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News Articles: Public Service Commission

Democrat Alicia Johnson speaks before taking her ceremonial oath of office to join the Georgia Public Service Commission on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025 in the commission meeting room in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

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  • Politics

Alicia Johnson to become first Black woman elected to Georgia's Public Service Commission

Alicia Johnson will become the first Black woman elected to a statewide post in Georgia that isn't a judgeship. She takes office on the state Public Service Commission on Thursday.

December 30, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Power's coal fired Plant Scherer in September 2025. Georgia Power has been given permission to build five new methane gas burning power plants to join Plant Scherer and its sister Plant Bowen as the bedrock power sources for Georgia's data center industry.

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  • Environment

Georgia PSC gives the greenlight to Georgia Power's massive data center spurred expansion

The Georgia Public Service Commission unanimously approved an unprecedented addition of nearly 10 gigawatts to Georgia Power’s ability to make electricity for data centers, a move decried before and after by environmental advocates. 

December 19, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
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. Spurred by the data center industry, Georgia Power seeks to add to its portfolio about twice as much power as Plant Vogtle can produce. Vogtle is the largest nuclear power plant in the country.

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  • Environment

Georgia Power aims to end fears of leaving customers with data center costs with 'last minute' deal

Georgia Power and staff for the Georgia Public Service Commission have reached a tentative promise to cut household power bills.   

December 11, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Guests for the first of two ribbon cutting days for the new units at Georgia Power's nuclear powered Plant Vogtle lounge on a temporary patio on May 29, 2024.

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  • Economy

PSC staff tells commission Georgia Power's request for new capacity could cost customers money

Two reports by professional staff working for Georgia’s Public Service Commission say Georgia Power is vastly overestimating its need for new generation capacity due to the growth in data centers and that customer bills could rise because of that. 

November 24, 2025
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  • Grant Blankenship
stock photo of dollar bills

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  • News

Georgia energy workers donate thousands to GOP regulators

Ahead of Tuesday’s PSC election, money from executives and attorneys for utility companies stream to Republicans.

November 03, 2025
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  • Craig Nelson and
  • The Current
Patty Durand during a Public Service Commission Hearing.

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  • News

Former Public Service Commission candidate charged with stealing Georgia Power trade secrets

Former Democratic Public Service Commission candidate Patty Durand has been arrested and charged with stealing Georgia Power trade secrets.

October 22, 2025
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By:
  • Chase McGee
Fitz Johnson

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  • Politics

PSC candidates aim to energize voters ahead of early voting

Candidates are racing to energize their voters ahead of November’s public service commission election. 

October 08, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
Opposition to the data center in overwhelmingly Republican Monroe County in the lead up to the zoning meeting had been vocal and staunch.

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  • Environment

Monroe County data center loses zoning vote in face of community opposition

Boosters for a planned data center in Monroe County in central Georgia failed to get rezoning approval for the project.

July 29, 2025
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  • Grant Blankenship
Peter Hubbard and Keisha Waites are Democratic candidates for a seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission.  They will face each other in a run-off election on Tuesday, July 15th, 2025.

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  • Elections

Hubbard claims victory over Waites in Democratic runoff for Georgia Public Service Commission

The runoff Tuesday was necessary because neither candidate won a majority in June's primary.

July 16, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Peter Hubbard and Keisha Waites are Democratic candidates for a seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission.  They will face each other in a run-off election on Tuesday, July 15th, 2025.

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  • News

Who the candidates in the runoff election for Public Service Commission are and why it matters

A look at the candidates, the issues and voter turnout in the July 15 Democratic runoff election for a seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission.

July 11, 2025
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  • Orlando Montoya
Tim Echols

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  • News

Republican Echols wins Georgia Public Service Commission primary as Democrats head for a runoff

Republican Tim Echols has won renomination to the Georgia Public Service Commission in a primary election. Democrats Keisha Waites and Peter Hubbard appear headed to a July 15 runoff in mostly complete returns.

June 18, 2025
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  • Associated Press
FILE - Stickers lay on a table inside a polling place, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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  • Elections

Votes trickle in for low-turnout Georgia Public Service Commission primaries

Early voting ends this Friday in primary elections underway for a pair of Public Service Commission seats. All registered voters in Georgia are eligible to vote for each commissioner, no matter where they live.

June 09, 2025
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  • Amber Roldan and
  • Georgia Recorder
Voters line up at the Rose Creek Public Library in Woodstock for the first day of early voting. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Early voting is underway for Georgia PSC races. Here’s what you need to know

For the first time since 2020, Georgia voters have a chance to decide who will represent them on the Public Service Commission.

June 03, 2025
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By:
  • Amber Roldan and
  • Georgia Recorder
The five member Georgia Public Service Commission during the start of public hearings on Georgia Power’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan Tuesday, May 27 in Atlanta.

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  • Environment

Staff for state regulators say they doubt Georgia Power's energy demand predictions

Georgia Power tells state regulators that booming data centers mean it can't quit coal. The regulators' own staff say the numbers don't add up.

May 27, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
The Georgia Public Service Commission at a February 2024 meeting Credit: Screen shot from PSC livestream

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  • News

Is the Public Service Commission really listening? Climate reporters look at the data

Is the Georgia Public Service commission actually listening to constituents who share strong opinions about Georgia Power's Integrated Resource Plan? 

May 22, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello
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