JEA is eyeing a potential rate increase that could affect thousands of households in Northeast Florida.

The JEA Board of Directors will hold a workshop Tuesday morning to discuss a proposed increase to electric, water and wastewater rates in fiscal years 2025 and 2026.

The second of two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has entered commercial operation.

Plant Vogtle unit 4 generates electricity and connects with the grid

A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in the second of its two new reactors, in a key step toward providing carbon-free electricity.

Georgia Power Co. says vibrations found in a cooling system of its second new nuclear reactor will delay when the unit begins generating power.

Regulators have unanimously approved an additional 6% rate increase to pay for remaining costs at Georgia Power Co.’s Plant Vogtle.

Georgia Power Co. is urging the state’s utility regulators to approve a deal to pay for the company’s new nuclear reactors.

JEA leaders met on Tuesday to talk about the electric bills of area residents and what they will be paying next year.

Georgia Power Co. says increased demand for electricity is coming fast, asking regulators on Friday to let it secure more power generation ahead of schedule.

Georgia Power Co. will pay $413 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the utility of reneging on financial promises to one of its nuclear reactor partners.

Residential customers of Georgia’s largest electrical utility could see their bills rise by $9 a month to pay for a new nuclear power plant.

Workers have begun loading radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in Georgia.

A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation.

Federal regulators have approved plans to load radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in Georgia.

Commercial operation of a new reactor at a Georgia nuclear power plant has been delayed for at least another month.

A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has reached its full power output for the first time.

The first of two nuclear reactors in Georgia is generating electricity and could be days away from achieving full-power operation.

The first new U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades has begun generating electricity.

Plant Vogtle generates electricity for the first time.

JEA took another step into its new headquarters downtown on Tuesday.

A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors.

JEA bills could be going up again, but it might be a more modest increase than expected. The increase may be offset by a reduction on another part of your bill.

Georgia Power Co. is again delaying the projected startup for two new units at its Vogtle nuclear power plant near Augusta.

The JEA Board of Directors’ monthly meeting was held Tuesday.

Workers have begun loading radioactive fuel into a new nuclear reactor in Georgia.

In a Sept. 30 story about a lawsuit over cost overruns at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia, The Associated Press erroneously reported an ownership percentage and the dates that a reactor is expected to start generating electricity and when payments would be made after a lawsuit was settled.

A nuclear power plant being built in Georgia can begin loading radioactive fuel into one of its two new reactors, federal regulators said Wednesday, a key step toward generating electricity at the first new nuclear reactor built in decades in the United States.

The owners of a majority share of a nuclear power plant being expanded in Georgia are suing lead owner Georgia Power Co. They claim Georgia Power is trying to bilk them out of nearly $700 million by unilaterally changing a contract.

The owners of a majority share of a nuclear power plant being expanded in Georgia are suing lead owner Georgia Power Co. They claim Georgia Power is trying to bilk them out of nearly $700 million by unilaterally changing a contract.

Your JEA bill will likely be going up next year.

A nuclear power plant being built in Georgia is now projected to cost its owners more than $30 billion.

Georgia Power Co. now says that the first of two nuclear reactors it’s building at Plant Vogtle near Augusta might not begin generating electricity until as late as March 2023.

Your JEA bill may be higher this month, but it’s expected to drop in March.

The cost of two nuclear reactors being built in Georgia is now $28.5 billion.

Georgia Power Co. is pushing back the startup date for its two new nuclear reactors near Augusta.

Georgia Power Co. customers will likely pay another $224 million a year for the first of two nuclear reactors near Augusta.

Nuclear regulators say they’ll give greater scrutiny to construction of two new nuclear reactors being built in Georgia after an inspection found electrical cables were not properly separated.

Shareholders of Georgia Power Co. may be at more risk of shouldering the utility’s share of cost overruns for the two new nuclear reactors being built at Plant Vogtle.

Two new reactors at Georgia’s Plant Vogtle will cost another billion dollars.

