Solar Energy Suddenly Gaining Lots of Support in Georgia

Solar Energy Suddenly Gaining Lots of Support in Georgia

An article from Morris News Service appearing in the Rome (GA) News-Tribune (9/28, Jones, 16K) reporting primarily on the political dispute over solar energy between PSC candidates, notes at the end of its article how Georgia Power believes Georgia Solar Utilities should operate. "Georgia Power executives said GaSU should shrink its sights to one-tenth of what the start-up plans and instead of competing, it should simply supply the existing utility which would remain a monopoly." Greg Roberts, vice president of pricing and planning, arguing that "a bigger solar installation like GaSU plans won't operate any cheaper than a small one," stated, "There's not much more economies of scale to it above 20 megawatts."