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Updated Jun 1, 2026Utility Landscape
Georgia Power Company
IOUApproximately 2.6 million customers across 155 of Georgia's 159 counties, excluding areas served by EMCs and municipal utilities
Southern Company subsidiary subject to Georgia PSC's triennial Integrated Resource Planning process; currently navigating cost recovery for Vogtle Units 3 and 4 nuclear expansion, which entered commercial operation in 2023-2024 and significantly increased rate base.
Atlanta Gas Light Company
IOUNatural gas distribution serving approximately 1.6 million customers statewide under a deregulated commodity model where third-party marketers supply gas
Operates under a Straight Fixed Variable rate design; recent regulatory focus on pipeline safety cost recovery through the Pipeline Replacement Program rider and ongoing scrutiny of infrastructure modernization spending.
Georgia EMC (statewide cooperative system via Oglethorpe Power)
coop41 electric membership corporations collectively serving approximately 4.5 million Georgians in rural and suburban areas across the state
Oglethorpe Power Corporation serves as the wholesale power supplier; EMCs are not directly regulated by the Georgia PSC but are subject to federal FERC jurisdiction for wholesale transactions and RUS loan conditions.
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation
coopCherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, and portions of adjacent counties in the high-growth North Atlanta metro exurban corridor
One of Georgia's fastest-growing EMCs due to residential development pressure in Forsyth County; managing distribution grid capacity and infrastructure investment to accommodate load growth without direct PSC rate review.
Dalton Utilities
muniElectric, gas, water, wastewater, and broadband services within the city of Dalton and portions of Whitfield County in northwest Georgia
Operates as a vertically integrated municipal utility outside Georgia PSC jurisdiction; notable for its fiber broadband network and serves as a regional model for municipal multi-service utility operations.
Gas South (formerly Piedmont Natural Gas retail operations in GA)
IOUCompetitive natural gas marketer operating under Georgia's retail gas deregulation framework, not a traditional IOU; serves residential and commercial customers statewide through AGL's distribution network
Subject to Georgia PSC oversight as a certified natural gas marketer under the Gas Competition Implementation Act; PSC periodically reviews marketer conduct, consumer protection compliance, and price volatility response obligations.
Key Issues
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Vogtle Unit 3 and 4 nuclear cost recovery: Georgia PSC is conducting ongoing review of Georgia Power's requests to include the full capital cost of the completed Plant Vogtle expansion in rate base, with consumer advocates challenging the reasonableness of approximately $35 billion in total project costs and seeking disallowances for alleged imprudent expenditures.
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Georgia Power 2025 Triennial IRP filing: The next Integrated Resource Planning cycle is underway, with Georgia Power expected to present a resource plan reflecting surging data center and industrial load growth in the state, increased solar and battery storage procurement targets, and potential new natural gas peaker capacity to meet reliability needs.
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Data center load growth and grid reliability: Georgia has become a top-tier data center market, and the Georgia PSC is examining how to allocate interconnection and distribution upgrade costs between large commercial customers and the general ratepayer base, including potential large-load tariff modifications.
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Natural gas infrastructure decarbonization pressure: The PSC is receiving increasing stakeholder input on Atlanta Gas Light's long-term role under potential building electrification trends, including scrutiny of whether continued Pipeline Replacement Program investment is prudent given evolving state and federal climate policy signals.
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Retail electric competition and territorial disputes: Ongoing boundary and service territory disputes between Georgia Power and various EMCs in rapidly developing exurban counties are being adjudicated at the PSC, with developers and local governments seeking faster interconnection and competitive service options.
Upcoming
Georgia PSC scheduled deliberation session (estimated) on Georgia Power's pending retail rate adjustment filing associated with Vogtle Unit 4 full commercial operation cost recovery; decision expected to set new base rates effective later in 2026.
Georgia Power 2025 Integrated Resource Plan evidentiary hearing deadline (estimated); PSC staff and intervenors including the Georgia Interfaith Power and Light coalition and industrial customer groups expected to present testimony challenging load forecasts and generation mix assumptions.
Atlanta Gas Light Pipeline Replacement Program annual rider rate adjustment filing deadline (estimated); PSC utilities division staff review of projected capital expenditures and reconciliation of prior-year spending expected to conclude with revised rider rates effective January 2027.
Georgia PSC general election for two commission seats (estimated based on standard November election cycle); incumbent commissioners' positions on Vogtle cost recovery and renewable energy procurement have drawn primary and general election challengers, with outcomes potentially shifting the commission's regulatory philosophy on utility oversight.
Commissioner Watch
View all ↗Incumbent Commissioner Tim Echols lost his re-election bid to Democrat Alicia Johnson in the November 2025 special election and departed the PSC on January 1, 2026.
Incumbent Commissioner Fitz Johnson lost his re-election bid to Democrat Peter Hubbard in the November 2025 special election and departed the PSC on January 1, 2026.
Dr. Alicia Johnson won the District 2 special election in November 2025, becoming the first Black woman elected to statewide office in Georgia and the first Democrat on the PSC in nearly 20 years.
Peter Hubbard won the District 3 special election in November 2025, joining Alicia Johnson to flip both Republican-held seats and return Democrats to the Georgia PSC for the first time since 2007.
Staff
52| Name | Title | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Tom Krause | Public Information Officer | (404) 656-2316 |
| Jamie Barber | Director, Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Unit | (404) 651-5958 |
| Tom Bond | Director of Utilities | (404) 656-4501 |
| Leon Bowles | Unit Director, Telecommunications | (404) 656-4501 |
| Reece McAlister | Executive Director | (404) 656-2141 |
| Lynn Page | HR Director | (404) 656-4501 |
| Jane E. Stroeva | Fiscal and Budget Officer | (404) 656-4501 |
| Sallie Tanner | Executive Secretary | (404) 463-7747 |
| Michelle Thebert | Director, Facilities Protection Unit | (404) 463-2765 |
| Robert Trokey | Director, Electric Utility Regulation | (404) 656-4549 |
| Nancy Tyer | Unit Director, Natural Gas | (404) 657-8767 |
| Monique P. Andrews | Consumer Affairs Manager | (404) 463-8720 |
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