In a prepared statement, the company says "this new availability of power will be a strong attraction for the manufacturing and technology companies that Georgia is actively recruiting."
That's a hint to local critics that the plant could trigger future commercial development in the area. The plant will pay county property taxes of $1 million when it is operating.
The statement says the plant will ensure the area will not face the shortages and blackouts currently plaguing California's business and residential community.
Williams plans to use only 30 acres of a 270-acre site near Georgia Highways 92 and 138 in Fairburn, GA. Most of the site will be preserved as green space.
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David Wilkening
David Wilkening began his long journalism career as a police reporter for Chicago-area newspapers. He became a writer-editor for major newspapers in Chicago, Washington, Detroit and Florida. He has been a business editor, political editor and travel editor for newspapers and magazines. He tried for a while to be a political operative but did better as an adjunct college professor teaching English and journalism. He is the author of several books, both ghost-written and under his own name. He is also a widely published freelance writer who currently lives in Orlando.
