3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (626+ words) Help us grow our newsletter! Do you know a friend or neighbor who would enjoy our weekly newsletter on Norcross? Please have them subscribe here. Friday, May 29 — Hayden here with my weekly Norcross newsletter. This past Memorial Day weekend sneaked…...

11+ mon, 14+ hour ago   (1721+ words) For the first time in almost five years, voters will get to choose who serves on the Georgia Public Service Commission, the powerful utility regulator that decides how much many Georgians pay for electricity. Early voting starts Tuesday for two…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (941+ words) With the fiscal year 2027 budget deadline just six weeks away, the Norcross City Council took up the question of whether to raise the city’s electric utility rate, with some pushback. At the April 20 policy work session, representatives from the Electric…...

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…...

7+ mon, 3+ day ago   (309+ words) With affordability a top concern of voters, Georgia lawmakers are moving to insulate electricity ratepayers from costs driven by demand from power-guzzling data centers. Late last year, the state Public Service Commission authorized a Georgia Power request to expand its…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (288+ words) ATLANTA — The Georgia legislative session is already off to a fast start and lawmakers from both main political parties are looking at data centers for new policies and regulations. Two bills introduced at the Georgia Legislative Session could end tax…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (940+ words) A surge in data center development has turned Georgia into a national hotspot while raising fresh concerns about the state’s energy landscape and natural resources. After a massive request from Georgia Power to expand its energy capacity by about 10,000 megawatts…...

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   (278+ words) Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent In cities like New York, residential shutoffs in August were five times higher than the previous year. In Pennsylvania, more than 270,000 households have already lost electricity as average bills climbed 13 percent. Each number represents…...