MEAG Power, Participant & Public Power News
Summer 2024
Insights From The 2024 Annual Meeting
Timely presentations included insights into data center and load growth, EVs, power market trends, and the Presidential election.
Georgia is a Hotbed for Data Center Activity
Georgia is on the mind of many companies looking to locate and build data centers, ranking third in the U.S. for hosting cryptocurrency facilities.
To Build or Not to Build? We’ve Reached a Tipping Point
Market and regulatory trends are pushing us to a tipping point where, together, the Participants and MEAG Power staff need to make some critical decisions on future resource supplies.
Energy Emergency Alerts – What to Know
Higher energy demand brings increased risks of EEA conditions in summer and winter.
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LAGRANGE
Lee Kum Kee Sauce Group, a global name in Asian sauces and condiments, will invest up to $288 million in a new manufacturing facility in LaGrange, creating up to 267 jobs in Troup County over the next several years. The facility will produce Asian sauces and condiments to support the company’s future growth in the Americas.
FAIRBURN
Bohannon Road Venture, LLC has announced plans to develop approximately 1.2 million sq. ft. of data center space tabbed as Fairburn Technology Center. The Fairburn project, which would consist of three warehouses, is estimated to be complete by 2028.
NEWNAN
High-end kitchen brand L’Atelier Paris Haute Design will bring its flagship headquarters, showroom and North American factory to Newnan later this fall. L’Atelier Paris creates custom kitchens and ranges that can start around $20,000 and go upwards of $1 million. Currently, the brand has showrooms in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Bordeaux, France.
FORSYTH
Some of the largest warehouse/distribution facilities in the Southeast are centrally located in Forsyth, plus, there’s much more. The city is home to three public safety powerhouses; has direct access to busy I-75; is one hour from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; provides direct access to the Port of Savannah and has rolled out the red carpet for businesses looking for affordable, productive, nonunion labor.
Did You Know?
With ownership stakes in Plant Vogtle Units 1-4 and Plant Hatch Units 1-2, MEAG Power accounts for 1.4% of the net nuclear capacity in the U.S., and 6.4% of the nuclear reactors in the country?
MEAG Power Delivered Energy
- 57% Nuclear
- 5% Hydro
- 22% Gas
- 9% Coal
- 7% Net Purchases
62% Non-Emitting*
*12-month rolling average, as of August 2024
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