2+ week, 3+ day ago   (481+ words) CNOOC Posts Record Profit as China Pumps More Oil at Home Norway’s oil production is at… The Trump administration’s new campaign… Georgia Power has secured regulatory approval for a contract to supply OpenAI’s planned project in Effingham County, Georgia, adding…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (474+ words) That increase has sharpened attention on a permit category that many residents previously had little reason to follow. For Georgia data centers, the permitting debate turns on whether backup power equipment should be treated as a limited operational safeguard or…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (545+ words) ATLANTA (WJBF) – A massive new data center campus is coming to Columbia County, as Georgia continues to attract major technology investments and faces growing demand for electricity. Google announced in July that it will be the sole operator of a…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (393+ words) Protesters gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol on Saturday to demand community consent and an end to tax breaks for data center development. The Data Center Coalition stated the industry supported more than 187,000 jobs and generated $2.1 billion in state and…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (633+ words) This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Many Georgians are likely seeing higher electric bills as the summer weather warms up. That’s typical, and it’s still happening this year even…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (320+ words) A family-owned cattle farm says they’re fighting Georgia Power’s efforts to acquire some of their pastureland to build an electrical substation. Kyle and Emily Newberry, who own the 70-acre farm in Silver Creek, say the substation would severely impact their…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1158+ words) The 2026 legislative session in Georgia started with a wide range of proposals aimed at curbing the recent surge in data center proposals and responding to other environmental or energy concerns. And while most of those bills failed to overcome the…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (861+ words) The Georgia Public Service Commission has approved six rate increases in three years and signed off on a sweeping expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure, decisions that have reshaped Georgia’s energy landscape and contributed to rising electric bills for many households....

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (683+ words) ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate adopted legislation Friday that would encourage judges to think of regular people when considering disputes about contracts between electric utilities and big customers like data centers. The legislation is aimed at shielding residential customers from Georgia…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (209+ words) On Tuesday’s episode of the “Politically Georgia” podcast Greg Bluestein talks to two prominent left-leaning attorneys seeking to unseat sitting members of the Georgia Supreme Court. Former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan, the party’s nominee for attorney general in 2022, is…...