First public witness about the GA Power 2013 IRP at the
the Georgia Public Service Commission meeting Tuesday 18 June 2013.
GA Rep. Rusty Kidd district 145, who argued for more solar power.
Rep. Kidd noted
coal Blant Branch closing
would have substantial economic effect on Putnam County.
He said one of his friends was selling his house on Lake Sinclair
because he knew Putnam County taxes would be going up.
Rep. Kidd urged the Commission to have Georgia Power use
the land of Plant Branch for solar energy.
He also noted that the more coal plants that closed,
the more natural gas would have a monopoly,
and then he expected the price of natural gas to go up.
So he concluded by urging GA PSC to have Georgia Power
put solar power on the Plant Branch property in the near future.
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Putnam County sent a delegation to
the Georgia Public Service Commission meeting Tuesday 18 June 2013.
You’ve already seen
Rep. Rusty Kidd; next up was the Putnam County manager.
Unfortunately we had budgeted $275,000, so we’re about $100,000 a year short based on our estimates. That is directly attributable to the loss of coal sales from Plant Branch. Also on top of that we’re losing about $950,000 to $980,000 of property tax. That is about one seventh of our property tax receipts. This is a very big impact to the community.