Although not

one of our favorite companies, Georgia Power had done an admirable job

in keeping ahead of our energy needs, which means we are an energy exporting

state.

Ms. Thompson's

admonition to South Fulton, Fayette and

Coweta to 'don't stick your feet in your mouth' borders on something we

would expect to hear from a Williams Energy representative. We accepted

(reluctantly) two gas-fired plants on the Coweta-Heard county line. Although

those plants are in a fairly rural area, and are smaller than the very

large one now proposed, they have clearly had a most detrimental effect

on living conditions and property values in that area.

The proposed

location for the new plant would directly and negatively impact more than

30,000 citizens. To build any power plant in the Atlanta non-attainment

zone for ozone pollution obviously affects the three million citizens

of the metro area.

To put this

in proper perspective, Williams Energy (an Oklahoma corporation) gets

the money, other states (through the national power grid) get the power,

and the Atlanta metro area gets the noise, visual and chemical pollution,

greatly lowered property values, less healthy air, and loses seven million

gallons of water each day.

We would kindly

urge Ms. Thompson to look at all the facts and rethink her position.

Sincerely,

Brenda and

Chuck Davenport

Fayetteville