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Southern Company Annual Meeting @ SO 2016-05-25

Road trip to Callaway Gardens for the annual question time with Tom Fanning,
questions provided by environmentalists and Southern Company (SO) stockholders from at least four states.


Energy Mix

This figure from page ii of the meeting Notice illustrates both the problem and the solution for Southern Company.
Natural gas has replaced coal as SO’s top energy source, and Nuclear is still
in there.
But renewables are up to 4%.
And over on the right of the same page:

  • Growth in Renewables

    Approximately 3,800 megawatts of announced
    or added renewable capacity since 2012. This
    includes the development of what is expected to
    be the largest voluntary solar portfolio in the U.S.
    (at Georgia Power Company).

Interesting use of “voluntary”, but never mind that.
If SO keeps that up, it will Continue reading →

Renewable energy world’s second largest source of electricity

Why are we building any new natural gas pipelines when solar and wind
have already won the world?
Plus solar and wind don’t frack, don’t need any fuel, don’t require
eminent domain, and don’t suck up any cooling water.


Alex Kirby, Climate News Network, 19 August 2015,

World’s Second Largest Source of Electricity Is Now Renewables, Continue reading →