Atlanta-based Georgia Power, the largest electricity provider in the state, will start pushing customers in new homes and apartments into a new, non-traditional rate plan as of Jan. 1, 2021. Some groups say the new variable rates could confuse customers and potentially cost them more than rates they are more familiar with.
Author: Matt Kempner
Troubling measurement of pandemic economy: Food pantry lines
One troubling sign of the enduring economic fallout from the pandemic in metro Atlanta: Food pantry lines have gotten longer, with no sign of shrinking anytime soon.
Coca-Cola cutting 500 jobs in Atlanta as its global workforce shrinks
Coca-Cola Company is cutting 500 jobs in its headquarters city of Atlanta and more globally, as it acts on earlier announced plans for voluntary and involuntary separations.
Metro Atlanta rehab hospital gets big give from Home Depot co-founder
Atlanta’s Shepherd Center gets $80 million from Bernie Marcus
Socially distant Santas try new techniques at Georgia malls, stores
Visits to Santa Claus at metro Atlanta malls and stores this year feature plenty of pandemic-inspired twists.
Metro Atlanta shoppers and malls brace for holiday rush amid pandemic
Many metro Atlanta store and mall owners face a make-or-break holiday shopping season after the coronavirus pandemic battered sales earlier this year. Many shoppers are still wary about spending time in indoor public spaces.
Ponce City Market plans major expansion
Ponce City Market in Atlanta unveiled plans for a major expansion of the destination shopping and dining venue.
Former Atlanta office workers hunker down for the long, virtual haul
Some major metro Atlanta employers still aren’t offering projections for when most of their office employees will return to company buildings. Lots of staffers have been working from home since the pandemic took hold. And in recent weeks, several Georgia businesses have unveiled new measures to smooth out how and where employees do their jobs.
Southern exec to become new Georgia Power CEO
Georgia Power, the largest electric provider in the state and perhaps the most powerful corporate voice in state politics, named a new CEO to take office in the spring.
Progress slips again at Vogtle nuclear plant
Georgia Power has fallen further behind on its internal schedule to complete the first of two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, the company disclosed in a filing this week.