Georgia Power Co. is asking regulators to let it raise annual rates on customers by $235 million a year as the utility seeks to pay for its share of a huge nuclear project.

Already years behind schedule, Georgia Power Co.’s nuclear expansion of Plant Vogtle is even further behind than the company recently acknowledged, independent state monitors and state regulators said.

ATLANTA – The shadow of two nuclear reactors that Georgia Power Co. is building near Waynesboro hangs over two statewide elections for the Georgia Public Service Commission. Electric customers statewide and even in Jacksonville will help pay for Plant Vogtle, as Georgia Power has contracts to provide power from the plant around the Southeast. In District 1, Republican Jason Shaw is seeking a full six-year term after the former state lawmaker was appointed by Gov. Wilson said it’s unfair for Georgia Power to buy excess solar cheaply from rooftop generation and then sell it to other customers at higher expense. “I will give Georgia Power credit for offering a repayment plan,” Blackman said.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – JEA management admits that customers' bills might go up to pay for a nuclear power plant in Georgia that has cost billions of dollars and still isn’t finished. JEA promised to pay 41% of the cost of two reactors at Plant Vogtle, a joint-project with Georgia Power and other utilities located near Waynesboro, Georgia, south of Augusta. Instead of looking at the plant as a huge liability, the JEA says receiving nuclear power will help hold down electric rates in the future. JEA admits there is a change the cost overruns at the plant will require a rate increase, although not immediately. Nothing has been decided and many things could change before electricity from Plant Vogtle begins flowing.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. JEA remains on the hook for nearly $3 billion as part of the Plant Vogtle project, which has seen its costs balloon as construction has fallen behind schedule. During JEAs monthly meeting on Tuesday, members went into a shade meeting. JEA staff members say that besides the cost of the nuclear power plant project, court costs are skyrocketing. JEA promised to pay 41% of the cost of two of the nuclear reactors now being built near Waynesboro, Georgia. Now, because of major construction problems that have delayed the project for years, plus the bankruptcy of other company involved, JEA costs have jumped to over $3 billion.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – JEA’s Board of Directors on Friday signed off on a plan to close a coal-fired power plant in Georgia as part of an effort to shift to cleaner sources of energy. The city-owned utility and Florida Power & Light have jointly owned Plant Scherer, Unit 4, an 848-megawatt plant in Macon operated by the Georgia Power Company, since 1989. Also Friday, JEA committed to a 20-year power purchase agreement with FPL, which is meant to lower the utility’s operating costs and lower carbon dioxide emissions by roughly 1.3 million tons a year. As News4Jax previously reported, JEA remains on the hook for a financial commitment of nearly $3 billion for Plant Vogtle, a power plant located in Waynesboro, Georgia, that remains under construction. The utility tried unsuccessfully to back out of the 20-year power purchase agreement as the project has fallen behind schedule and costs have skyrocketed.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. JEAs efforts to back out of a deal to buy power from a Georgia nuclear plant reached a dead end Wednesday when a federal judge upheld the contract. In a 53-page order, U.S. District Judge Mark Cohen ruled that JEAs power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG) is valid and enforceable, despite the utilitys legal arguments to the contrary. JEA would have been required to pay $1.4 billion of the anticipated $9.5 billion price tag under the fixed-cost agreement. JEA and the city sued in 2018, saying the contract was no longer valid, and MEAG in turn sued for breach of contract. It also noted that the judge lifted a stay on discovery for JEAs claims that MEAG was negligent when it entered the new agreement without JEAs approval.

JEA CEO Aaron Zahn said the future of JEA put plans to build a new headquarters downtown near the courthouse on hold. Zahn told the board and the developer at the meeting that the hold is no longer necessary and they are ready to move ahead. JEA has been in a legal battle over its contract to purchase nuclear power from the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia. That agreement requires JEA to pay a portion of the construction cost and to buy 20% of the power from the nuclear power plant once it goes online. Zahn told the board he will come back next month with an update on the project and the cost.