By T.A. DeFeo, The Center Square — Georgia Power wants to invest billions in transmission and distribution improvements, and the proposed upgrades will cost ratepayers. The company asked the Georgia Public Service Commission to approve an...
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By Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder — Georgia Power’s plan to saddle its customers with a 12% electricity rate hike over the next three years will be decided by a Public Service Commission that’s the focus of a federal trial this week that claims Black...
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By Drew Kann, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — As fears of a recession grow and inflation remains near a 40-year high, Georgia Power announced Friday that it is asking state regulators to approve an electricity rate hike of nearly 12% over the next three...
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By Dave Williams, Capitol Beat — Georgia Power is asking the state Public Service Commission (PSC) for a rate hike of nearly 12% during the next three years, with the vast majority of the increase front-loaded into 2023. The proposed increase, which the...
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By Jeff Amy, AP News — Georgia Power Co. wants to raise customer bills 12% over the next three years to pay for system improvements and higher costs and allow higher profits, the company said Friday in a rate filing with state regulators. The filing kicks...
More infoATLANTA – A new report from the National Consumer Law Center finds that while some states made progress in the last 12 months toward protecting residents from predatory short-term and longer-term loans, Georgia’s awful 62% APR cap on $500, six-month loans...
More infoGeorgia Watch filed amicus briefs on May 9 in support of neither party in Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Newton County Board of Commissioners and Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Henry County Board of Commissioners, cases pending before the Georgia Supreme...
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By Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder — Georgia Supreme Court justices heard arguments Thursday on cases that could determine if an organization with Confederate roots must prove they would be harmed by the removal of monuments in order to sue local...
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By Dave Williams, Capitol Beat — Executives from Georgia Power Co. outlined the utility’s planned mix of power-generating sources for the next 20 years in hearings this week before the state Public Service Commission (PSC). In 18 hours of testimony over...
More infoBy JoAnn Merrigan, WSAV — Up to 19% of people in Georgia have a medical bill that’s in collections. “And it’s even higher among people of color, up to 21%,” says Liz Coyle from Georgia Watch.“Sometimes those debts remain on consumers’ credit reports for...
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By Drew Kann, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution — State utility regulators today will begin vetting Georgia Power’s plans for generating and delivering electricity over the next two decades, kicking off a series of hearings that could have a major influence...
More infoBy Dave Williams, Capitol Beat — Allowing Georgia Power to finance the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion and other large projects through ratepayer-backed bonds could save customers hundreds of millions of dollars, supporters told a state Senate committee...
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