ATLANTA — After a tumultuous and secretive process, the Georgia Public Service Commission staff approved the contract between Georgia Power and OpenAI to power a 3.2 gigawatt hyperscale data center planned for Effingham County — without a direct vote from the commission itself. In response, Sierra Club and the Southern Alliance … [continued]
ATLANTA, GA. — This week, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), the Sierra Club and SACE (Southern Alliance for Clean Energy) submitted a request to the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to formally object to Open AI’s contract for electric service with Georgia Power. In a letter to the PSC, advocates asked … [continued]
ATLANTA — Today, despite the efforts of two commissioners, the Georgia Public Service Commission agreed to allow Georgia Power to continue automatically passing along all of its fuel costs to ratepayers rather than creating an incentive for the utility company to better manage fuel costs. The commission approved a proposed … [continued]
ATLANTA — Today, the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy submitted their post-hearing brief in Georgia Power’s 2026 Fuel Cost Recovery docket, detailing how the company seeks to escape any responsibility for rising energy costs and avoid making any adaptations to relieve the … [continued]
ATLANTA — After two days of testimony from experts and advocates, it’s clear the Georgia Public Service Commission must find new ways to protect ratepayers from excessive fuel costs incurred by Georgia Power. In the hearing, three clean energy organizations urged the Commission to reform the way Georgia Power charges … [continued]
ATLANTA, GA— Environmental organizations and faith communities filed an appeal today asking a Fulton County Superior Court to review the Georgia Public Service Commission’s December decision to approve Georgia Power’s proposal to add an additional 10 GW of energy generation to the grid at customers’ expense without proving a need for such … [continued]
ATLANTA — The Department of Energy announced it will give a $26.5 billion loan to Southern Company to build the largest, most expensive gas fleet in the nation. The loan will pay for Southern Company’s subsidiary, Georgia Power, plans to build a massive amount of new gas-burning infrastructure, including new combined cycle turbines … [continued]
ATLANTA — Yesterday, environmental groups pushed back on Georgia Power’s defense of its plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation. The Sierra Club, the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and the Southern Environmental Law Center filed a response to Georgia Power and the Georgia Public Service Commission’s reply … [continued]
ATLANTA — Today, environmental groups demanded the Georgia Public Service Commission reconsider Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation. The Sierra Club, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) filed a motion to reconsider Georgia Power’s “Requests for Proposals,” … [continued]
