Correspondence Summary The disclosed correspondence records from DOE fall into two major categories.

The first and most significant category is GA Power Correspondence, or correspondence between DOE, DOE s outside contractors, or DOE s counsel and Georgia Power Company or Georgia Power Company s counsel. These documents are arranged by the name of DOE employee to whom the email was addressed and contain many redactions. DOE justified most of the withholdings under Exemption 5, FOIA s interagency deliberation exemption. Nevertheless, this exemption does not apply to the numerous communications to or from Georgia Power or its counsel. The second category of correspondence consists of correspondence with the DOE s Office of General Counsel. The documents were produced only in paper format and therefore are not posted on this website.