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Nov 6, 2024 | 
powermag.com | Patty Durand
As an energy professional in Georgia with a front row seat to the construction of Plant Vogtle, I found the October 23 Washington Post editorial endorsing nuclear energy as a tool for combating climate change astonishing.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
utilitydive.com | Patty Durand
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Patty Durand is president and founder of Cool Planet Solutions. On May 31, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm flew to Georgia to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for Plant Vogtle, the first set of nuclear reactors built in the U.S. in nearly 30 years.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
powermag.com | Patty Durand
On Friday, May 31, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm flew to Georgia to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Plant Vogtle, the first set of nuclear reactors built in the U.S. in nearly 30 years, where she called for another 198 large-scale reactors to follow.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
ajc.com | Patty Durand
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm attended the May 31 ribbon-cutting for Plant Vogtle, the first set of nuclear reactors built in the United States in nearly 30 years. I don’t understand how a state that is supposed to regulate its monopoly utilities in the public interest allowed Georgia Power to build a $36 billion nuclear facility that is 10 times more expensive than equivalent generation and that went nearly $20 billion over budget.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
energycentral.com | Patty Durand
image credit: www.truthaboutvogtle.com President, Cool Planet Solutions LLC Patty Durand is the founder of Cool Planet Solutions, LLC. She is a consultant offering services to utilities and regulators with a focus on consumer engagement/education around the topics of...
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Jun 22, 2024 | 
energycentral.com | Patty Durand
On Friday May 31st Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm flew to Georgia to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony for Plant Vogtle, the first set of nuclear reactors to be built in the U.S. in nearly 30 years. "We need two hundred of these by 2050. Two down, one hundred and ninety-eight to go," were her first words. There’s a lot I don’t understand about the world.
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May 24, 2024 | 
saportareport.com | Patty Durand
After 15 years of construction, on April 30, 2024, Georgia Power completed construction of two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, near Waynesboro, Georgia. As a result, Georgia Power will increase residential rates 23.7 percent to pay for its construction, on top of the $1,000 Georgia Power has already collected from customers from an on-bill tariff. If Plant Vogtle is driving a 23.7 percent rate increase, why haven’t you heard that number before now?
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
roanoke.com | Patty Durand
We live in amazing times to experience the benefits of technology, not only with smartphones, computers and medicine, but especially for energy. The number of advancements in how energy is produced and delivered and stored is mind-boggling. Things like data analytics, virtual power plants and distributed energy mean the electricity grid is able to decarbonize affordably and rapidly, and it means people can be engaged in ways never before possible.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
ajc.com | Patty Durand
The number of advancements in how energy is produced and delivered and stored is mind-boggling. Things like data analytics, virtual power plants, grid edge services and distributed energy mean the electricity grid is able to decarbonize affordably and rapidly and it means people can be engaged in ways never before possible.
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Oct 3, 2023 | 
gwinnettforum.com | Patty Durand
(Editor’s note: Patty Durand is president and founder of Cool Planet Solutions and lost a race in the 2022 election for the Georgia Public Service Commission.—eeb)By Patty DurandCONYERS, Ga. | On July 31, Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle’s Unit 3 entered commercial operation after 14 years of construction, and Unit 4 is expected to be completed no later than March of 2024. Plant Vogtle is the only nuclear power plant under construction in the United States.
