Who voted for that
Nuclear Construction Cost Recovery Rider
that appears on your Georgia Power bill,
charging you for electricity you won't get from the new plant Vogtle
nukes for years?
Project Vote Smart has
lists of Yeas and Nays for
that Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) charge,
which was in
2009’s SB 31,
"Energy Rate Increases to Finance Nuclear Power Plant Construction".
Compliments to all who voted Nay to this stealth tax
that is slowing down deploying renewable energy in Georgia,
delaying the solar and wind clear path to jobs and energy independence.
Georgia Power customers can also
vote against CWIP with their bill payments.
First let's look at our local delegation:
| District | Who | Party | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Sen. Tim Golden | Turncoat | Yea |
| 174 | Rep. Ellis Black | Turncoat | Yea |
| 175 | Rep. Amy Carter | Turncoat | Yea |
| 176 | Rep. Jay Shaw | Democratic | Yea |
Every one of our local delegation voted for the CWIP rate hike.
Here "Turncoat" as a party indicates they were Democrats at the time,
but since got re-elected as a Democrat in 2010 and then became Republicans
after the election.
Democrat Jay Shaw did not run again.
His son Jason Shaw ran as a Republican and won.
Project Vote Smart is a bit confused by that, and by the party switching,
so I've corrected those points in these lists.
Why do the Yeaers want to let Georgia Power charge its customers for
electricity they won't get for years, if ever?
Also, notice every Democratic and one Republican co-sponsor of SB-31
is out of office.
Don Balfour (GA – R)
J.B. Powell (GA – D) (Out Of Office)
Chip Rogers (GA – R)
Mitchell W. 'Mitch' Seabaugh (GA – R) (Out Of Office)
Ed Tarver (GA – D) (Out Of Office)
Thorborn 'Ross' Tolleson Jr. (GA – R)
Hm, maybe voting for that nuke boondoggle wasn't good politics….
Here are the complete lists of votes on SB 31 for
Senate
and
House.
In the
House list there's former Speaker Glenn Richardson
not voting!
And now he and former Governor Roy Barnes are
suing Georgia Power about CWIP.
-jsq