Three of the four Vogtle project co-owners representing 70% of the ownership (namely Georgia Power, the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and Dalton Utilities) have voted in favour of going ahead with the construction of the Vogtle nuclear power plant expansion near Augusta, Georgia (United States). One of the owners, Oglethorpe Power, asked for an extension and concessions to avoid obligations that it undertook when it became an owner of the project. As a result, the remaining three owners of the project agreed to the extension so that Oglethorpe Power will have more time to consider its vote.
The Vogtle plant is jointly owned by Georgia Power (45.7%), Oglethorpe Power Corporation (30%), the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (22.7%) and Dalton Utilities (1.6%). It has two operating pressurized water reactors manufactured by Westinghouse rated 1,150 MW each, which were commissioned in 1987 and 1989.
As per the expansion project, Georgia Power and Southern Nuclear will build two AP1000 units, Vogtle-3 and Vogtle-4, rated 1,117 MW each. Construction was initially led by Westinghouse, which filed for bankruptcy in March 2017. Georgia Power schedules the Vogtle-3 and Vogtle-4 units to reach commercial operation in 2021 and 2022, respectively.