Atlanta Gas Light rate increase follows Georgia Power bill hike By Matt Kempner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA – First, elected state regulators approved a rate increase that will hit Georgia Power customers next month. Now, they’ve...
More infoGeorgia regulators approve $1.77 billion power rate increase
By Jeff Amy, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Bills will be going up next year for Georgia Power Co.’s 2.6 million customers across the state. The Georgia Public Service Commission voted 4-1 on Tuesday for a plan projected to cost customers an...
More infoElectric bills to increase next month – Higher rates, fees will continue to be phased in over three years.
By: Matt Kempnermkempner@ajc.com AJC CONTINUING COVERAGE POWER RATES Watch Now Georgia Power customers will see their monthly electric bills rise, with some of the increase kicking in next month and growing over three years, state regulators ruled Tuesday...
More infoGeorgia Power electric bills to increase starting in January
WSB-TV Watch Now ATLANTA — Georgia Power customers will see their monthly bills rise, with some of the increase kicking in next month, state regulators ruled Tuesday. The Georgia Public Service Commission did not immediately tabulate how much...
More infoDecision day for Georgia Power’s $2.2 billion rate hike request
Georgia Power attorney Kevin Greene last week told state regulators a reduced hike offer is contingent on a profit margin the company deems to be fair. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder By Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder State regulators are set to vote...
More infoGeorgia PSC set to vote on Georgia Power rate hike
By Dave Williams, Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA — Georgia Power Co. has cut the 7% rate increase it requested from state energy regulators last summer in half. But in an unusual development in Georgia rate cases, the proposal the state Public Service...
More infoGeorgia Power filing tries to close $1.1 billion rate case gap with PSC
By Stanley Dunlap – Georgia Recorder Georgia Power’s rate case is scheduled to resume Monday as the utility provider and state’s regulators try to resolve a billion dollar standoff. The Public Service Commission’s staff is recommending that...
More infoLawsuit challenging Vogtle nuclear expansion decision gets new life
By Jill Nolin – Georgia Recorder Environmentalists and consumer advocates will have another chance to persuade a Fulton County judge that a review should happen now – instead of years from now – of state regulators’ decision to allow the...
More infoLawsuit challenging decision to finish Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion to get new hearing
By Dave Williams – Atlanta Business Chronicle A lawsuit challenging the Georgia Public Service Commission’s (PSC) decision to let Georgia Power Co. finish the long-delayed, over-budget Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion is about to get another...
More infoGeorgia Court of Appeals Sends Plant Vogtle Challenge Back to Fulton County Superior Court
Atlanta, GA—Groups challenging the Public Service Commission’s (PSC) decision to continue the Vogtle nuclear expansion project despite billions in cost overruns will have another chance to make their case that the decision was procedurally flawed and...
More infoRegulators balk at Georgia Power rate hike
By Stanley Dunlap – Georgia Recorder ATLANTA – Georgia Public Service Commission staffers are pushing back on a steep rate increase that Georgia Power had requested start as soon as January. The staff on Friday endorsed a one-time $2 base rate...
More infoProposed Georgia Power Rate Hike Hearings Begin This Week
By Emma Hurt – WABE (Listen) Georgia Power is requesting to raise customer rates by about $10 per month for the average residential user. The request is more than $2.2 billion over the next three years, and hearings before the Public Service...
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