The Georgia Public Service Commission will conduct hearings on Wednesday May 2, 2018 at 10 a.m. on the Georgia Power Company’s 18th Vogtle Plant Construction Monitoring Report in Docket 29849 in Room 110 at the Commission offices at 244 Washington Street, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30334. The hearing will continue if needed on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10 a.m.
 
The Procedural and Scheduling Order dated March 28, 2018 identifies two issues for this proceeding. First is whether the Commission should verify and approve or disapprove the expenditures as made pursuant to the certificate issued by the Commission. Georgia Power is requesting the Commission to verify and approve $448 million in expenditures on the Vogtle Construction Project for the six-month period beginning July 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2017.  The second issue is whether the Commission should modify or revise the information the Company is required to file in each semi-annual Construction Monitoring Report.
 
The schedule for hearings and filings in this docket is as follows:

May 2-3, 2018                                    Georgia Power Company presents direct testimony

June 6, 2018                                       Staff and intervenors file direct testimony

June 27-28, 2018                               Staff and intervenors present direct testimony

July 12, 2018                                       Georgia Power Company files rebuttal testimony

July 26, 2018                                       Georgia Power Company presents rebuttal testimony

August 3, 2018                                    Parties file briefs and/or proposed orders

August 21, 2018                                Commission issues decision at Administrative Session
 
Under Georgia law, within 180 days of the Company’s filing of the 18th VCM Report, the Commission shall verify and approve or disapprove expenditures made pursuant to the certificate.  Additionally, if the Company has proposed revisions to the Projects forecast cost, schedule, and/or configuration the Commission must approve, disapprove, or modify the proposed revisions. According to the statute, if the Commission fails to so act within 180 days after such filing, the expenditures shall be deemed approved by operation of law. The Company has made no such revisions in this proceeding.  The statutory deadline for a Commission decision in this Docket is August 27, 2018. (O.C.G.A. § 46-3A-7(b))
 
The live audio web cast of the hearing is available on the Commission website, http://www.psc.state.ga.us.  Then click on the Audio Broadcast link. The hearing is also Livestreamed at https://livestream.com/PSC. However the link will not be active until approximately five (5) minutes prior to the start time.