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Comment by philipkglass

The massive build-up they have is mostly renewables. Surely, you see the problems with that, right? Georgia is a red state, so it's political suicide to even hint at proposing that.

Large scale solar power generation has more than doubled in Georgia since 2020:

https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/0?agg=1...

Georgia is ranked 7th in the US for solar power capacity:

https://seia.org/solar-state-by-state/

Texas is number 2, behind only California. Solar power is popular in sunny states even if they're "red," though the most heated political rhetoric doesn't reflect that.

parent philipkglass 9 months ago

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