This article is part of a series of articles examining where 2026 Southeastern candidates for state and federal offices stand on key energy and climate issues, such as data centers, energy costs, and other relevant topics.
Note: The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy does not support or oppose candidates or political parties. Links to reports, candidate websites, and outside sources are provided as citizen education tools.
In this article, we examine the policies and positions of Peter Hubbard, the Democratic candidate running to represent District 3 on the Georgia Public Service Commission. Also in this series, we profile Republican candidate Fitz Johnson. All eligible Georgia voters can vote in this election, no matter where they live. Election Day is November 3.
Peter Hubbard currently serves as the District 3 Commissioner on the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). Prior to running for election, he worked in clean energy project development and consulting. Hubbard founded the consumer advocacy nonprofit Georgia Center for Energy Solutions in 2019. Before his election to the commission, Hubbard testified in front of the commission as a clean energy advocate.
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
As a commissioner and throughout his 15 years in the energy sector, Peter Hubbard has taken multiple actions to support renewable energy and energy efficiency, including:
- Testifying multiple times as an energy expert in front of the Georgia Public Service Commission and recommending that Georgia Power incorporate more renewable energy and demand-side management into their long-term planning models.
- Advocating for the advancement of Georgia’s transition to 100% clean energy through his nonprofit Georgia Center for Energy Solutions
Climate Change
Commissioner Hubbard regularly points to climate change as one of the many reasons he wants to see Georgia move away from building more fossil fuel infrastructure to meet demand. At a press conference only weeks before he was sworn in, Hubbard said, “I do not believe we should approve any new fossil fuel generation. It will raise power bills, it will harm public health, it will exacerbate climate change, and because there are better alternatives.”
Electric Transportation
When introducing himself and his organization during his testimony at the 2024 People’s Hearing on TVA, Peter Hubbard stated Georgia Center for Energy Solutions “seeks to develop an economic and regulatory framework to transition the electric, transportation, buildings, and agriculture sectors in the US Southeast to a 100% clean energy (zero-carbon) future.”
Energy Equity and Energy Burden
We were unable to confirm the candidate’s position on energy equity or energy burden in published media, public records, or on his campaign website.
Energy Affordability
On affordability, Peter Hubbard’s testimony as an intervenor before the PSC in 2025 focused on cheaper alternative solutions to Georgia Power’s long-term power plan, which he demonstrated would lower costs for customers.
As a commissioner, Peter Hubbard introduced several amendments to reduce the amount of money customers must pay for power plant fuel and storm costs in Georgia Power’s 2026 fuel cost case.
High-Risk Energy: Nuclear, Coal, Methane Gas
Peter Hubbard has been critical of the high price tag of high-risk energy resources. The financial risk of overreliance on gas power was a consistent theme of all his testimonies before the commission.
As a commissioner, he voted for the PSC to reconsider approval of Georgia Power’s $15.6 billion power expansion, most of which is for a methane gas power plant buildout to serve data center load. Hubbard also recognizes the cost of such decisions goes beyond the financial impact to customers. In an interview with The Current, he shared, “I’m deeply concerned that we’re not truly accounting for all of the costs of public health and to the climate of fossil fuel infrastructure.”
Data Centers
In addition to the aforementioned opposition to the large Georgia Power power capacity expansion to serve data centers in 2025-26, Peter Hubbard has expressed concern that data center construction will raise costs for all other consumers, and that data centers’ energy consumption will be largely comprised of fossil fuel energy.
Voting Information
All eligible Georgia voters can vote in this election, no matter where they live. Election Day is November 3. Here are important dates and deadlines to consider:
- Oct. 5, 2026: Voter registration deadline
- Oct. 13, 2026: In-person early voting period begins
- Oct. 23, 2026: Absentee ballot request deadline
- Oct. 30, 2026: In-person early voting period ends
- Nov. 3, 2024: General Election Day
- Nov. 3, 2026: Absentee ballot return deadline
- Nov. 6, 2026: Vote-by-mail ballot return deadline for military and overseas citizen voters
Find additional important election information here.
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