THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 90 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 33 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL GEORGIA BUTTS CRAWFORD JASPER MONROE IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA BARROW CLAYTON COBB DEKALB DOUGLAS FAYETTE FULTON GWINNETT HENRY NEWTON ROCKDALE WALTON IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA CARROLL HARALSON PAULDING IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA CHATTAHOOCHEE COWETA HARRIS HEARD LAMAR MARION MERIWETHER MUSCOGEE PIKE SPALDING TALBOT TAYLOR TROUP UPSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ATLANTA, BARNESVILLE, BREMEN, BUENA VISTA, BUTLER, CARROLLTON, COLUMBUS, CONYERS, COVINGTON, DALLAS, DECATUR, DOUGLASVILLE, FORSYTH, FORT BENNING, FRANKLIN, GRIFFIN, JACKSON, LAWRENCEVILLE, MANCHESTER, MARIETTA, MONROE, MONTICELLO, NEWNAN, PEACHTREE CITY, PINE MOUNTAIN, RIVERDALE, ROBERTA, STOCKBRIDGE, TALBOTTON, THOMASTON, WEST POINT, WINDER, AND ZEBULON.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central Georgia, east central Georgia, north central Georgia, northeast Georgia and west central Georgia, including the following counties, in central Georgia, Baldwin, Bibb, Butts, Crawford, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Putnam, Twiggs and Wilkinson. In east central Georgia, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington and Wilkes. In north central Georgia, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Morgan, Newton, Rockdale and Walton. In northeast Georgia, Clarke, Oconee and Oglethorpe. In west central Georgia, Chattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Heard, Lamar, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Pike, Schley, Spalding, Talbot, Taylor, Troup and Upson. * WHEN...Through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A frontal boundary will be the focus for additional waves of showers and thunderstorms across north and central Georgia through early Monday morning. Additional rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected, with locally higher amounts over 3 inches possible. These amounts will occur on top of widespread heavy rainfall that has already fallen. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. &&
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of Spalding, southeastern Fayette, northeastern Meriwether, northern Pike, southwestern Henry and southern Clayton Counties through 915 PM EDT... At 846 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Hollonville, or 8 miles northwest of Zebulon, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Up to 40 mph wind, pea sized hail and frequent cloud to ground lightning. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of light, unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Griffin, Brooks, Williamson, Woolsey, Sunny Side, East Griffin, Highland Mills, Experiment, Hilltop, Birdie, Vaughn, Hollonville, Alvaton, Rover, Digbey, Lake Horton and Zetella. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM EDT for north central and west central Georgia. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN; MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
ATLANTA — The General Assembly moved closer Thursday toward putting a framework in place to accommodate the growing popularity of electric vehicles in Georgia.
The state Senate Regulated Industries Committee unanimously approved legislation that would pave the way for a planned network of public EV charging stations across the state. The bill passed in the Georgia House of Representatives early this month, also unopposed.
Under House Bill 406, EV drivers would be charged by the kilowatt-hour for the electricity they purchase to power their vehicles, rather than the current system based on the length of time charging takes. The change is necessary in order for Georgia to qualify for $135 million in federal funding to build the public charging stations.
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The legislation calls for the state Department of Agriculture to inspect the charging stations for accuracy, as they do now with gasoline pumps.
To offset the loss of revenue from the state’s sales tax on motor fuels as more motorists switch to EVs, the bill would impose an excise tax of 9 kilowatt-hours on purchases of electricity to power electric vehicles.
Two speakers at Thursday’s committee hearing complained that’s too much. Mark Woodall, legislative chairman for the Georgia chapter of the Sierra Club, said the proposed excise tax would be the highest in the nation, while the flat annual fee of $217 EV owners now pay is the nation’s second-highest.
“We think we ought to be incentivizing EVs,” Woodall said.
Doug Teper, policy manager for Georgia Conservation Voters, said the proposed tax would send the wrong message at a time Gov. Brian Kemp’s goal is make Georgia a leader in electric mobility.
“We don’t want to be known as the state that taxes the most,” he said.
But Sen. Steve Gooch, R-Dahlonega, who co-chaired a legislative study committee that helped develop the legislation, said the proposed rate is designed to be equivalent to what Georgians pay in taxes on a gallon of gasoline.
“We’re not trying to increase the cost of an electric car more than gasoline,” he said.
Gooch said the General Assembly needs to pass the legislation this year in order to make Georgia eligible for the federal funding.
Committee Chairman Bill Cowsert, R-Athens, suggested there will be time later to make adjustments in the tax if necessary because it wouldn’t take effect under the bill until 2025.
The measure now moves to the Senate Rules Committee to schedule a vote of the full Senate.
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