Thread by @PattyforGaPSC

In 2009 Georgia and South Carolina both began construction on new nuclear power: Georgia's Plant Vogtle and South Carolina's Plant Summer. Cost overruns were so extreme that by 2017 the main contractor, Westinghouse, went bankrupt.
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That bankruptcy triggered a Go-No Go decision in each state. South Carolina officials decided to cancel Plant Summer. Georgia Public Service Commissioners ignored extensive public comments, energy experts, and their own PSC staff, and voted to continue.

One of them, @timechols, was then and continues to be a shill for nuclear energy. He lied to the media about the facts of the project which was reported in an article prepared by the @EnergyandPolicy. Open records request revealed the lying by Echols.

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Georgians are now faced with the enormous cost of what he did. If $10 billion in cost overruns are added to rates it will be more than many people can bear. Read more in my essay about how this decision impacts Georgians. postandcourier.com/columbia/opini…

#energytwitter #nucleartwitter

Accountability will be seen at the voting both as I work to expose the truth so that unsuspecting Georgians, who reasonably think state officials are looking out for their interests and are trying to keep their rates low, actually aren't. People are hurting now. It's beyond sad.