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Public Service Commission warns of rapid load growth from data centers, asks for construction monitoring staff
Summary
PSC staff told the subcommittee that revised load projections tied to data-center growth may require substantial infrastructure and requested funding for an engineer and financial analyst to monitor Georgia Power construction projects, totaling about $272,000.
Reese McAllister, speaking for the Public Service Commission staff, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee that the state is seeing materially larger electricity load projections than earlier forecasts, in part driven by data-center expansion.
McAllister said prior forecasts showed modest growth but more recent analyses suggest a significantly higher need — he cited low-growth…
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