US EditionA vocal critic of Georgia Power is under arrest for allegedly stealing trade secrets
Patty Durand was charged with stealing confidential Georgia Power trade secrets amid regulatory hearings involving fossil fuel expansion and rate cases, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Patty Durand, a former Public Service Commission candidate, was arrested at the Georgia Public Service Commission downtown Atlanta headquarters and charged with stealing a notebook of trade secrets; she remained jailed with no bail set as of Wednesday at Fulton County Jail.
- Patty Durand, former Public Service Commission candidate and founder of Georgia Utility Watch and Georgians for Affordable Energy, has opposed Georgia Power's request to build new natural gas plants and criticized excessive trade-secret secrecy at the PSC.
- Warrant documents describe how video captured Patty Durand during a lunch break taking a booklet labeled `Georgia Power Trade Secrets` and leaving the Public Service Commission hearing room.
- The Public Service Commission said it did not seek an arrest and called it a law-enforcement matter, while Georgia Power, the utility, said it is cooperating with authorities and warned state law penalties include one to five years in prison and fines up to $50,000.
- With Georgia Power serving 2.3 million customers, advocates and Patty Durand have flagged heavy redactions and trade-secret labels as obstacles to transparency before the Georgia Public Service Commission.
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http://www.wfxg.comProminent clean energy advocate accused of stealing Georgia Power ‘trade secrets’ at public meeting
Patty Durand, founder of Georgians for Affordable Energy, speaks during the public comment portion of Tuesday's Georgia Public Service Commission meeting. Durand was arrested later and charged with theft of trade secrets, which is a felony. Screenshot of Georgia Public Service Commission video streamPatty Durand, a former Democratic candidate for the Georgia Public Service Commission and a clean energy advocate, was arrested Tuesday for the alle…
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Public Service Commission critic arrested, charged with theft after public hearing
ATLANTA — A critic of the Republican-controlled Public Service Commission was arrested Tuesday on a felony count in connection with removal of documents from a public hearing room. Patricia Durand of Mableton, who three years ago ran as a Democrat…
Former candidate arrested for taking trade secrets from power plant headquarters
A former Democratic candidate in Georgia who openly criticized Georgia Power was arrested Tuesday and charged with stealing a notebook of the agency's trade secrets. Patty Durand, a former Public Service Commission candidate, was taken into custody at the commission's downtown Atlanta headquarters, ...
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