Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia Power announced that Unit 3 at the Plant Vogtle nuclear facility in Waynesboro entered commercial service July 31.
A news release from JEA said Plant Vogtle began delivering electricity to Jacksonville’s city-owned utility about 10 a.m.
“Getting to this point has been a long, arduous journey, one that began 15 years ago when JEA signed on to be part of the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project. Units 3 and 4 are the first new nuclear reactors built in the United States in more than 40 years,” JEA said in the release.
“Today’s news also is a reason to be more hopeful about our future as JEA continues to make progress toward our 2030 clean energy goals. Energy from Plant Vogtle ensures we will continue to have a diversified portfolio, helping to assure both reliability, resiliency and a new source of zero-emissions electricity.”
Vogtle Unit 3 is the first newly constructed nuclear unit to enter service in the U.S. in more than 30 years. Vogtle’s Unit 4 is scheduled to start service by early 2024.
“Vogtle Units 3 and 4 will provide up to 500 MW of clean energy to our participant communities for the next 60 to 80 years – providing critical non-emitting power to present and future generations,” MEAG Power President and CEO Jim Fuller said in the release.