Regulators begin hearings on how much customers should pay for Georgia nuclear reactors

Views of units 3, from left, and 4 at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro are shown in July 2023. Georgia Power Co. announced Monday, March 4, 2024, that Unit 4 has begun generating electricity and connecting to the electric grid for the first time. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP/file)

Views of units 3, from left, and 4 at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro are shown in July 2023. Georgia Power Co. announced Monday, March 4, 2024, that Unit 4 has begun generating electricity and connecting to the electric grid for the first time. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP/file)

ATLANTA — Georgia Power Co. is urging the state's utility regulators to approve a deal to pay for the company's new nuclear reactors as a few holdout opponents keep fighting to try to get the Public Service Commission to keep the utility from collecting any cost overruns for the two reactors at Plant Vogtle.

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