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Georgia Power secures new lowered rate agreement with PSC

Ty Tagami

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Georgia Power customers will see a slight reduction in their monthly bills after the state agency that regulates the monopoly utility approved rate changes late last month.The Georgia Public Service Commission, a five-member elected body, had previously frozen the company’s electricity rates for...

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Georgia Power seeks new energy projects certification

Dave Williams

Thursday, August 7, 2025

Georgia Power asked state energy regulators last Thursday to certify 9,900 megawatts of new energy resources that would come from a variety of power-generating projects.In a filing with the Georgia Public Service Commission, the Atlanta-based utility proposed projects the PSC has already approved...

2018 aerial view of two ponds on the Plant Branch site north of Milledgeville. Lake Sinclair is in the foreground. MARK ENGEL/File photo

Coal ash processing facility coming to Plant Branch

Mark Engel

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Georgia Power Company says it will be a decade or more before work is completed on the transfer of toxic coal ash from four ponds to a new 115-acre landfill on the old Plant Branch site.

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Yarbrough: What is fueling Georgia Power’s rate increases?

Dick Yarbrough

Thursday, May 25, 2023

If you happen to be a Georgia Power Company customer, I have some good news and some bad news. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Your bill is going up $16 per month starting June 1. That’s on top of what you are already paying for your service. And the good news?

The state Public Service Commission held firm Tuesday on a 5,000-customer cap on Georgia Power’s rooftop solar program. (Photo courtesy of Capitol Beat)

State energy regulators approve Georgia Power rate hike

Dave Williams

Thursday, December 22, 2022

The state Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a $1.8 billion rate increase requested by Georgia Power Tuesday that embraced most of an agreement between the agency’s staff and the company presented last week.

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