5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (855+ words) Hundreds of construction workers are on the job around the clock building Georgia’s energy future at Plant Yates, where they’re expanding a former 1950s coal power plant into a state-of-the-art natural gas powerhouse. Georgia Power says it’s part of a massive…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1161+ words) Data centers use tons of electricity. Some of the largest consume as much power as a small city. Meeting those demands is a challenge for the industry. It takes time to build new power plants, tie them into the electric…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (421+ words) It’s Tuesday, Dec. 16 and Dr. Jaha Howard asserts voters have their best chance to help stop more mega data centers from taking over Atlanta neighborhoods — by voting for her as your next state senator. Howard, who is running for Georgia’s…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (486+ words) Professional staff 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. The assertion was made in…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1186+ words) Analysts with the Georgia Public Service Commission’s staff deliver a stark warning in new written testimony: Georgia Power residential customers could see monthly bills jump $20 or more if the PSC allows the utility to complete the historic power fleet expansion…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (418+ words) A recent column in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution titled “Georgia can learn from Texas on energy” suggested our state should follow the Texas model. I offer a different view — one informed by almost four decades in the electric-power industry, including engineering…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (375+ words) In Georgia, we are suffering from high power bills while data centers are moving into our state, creating a massive expansion of energy needs. Georgia Power customers’ bills are on average $500 more per year than just two years ago after…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (488+ words) Skyrocketing power bills are placing a heavy burden on working families nationwide. Nowhere is this more evident than for Georgia Power customers, who pay amongst the highest utility costs in the U.S., according to Move.org. And while this can be…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1447+ words) The race for two seats on the obscure board that regulates Georgia’s utilities is drawing national attention — and could have major implications both for electricity affordability and one of the biggest planned fossil-fuel buildouts in the nation. Next Tuesday, Georgia…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1027+ words) Georgia Power officials will make their case to state regulators beginning Tuesday to build gas-fired power plants and add solar and battery storage to the power grid over the next five years to support an unprecedented amount of electricity demand…...