2nd Vogtle unit connects to grid

The second new nuclear power unit at Plant Vogtle passed one of its final checkpoints Friday when it connected to the power grid for the first time.  Only a handful of tests remain before Unit 4 can be switched on permanently, where it will (along with Unit 3) provide enough electricity to power one million homes, all with completely clean nuclear energy.  It has been a long and expensive path to construct the first new nuclear reactors built in the U.S. in over thirty years, but when Unit 4 turns on sometime between April and June, Georgia’s energy assets will be RISING…