Legislation to insulate consumers from data center electricity costs passes House committee

Legislation to insulate consumers from data center electricity costs passes House committee

ATLANTA — With affordability a top concern of voters, Georgia lawmakers are moving to insulate electricity ratepayers from costs driven by demand from power-guzzling data centers. Late last year, the state Public Service Commission authorized a Georgia Power request to…

New bill aims to shield Georgia residents from rate hikes caused by data centers

Georgia lawmakers are moving to protect electricity ratepayers from costs associated with data centers by ensuring that those costs are borne only by data centers. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.