{"id":1009,"date":"2012-03-15T15:22:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T19:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/separate-cwip-payments-to-georgia-power-wace-call-for-action.html"},"modified":"2012-03-15T15:22:40","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T19:22:40","slug":"separate-cwip-payments-to-georgia-power-wace-call-for-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/separate-cwip-payments-to-georgia-power-wace-call-for-action.html","title":{"rendered":"Separate CWIP payments to Georgia Power &mdash;WACE call for action"},"content":{"rendered":"We don&#8217;t have to wait for\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/03\/how-to-ban-cwip-in-georgia.html\">\nthe Georgia legislature to ban Construction Work in Progress (CWIP)<\/a>\nfor Georgia Power&#8217;s new nukes at Plant Vogtle.\nWACE has put out a clever call for action about CWIP,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiregrass-ace.org\/linked\/Call_For_Action-Go_Solar_Not_Nuclear.pdf\">\nGo Solar, Not Nuclear!<\/a>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s an\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiregrass-ace.org\/linked\/Call_For_Action-Go_Solar_Not_Nuclear.pdf\">\nexcerpt:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiregrass-ace.org\/linked\/Call_For_Action-Go_Solar_Not_Nuclear.pdf\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash4\/s320x320\/430146_10100100207271083_46211743_39653390_1157224289_n.jpg\"><\/a>\nUse two checks each time you pay your bill. One check covers the amount\nyou are forced to pay for \u201cNuclear Construction Cost Recovery\u201d\n(write \u201cfor solar construction\u201d in the memo line). The other check\ncovers the remaining amount of your actual electricity costs.\n<li>\nInclude a note in the letter with your checks voicing your opposition\nto nuclear power and ask Georgia Power to invest your funds in solar\nenergy instead. This note could read:\n<ul>\n<li>\nI oppose nuclear power because of its dangers to our health and our\nenvironment.  (See the nuclear accidents at Fukushima, Chernobyl, and\nThree Mile Island)\n<li>\nI oppose the construction surcharge for nuclear power plants because\nthey are too expensive and waste billions of our tax dollars. (Plant\nVogtle was originally estimated to cost $660 million. Eventually, only\n2 of its proposed 4 reactors were built, costing more than $8 billion,\nand resulting in huge rate hikes for Georgia residents.)\n<li>\nI ask that GA Power invest my money and any collected surcharges in\nsolar instead.\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\nThe\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiregrass-ace.org\/linked\/Call_For_Action-Go_Solar_Not_Nuclear.pdf\">\nPDF of the call<\/a>\nincludes these addresses:\n<table style=\"float:center;\" ><tr><td>\nTim Echols, Chairman\n<br>\nGeorgia Public Service Commission\n<br>\n244 Washington Street SW\n<br>\nAtlanta, GA 30334\n<br>\n1-800-282-5813\n<\/td><td>\nW. Paul Bowers, CEO\n<br>\nGeorgia Power Company\n<br>\n241 Ralph McGill Boulevard NE\n<br>\nAtlanta, GA 30308\n<br>\n1-888-660-5890\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nAnd don&#8217;t forget Georgia Power&#8217;s parent company The Southern Company&#8217;s\nCEO, Thomas Fanning,\nsaid a year ago he&#8217;s\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/southern-company-bullish-on-solar.html\">\n&#8220;bullish&#8221;<\/a> on solar.\nLet&#8217;s see some solar action from The Southern Company and Georgia Power!\n<p>\nHere are <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/who-to-contact-about-nuclear-vs-solar.html\">\nsome more contacts.<\/a>\n<p>\nYou don&#8217;t even have to be a Georgia Power customer to write to these people.\nMost of them are elected or appointed officials who are supposed to represent you,\nthe taxpayers.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We don&#8217;t have to wait for the Georgia legislature to ban Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) for Georgia Power&#8217;s new nukes at Plant Vogtle. WACE has put out a clever call for action about CWIP, Go Solar, Not Nuclear! Here&#8217;s an excerpt: Use two checks each time you pay your bill. 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