May 19, 2025 – (ATLANTA) At the urging of the five Commissioners, the Georgia Public Service Commission Public Interest Advocacy Staff and Georgia Power have come to an agreement where Georgia Power will not file an expected 2025 Rate Case. Instead, the company will freeze base rates at the current level for at least three years.
“This is a very big deal,” said PSC Chairman Jason Shaw. “Energy customers have seen unprecedented inflation in the energy sector across the U.S. My fellow Commissioners and I urged staff and Georgia Power to come to some agreement where base rates would not increase. This is nothing but good news for Georgia Power ratepayers. I look forward to delving into the details of this agreement as we conduct our public hearings.”
Feb. 7, 2025 – (ATLANTA) The Georgia Public Service Commission received Georgia Power’s filing for the utility’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan on Jan. 31.
The process to approve the plan will include three public hearings: March 25-28, May 27-30 and a rebuttal hearing on June 23-25. The first hour of each day’s hearing will be reserved for public comment. Members of the public can also send comments via mail, email or via the PSC’s electronic portal, available on the homepage of the PSC’s website www.psc.ga.gov.
The IRP is filed every three years to set Geogia Power energy production. Although the plan is updated every three years, the plan is a 20-year outlook of energy production amounts and methods.
“My fellow Commissioners and I make every effort to hear from Georgian’s during the IRP process,” said PSC Chairman Jason Shaw. “As we weigh evidence presented to us by expert witnesses, engineers and energy analysts, we also read all comments sent by the public and listen to every public witness who takes the time to speak at the hearings. It is a vitally important part of the IRP process.”
January 23, 2025 – (ATLANTA) The Georgia Public Service Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to approve a new rule that allows Georgia Power to charge new data centers in a manner that will protect ratepayers from cost shifting.
The new rule approved Thursday derives from the Public Service Commission’s decision on the interim Integrated Resource Plan, unanimously approved by Commissioners in April 2024. That docket (55378) added extra capacity to Georgia’s power grid.
The new Georgia Power rule states that any new customers using more than 100 megawatts of energy can be billed using terms and conditions beyond those used for standard customers to address risks associated with these large-load users. In addition to site specific costs, the data centers would pay for costs incurred by upstream generation, transmission and distribution to these large-load power users as construction of the data centers progresses. This protects Georgia Power’s residential and other commercial/industrial customers.
December 2, 2024 – (ATLANTA) – Commissioner Tricia Pridemore of the Georgia Public Service Commission, was sworn in as president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners at the group’s annual meeting.
In 2022, Pridemore was unanimously elected 2nd Vice President of NARUC. She served as 1st Vice President last year before ascending to a one-year term as president.
“As President of NARUC, it will be an honor to represent regulatory Commissioners from across the U.S. in national and international matters,” Pridemore said. “I will represent my fellow Commissioners through hard work, a listening ear and with a heart to serve. I am grateful and humble for the confidence the organization has placed in me.”
Oct. 2, 2024 – (ATLANTA) The Georgia Public Service Commission will livestream a Zoom call between Commissioners and utility officials as they receive updates on service outages and repairs. The call will be livestreamed at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3.
Updates will be provided by officials with Georgia Power, Atlanta Gas Light, electric membership corporations (EMCs), the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG), the Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia (MGAG), as well as telecommunications providers.
Members of the public and the media will be able to watch the update live via the PSC YouTube page, www.youtube.com/georgiapublicservicecommission. A link will also be posted on the homepage of the PSC website https://psc.ga.gov.
Any member of the public with a question for utility providers can submit questions in advance via email to GaPSC@psc.ga.gov. Questions from the public will be read by the Commissioners on the call and will be addressed by the utilities, as time allows.
Commissioners hope family members and friends of Georgians without service will watch the update and will help relay the information provided. Likewise, Commissioners hope members of the media will help disseminate the updates to all Georgians.
