Press Mention public News Service January 21, 2026
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Environmental groups challenge GA PSC approval of utility expansion
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Environmental groups including the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Sierra Club, and Southern Environmental Law Center have filed a motion asking the Georgia Public Service Commission to reconsider its December approval of Georgia Power's plan to build new methane gas plants. The groups argue the expansion would lock ratepayers into higher bills for decades while building infrastructure to serve data centers rather than existing customers. They are requesting the commission reopen the case and scale back approvals to only resources proven necessary for Georgia Power customers.
What we argued in our motion is that this is not a good time to stock up on gas resources that are extremely expensive at the moment, and ratepayers will see no benefit from doing that at this time.
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