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Manufacturers say they intervene at PSC, flag IRP, rate and fuel cases as priorities
Summary
A representative of the Georgia Association of Manufacturers told the Resource Management committee the group regularly intervenes at the Public Service Commission to represent manufacturing energy interests and highlighted an ongoing integrated resource plan, a pending base rate case and a large fuel-cost undercollection affecting consumers.
A representative of the Georgia Association of Manufacturers told the Resource Management committee the association intervenes in proceedings at the Public Service Commission to represent manufacturers’ energy interests and is closely watching an integrated resource plan (IRP) with Georgia Power, an upcoming base rate case and separate fuel-cost dockets.
The speaker said the association “intervenes as a party. We analyze the filings. We cross examine witnesses. We testify,” and added the group negotiates with the commission, Georgia Power and other intervenors to seek “win-win solutions.” He also stated that “the company files an integrated resource plan every 3 years according to the statute,” and that an IRP interim filing last year reflected unexpectedly large growth projections.
The manufacturer representative warned that several issues will be at stake in the IRP: the correct growth projections, the future generation mix (including the role for renewables and small modular nuclear reactors), and transmission upgrades proposed by Georgia Power. He said rapid growth and a recent uptick in energy prices contributed to a large undercollection in Georgia Power’s fuel cost recovery account; the speaker described it as “a little over $2,000,000,000 that we're all having to pay down,” and said that dynamic will affect rates into next year.
The speaker identified three areas where manufacturers intervene: IRPs, rate cases and fuel cases. He emphasized workforce and transportation challenges accompanying industrial growth but said those are outside the committee’s purview. The committee did not take formal action on the testimony; the presentation was delivered as an informational briefing.
