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News Articles: Public Service Commission

Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Bowen, commonly known as Bowen Steam Plant, burns coal to generate electricity on Dec. 14, 2020, in Euharlee, Ga. The company on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, asked state regulators to allow it to collect billions more from customers beginning in June to pay for the increased costs of coal and natural gas.

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Fuel costs could drive up Georgia Power bills by another 17%

Georgia Power Co. bills could go up another 17% in June to cover the higher costs of natural gas and coal. The unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. told regulators Tuesday that it needs to collect billions more to pay for the fuel it burns to generate electricity for its 2.7 million customers.

March 01, 2023
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  • Associated Press
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
Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Bowen releases steam as it generates electricity from burning coal on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Euharlee, Ga. The electric utility and regulatory staff agreed to a deal on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022 to raise rates by $1.8 billion over three years starting in January.

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Georgia Power deal sets $1.8B rate increase over 3 years

Georgia Power Co. and regulatory staff have reached an agreement that would give the electric utility a $1.8 billion rate increase over three years. That's a little above the midpoint between the $2.9 billion that the electric utility proposed and the $529 million that staff said was justified.

December 15, 2022
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  • Associated Press
 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’s long campaign for state approval to sign off on a 12% rate hike nears final showdown

The final several weeks of Georgia Power’s $2.9 billion rate case will determine whether state regulators sign off on plans for customers to pay hundreds of dollars more per year to keep the lights on.

November 28, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Tim Echols and Patty Durand split image

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An elected Georgia energy regulator blocked her; now she’s suing

A complaint filed Tuesday in federal district court in Atlanta details how Tim Echols blocked rival Patty Durand from his Twitter feed and his Facebook page in July.

November 21, 2022
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  • Mary Landers
House with solar panels

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Georgia Power pushed to expand solar program as state regulators consider 12% rate hike request

Georgia Power is pushing for a 12% increase in electricity rates over the next three years, along with other requests over the next year that could saddle ratepayers reimbursing for higher fuel costs and the snakebitten nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle.

November 11, 2022
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  • 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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Opponents complain Georgia Power’s planned rate hike will squeeze household budgets

At the onset of Georgia Power’s rate case on Tuesday, lawyers advocating for the public’s interest pressed company officials to disclose whether future plans beyond the 2022 rate case could drive up customers’ bills by 45% over the next several years.

September 28, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
The Public Service Commission will vote in 2022 on Georgia Power’s plans for the costly cleaning up of coal-ash and a request for a 12% rate hike of electricity rates.

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Hearings begin on Georgia Power proposal to raise rates 12%

State regulators begin hearings Tuesday on Georgia Power Co.'s request to raise rates by 12% over the next three years. The hearings are likely to see clashes over how much profit the utility should earn and how much solar panel owners should be paid.

September 27, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Preston Thomas, a lawyer for the Georgia Public Service Commission, recommends to state regulators during a hearing Sept. 15, 2022, that 25 applicants who wanted to become official parties in the Georgia Power rate case should either work under the umbrella of an environmental justice agency or speak during the public comment periods. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Power

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Georgia Power rate hike plan gets days in the sun as utility plans to hand customers the tab

Georgia Power’s proposal for a $200 increase to the average household’s yearly electricity costs is set to kick into high gear with a series of public airings before state regulators beginning Tuesday.

September 26, 2022
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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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Want to weigh in on Georgia Power’s proposed rate increase? Here’s how

Georgians will be able to voice their concerns about Georgia Power’s plans to raise electricity rates by 12% during a series of hearings beginning later this month before a final vote in December.

September 19, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap

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Political Rewind: Rulings rain down on Medicaid, water at polling places, and Sen. Graham's subpoena

Monday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp's Medicaid expansion with a work requirement has been approved by a federal judge. Sen. Lindsey Graham's order to appear in Fulton County has been temporarily blocked. And a judge refused to stay a ban on distributing food and water at polling places. 

August 22, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
The line for early voting at the Buckhead Library in Atlanta on May 20, 2022.

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Georgia asks appeals court to return PSC elections to ballot

The state of Georgia is asking a federal appeals court to put elections for public service commissioners back on the November ballot. The appeal came Monday after a federal judge last week found statewide election of Georgia's five commissioners illegally dilutes Black votes.

August 09, 2022
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  • Associated Press
The first voters under Georgia's newly passed voting rules in the East Macon 3 precinct in Macon, Ga., cast their ballots on Tuesday.⁠

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Judge rules Georgia must end statewide PSC elections

A federal judge has ruled that Georgia's statewide election of its five public service commissioners illegally dilutes Black voting power. The judge on Friday ordered the state to not prepare ballots for two races that had been scheduled in November.

August 05, 2022
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  • Associated Press and
  • GPB News Staff

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Ahead of Georgia's PSC vote comes a call for more aggressive action on climate change

The Georgia Public Service Commission is set to decide Thursday on Georgia Power’s new 20-year plan to provide electricity to homes and businesses across the state. It will double the utility’s solar capacity, but some say its plans to fight climate change aren’t aggressive enough.

July 20, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
 Georgia NAACP President James Woodall spoke outside the Richard B. Russell federal courthouse at a July 2020 press conference detailing a lawsuit asking a judge to change the election process used to select Georgia PSC commissioners. The suit alleges the process delivers white candidates who fail to adequately represent Black Georgians.

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Federal trial starts, claiming Black voters disenfranchised by Georgia PSC elections

On Monday, lawyers delivered opening statements and the first witnesses took the stand in an Atlanta U.S. District courtroom as the Rose vs. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger lawsuit got its first hearing. Four Black residents of Fulton and DeKalb counties residents allege that the voting strength of Black people is eroded by a statewide election process used to elect the Public Service Commission.

June 28, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
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