{"id":4442,"date":"2013-06-30T12:32:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T16:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=4442"},"modified":"2013-06-30T12:34:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T16:34:59","slug":"cobb-coal-exec-prosecution-can-proceed-georgia-court-of-appeals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/cobb-coal-exec-prosecution-can-proceed-georgia-court-of-appeals.html","title":{"rendered":"Cobb coal exec prosecution can proceed –Georgia Court of Appeals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nCobb EMC’s former CEO, who pushed coal plants\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nand is charged with a variety\r\nof crimes, still can be prosecuted.\r\n

\r\nAndria Simmons wrote for the AJC Friday,\r\n\r\nRuling lets case against ex-Cobb EMC chief proceed<\/a>,\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n

\r\nThe Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the indictment of\r\nthe former CEO of Cobb EMC, clearing the way for his prosecution to\r\nproceed.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nIn 2011, former Cobb EMC CEO Dwight Brown was indicted for allegedly\r\noperating the utility as for-profit company that benefited its\r\nleaders. He was charged with 31 counts including theft, false\r\nswearing, conspiracy to defraud the state and racketeering.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nSo former Gov. Roy Barnes may have briefly\r\n\r\ngotten Dwight Brown off on a technicality<\/a>,\r\nbut that show’s back on the road,\r\n\r\ntwo and a half years after it began<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nMeanwhile,\r\n\r\ninsurgents won a majority on Cobb EMC’s board<\/a>\r\nand Cobb EMC is out of the coal plant business\r\nand Cobb’s new CEO Chip Nelson is\r\n\r\ninto the solar business<\/a>.\r\n

\r\n\r\nThe mere threat of\r\ninsurgents running<\/a>\r\ncaused Snapping Shoals EMC to back out of Power4Georgians, the coal-pushing\r\nEMC consortium.\r\nThe\r\n\r\nincumbents won<\/a>,\r\n\r\nbut Snapping Shoals is still not doing coal any more.\r\n

\r\nMaybe some other EMCs and big utilities should change course\r\nbefore their boards get replaced.\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nSouthern Company\r\n\r\ngetting downgraded by S&P for Kemper Coal<\/a>\r\nwith strong hints the same could happen over\r\n\r\nnuclear Plant Vogtle<\/a>\r\ncould be a sign that SO and Georgia Power\r\nneed to\r\n\r\nget on out of coal<\/a>\r\nand\r\n\r\nget on into solar and wind<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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