Press Mention The Atlanta Journal-Constitution November 13, 2025
SACE Quoted
Georgia Public Service Commission rejects bid by environmental groups to delay Georgia Power vote
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The Georgia Public Service Commission rejected a request by the Sierra Club and Southern Alliance for Clean Energy to delay a vote on Georgia Power's proposed 10,000-megawatt expansion of its power generation fleet. The environmental groups sought the postponement to allow two newly elected Democrats on the PSC to participate in the decision. SACE director Stephen Smith expressed concern that the utility's expansion plan prioritizes data center demands over consumer protection.
We believe we are out of time to be protecting consumers
Stephen A. Smith
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By Drew Kann
Nov 14, 2025
The Georgia Public Service Commission has rejected a bid by two environmental groups to delay a key vote on whether to allow Georgia Power to execute a historic, multi-billion dollar expansion of its power generation fleet.
The groups that sought to postpone the decision — the Sierra Club and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy — were doing so, in part, so that two new Democrats elected to the PSC last week could participate in the vote.
The case at issue centers on a request filed this summer by Georgia Power to add 10,000 megawatts of new power resources over the next five years. That's the equivalent of roughly 10 of the nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle near Augusta.