Nicole Faulk - Georgia Power

Nicole Faulk
Vice President, West Region • Georgia Power
Nicole Faulk serves as vice president
nuclear interface with the Georgia
of Georgia Power’s West Region, where
Public Service Commission construction
she leads the company’s operations
monitor and staff, as well as with the
for more than 140,000 customers in a
Vogtle project co-owners and the U.S.
19-county area that includes the cities
Department of Energy’s (DOE) loan guar-
of Columbus, Americus, Manchester,
antee staff.
Butler, Richland and Zebulon. In this role,
Faulk is responsible for power delivery,
served as region manager for Georgia
engineering, customer service, sales,
Power’s Metro West Region. In this role,
Prior to her current role, Faulk
economic and community development and external relations.
she was responsible for providing overall leadership for opera-
Faulk joined Southern Company, Georgia Power’s parent
tions, customer service, sales, economic and community devel-
company, in 1998 as an engineer in Southern Nuclear’s pro-
opment and external affairs activities for more than 175,000
fessional development program. She subsequently completed
customers in Cobb, Cherokee, Paulding and Douglas counties,
senior reactor operator training and held positions of increas-
as well as part of Fulton County.
ing responsibility at Farley Nuclear Plant in Alabama and in
the development of Georgia Power’s Vogtle 3 and 4 project,
mechanical engineering from Auburn University. She currently
the first new nuclear power plants to be built in the United
chairs membership for the Cobb Chamber of Commerce and serves
States in more than 30 years. Faulk also served as assistant
as vice chair for the Auburn Engineering Alumni Council. In addi-
to Georgia Power’s executive vice president of nuclear devel-
tion, she serves as a board member for Cobb’s Competitive EDGE
opment and Southern Nuclear’s president of nuclear develop-
program, WellStar Foundation and the Auburn mechanical engi-
ment before she was named nuclear development director for
neering advisory board.
Vogtle units 3 and 4. In this position, she was the primary
Faulk earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in