AJC - 24 Feb 09
"As Georgia lawmakers push forward with a nuclear financing bill this week, their counterparts in Florida are scrambling to undo a similar measure approved three years ago.
In the past two weeks, Florida Republicans, including the state Senate president pro tem, drafted two bills aimed at a 2006 law requiring power customers to pay early for new nuclear reactors. The bills are a reaction to public outrage, after those nuclear fees had an unexpectedly expensive and politically disastrous debut this winter. One power company’s customers saw already spiking bills go up an extra 11 percent due to the nuclear fee. The company backed down two weeks ago, suspending most of the fee for the rest of this year."
"To SB 31’s opponents, that surprise is the lesson of Florida. 'In general, what Florida confirms is what we already know,' said Will Phillips, a lobbyist for AARP. 'Tying the hands of utility regulators, whether in Georgia or Florida, is bad public policy.'"
Nuclear Bill Gets a Push in Georgia - AJC - 24 Feb 09
"As Georgia lawmakers push forward with a nuclear financing bill this week, their counterparts in Florida are scrambling to undo a similar measure approved three years ago.
In the past two weeks, Florida Republicans, including the state Senate president pro tem, drafted two bills aimed at a 2006 law requiring power customers to pay early for new nuclear reactors. The bills are a reaction to public outrage, after those nuclear fees had an unexpectedly expensive and politically disastrous debut this winter. One power company’s customers saw already spiking bills go up an extra 11 percent due to the nuclear fee. The company backed down two weeks ago, suspending most of the fee for the rest of this year."
"To SB 31’s opponents, that surprise is the lesson of Florida. 'In general, what Florida confirms is what we already know,' said Will Phillips, a lobbyist for AARP. 'Tying the hands of utility regulators, whether in Georgia or Florida, is bad public policy.'"