Georgia Power Seeks $16B Expansion to Add 10 Gigawatts to Grid

Georgia Power seeks $16B expansion to add 10 gigawatts to grid

Georgia Power is seeking approval for a $16B expansion to add 10 gigawatts to the state grid, arguing it will stabilize rates as data center demand grows — but customers and advocates question the long-term costs.

Georgia Power, PSC staff strike deal to allow historic data center expansion

Georgia Power and the Public Service Commission’s staff unveiled a deal that would allow the utility to build huge amounts of new power plants, mostly to serve data centers.

Georgia Power’s data center-driven energy expansion plan faces final hearings ahead of critical vote

Southern Environmental Law Center lawyer Bob Sherrier questions Georgia Power officials Brandon Looney, Kristin Curylo, Jeffrey R. Grubb and Francisco Valle (from left to right) during cross examination at a Georgia Public Service Commission hearing in Atlanta on Oct. 22, 2025. Alander RochaThe Georgia Public Service Commission is set to hold final hearings this week on Georgia Power’s request to approve nearly 10,000 megawatts of new energy cap…

Agreement with Georgia Power met with outrage at regulatory hearing

Georgia Power and the Public Service Commission have agreed to a plan to increase energy capacity by 10,000 megawatts, with Georgia Power promising to lower power bills , but environmental organizations are skeptical of the promise and argue that the plan will actually raise power bills. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.

Georgia Power Needs Bigger Capacity to Meet Data Center Demand

ata centers flooding into Georgia, utility regulators face a major decision.

Georgia Power Misleads Families and Businesses on Rate Increase - Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)

Agreement Increases Customers’ Bills for Decades to Come Today, Georgia Power reached an agreement with the state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) staff, which for weeks has been urging the PSC Commissioners to deny most of a major new power request from Georgia Power. Today’s agreement would greenlight Georgia Power’s request to spend $20 billion in new power generation to meet the utility’s projections for massive energy demands, namely to po…