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Kemp supports energy rate freeze at state Capitol event Wednesday

Gov. Brian Kemp is throwing his support behind Georgia Power's energy rate freeze in the state.

May 21, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Units 1 and 2 of Georgia Power’s Plant Volte nuclear power plant, background, and one of the new new cooling towers brought online in 2024, foreground.

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Georgia Power agrees to hold rates steady, but that doesn't include hurricane recovery costs

Georgia Power announced on Monday that it has agreed to a plan with regulatory staff to hold base power rates steady through the end of 2028. But customer bills could still rise in 2026.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Associated Press and
  • Grant Blankenship
 Georgia Power’s requested rate increase would add $16.29 – about $200 annually – to the average residential customer’s bill over the next three years, starting in 2023 with a $14.32 hike. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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Clock ticking for Georgia voter registration to elect two new members to Public Service Commission

Monday is the last day to register to vote in the June 17 primary to fill two Georgia Public Service Commission seats on an embattled board that has faced criticism for a series of Georgia Power rate hikes over the last several years.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap and
  • Georgia Recorder
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Delayed PSC races heat up as candidates take aim at Georgia Power rate hikes, data center growth

Several candidates are vying to defeat a pair of incumbent Republican Georgia Public Service commissioners in an election that challengers say will become a referendum on rising Georgia Power bills.

April 04, 2025
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap and
  • Georgia Recorder
The five Republican members of the Georgia Public Service Commission meet Dec. 19, 2023, in Atlanta. A lawsuit filed on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, challenges a new law that delays elections for the public utility regulators, saying letting their terms last more than six years violates the state constitution.

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Lawsuit claims that delayed elections for Georgia utility regulator are unconstitutional

A new lawsuit says extending the six-year terms of Georgia's elected public service commissioners violates the state constitution. Georgia WAND Education Fund and Georgia Conservation Voters Education Fund in a Wednesday lawsuit, are trying to overturn the law passed this year allowing the five Republicans to serve longer terms.

July 17, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Plant Bowen, commonly known as Bowen Steam Plant, is a Coal power station, operating, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Euharlee, Ga. The Georgia Public Service Commission approved a deal on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 that allows the company to contract for or build additional generation capacity.

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Utility regulators approve plan for Georgia Power to add new generating capacity

Regulators are approving Georgia Power's plan to build and buy more electrical generation ahead of schedule. The Georgia Public Service Commission voted Tuesday to approve an agreement negotiated between the utility and commission staff.

April 16, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Power offices

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Critics pan Georgia Power fossil fuel plans ahead of state PSC hearing

The state’s utility regulators are set to vote Tuesday on Georgia Power’s proposal to increase its reliance on fossil fuels and renewable energy sources to meet skyrocketing demand.

April 15, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
PSC voting

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State PSC members could avoid voters for years as meter runs on Georgia Power rate hikes

A Georgia environmental organization is pushing against plans to postpone state utility regulator elections until 2025, arguing that further delay denies the rights of several million Georgia Power customers to elect members to a board that has approved several company proposals that have increased the financial burden on ratepayers.

April 05, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap

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Georgia Power could face new law to disclose its cost of power generation on customer bills

A bill aimed at increasing transparency into Georgia Power customer’s bills has cleared the House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee ahead of a critical deadline this week.

February 29, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
 Georgia Power’s requested rate increase would add $16.29 – about $200 annually – to the average residential customer’s bill over the next three years, starting in 2023 with a $14.32 hike. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia Power hikes prompt legislation to restore consumer advocate for PSC electricity rate cases

Two House and Senate legislative committees unanimously backed proposals that would shift the responsibilities of Georgia’s utilities regulators. State legislators also advanced a bill to give the PSC authority over water companies.

February 26, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
 Brionte´ McCorkle

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Voting rights decision may curb push to diversify Georgia, Alabama utility commissions

Plaintiffs in the challenge to Georgia Public Service Commission’s statewide elections appear headed to the U.S. Supreme Court

 

December 18, 2023
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By:
  • Kristi Swartz
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry speaks during a press event at the construction site of Vogtle Units 3 and 4 at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Friday, March 22, 2019 in Waynesboro, Ga. Georgia Power Co.’s parent company announced more cost overruns and schedule delays to the project on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022.

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Georgia Power again presses case for customer rate hike to pay for bloated Plant Vogtle expansion

State regulators heard familiar complaints on Monday about Georgia Power customers paying more for electricity after years of being saddled with runaway expansion costs of the company's Plant Vogtle expansion.

December 05, 2023
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Georgia Power Headquarters

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Georgia Power asks for state OK to tap more fossil fuels to meet demand it failed to forecast

Georgia Power’s planing to substantially expand its reliance on fossil fuels to generate electricity over the upcoming decade. 

October 30, 2023
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
The Keneda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Tech.

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Solar power is a cheap, favored form of renewable energy in GA, but residential solar lags

Solar, the most affordable form of energy in Georgia, has momentous support from both sides of the political aisle — and it’s combating climate change.

July 20, 2023
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By:
  • Kala Hunter
The state Public Service Commission held firm Tuesday on a 5,000-customer cap on Georgia Power’s rooftop solar program.

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State energy regulators approve Georgia Power rate hike

The state Public Service Commission approved a $1.8 billion rate increase requested by Georgia Power on Tuesday that embraced most of an agreement between the agency’s staff and the company presented last week.

December 21, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
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