Georgia Power Company is lobbying hard for SB-31 because it will make consumers pay IN ADVANCE for the construction of new nuclear power generators at Plant Vogtle. Not only that, ratepayers (that’s us) would begin paying a guaranteed 11.5% profit NOW for the plants that won’t go online until 2017 at the earliest.
SB-31 is called The Georgia Nuclear Energy Financing Act, and that’s what it will do — make the citizens of Georgia finance in advance the construction and profit on new nuclear power plants. It’s understandable why Georgia Power’s well-paid lobbyists are leaning on your state Representative to pass the bill — it would relieve Georgia Power of any risk in building the plants.
The only way to prevent SB-31 from picking your pocket is by calling your state Representative NOW. Our Legislative Director, Jason Pye, tells me a vote may come as early as this afternoon, and certainly by the end of this week.
If you are like most people, you’re not sure who your state Representative is. You can find out at http://www.votesmart.org/official_state.php?state_name=Georgia&state_code=GA&go2.x=11&go2.y=8 — just enter your zip code in the search box and click “GO”.
Once you know WHO your state Representative is, you can find their contact information at http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/house/alpha.html. If your Rep has an email address it is listed there. To get their phone number, click on the “Fact Sheet” link.
The vote can come as early as this afternoon. If voters do not call their Representatives, this bill will pass and we all will be poorer for it. Please, please, PLEASE — CALL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE NOW! Tell them to vote “NO” on SB-31.
You can stop this boondoggle with a phone call or two. Please, DO IT NOW!
