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What Can You Do? Send This Letter Email this to a friend Get email updates Donate to our campaign Tell Southern Company to Invest in Wind! Green America member Eleanor Hand, a long-time Georgia resident and Southern Company shareholder, is working with allies in the Southeast to encourage Southern Company to adopt wind energy. Georgia-based Southern Company is known for dragging its feet and obstructing the development of affordable clean energy that would create thousands of good green jobs in the Southeast. Southern Company has actively blocked state legislation to promote solar energy competitiveness and has delayed the development of offshore wind on Georgia’s coast for five years (even though Southern Company’s own research demonstrates the viability of wind). At the same time Southern Company continues to operate the three largest carbon polluting plants in the nation and is attempting to build the first new nuclear power plants in 30 years. But now, Southern Company has the chance to step-up and become a clean-energy leader! South Carolina utility Santee Cooper is looking for investors in its trail-blazing Palmetto Wind Project which seeks to install nearly 80 MW of offshore wind off the coast of South Carolina. This regional approach to the development of offshore wind will allow Southern Company to quickly offer its customers wind generated power. The knowledge gained about the development of offshore wind energy can be applied to the timely development of leases off the coast of Georgia. Will you join Eleanor Hand and Green America in telling Southern Company to join the Palmetto Wind project, and to become a leader in clean offshore wind energy?
SEND YOUR LETTER NOW! Subject: Thomas A. Fanning, President and CEO; Art Beattie, Chief Financial Officer; Anthony Topazi, Chief Operating Officer; Chris Hobson, Chief Environmental Officer; Paul Bewers, CEO, Georgia Power; and members of the Board: As a resident of the southeast, I strongly encourage Southern Company to pursue offshore wind power. Southern Company has the opportunity to make investments in one of the fastest growing clean energy sources in the US that will benefit your customers and investors for years to come. An investment in offshore wind power will create jobs, generate electricity safely and securely, and utilize a source of power that cannot be affected by price spikes in the future. Research, including Southern Company's own, demonstrates the potential for offshore wind power in the southeast. Now is the time for Southern Company to be a leader and start investing in offshore wind. South Carolina utility Santee Cooper is looking for investors in its trail-blazing Palmetto Wind Project which seeks to install nearly 80 MW of offshore wind off the coast of South Carolina. This regional approach to the development of offshore wind allows Southern Company to quickly offer its customers wind generated power. The knowledge gained about the development of offshore wind energy can be applied to the timely development of leases off the coast of Georgia. We are asking you to join as partners with Santee Cooper in the Palmetto Wind Project and to move quickly with the development of wind generated electricity of the coast of Georgia. Thank you for your consideration, Sincerely, Your Name Your City and State	SIGN THE LETTER HERE First Name* Last Name* Organization Address 1* Address 2 City* State, Zip Country* Email* Enter email again* * Required field Please don't put my name on the website Send me periodic email updates from Green America Remember my contact info next time
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