Time Running Out For Public To Weigh In On Georgia Power’s Coal Ash Ponds

When coal-fired power plants burn coal, what’s left over is a toxic
ash mixed with water that gets stored in ash ponds. They look
pretty much like you’d imagine – huge, contained pools of slurry
and particulates – and environmentalists worry about their
potential effects on the ecosystem and drinking water. Georgia
Power is on track to quit adding to its ash ponds by sometime next
year. That’s a mandate in the Integrated Resources Plan the Georgia
Public Service Commission approved this summer.