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Public Service Commission asks for staff to monitor large new power projects amid data-center growth

State Appropriations Subcommittee (amended budget) · February 10, 2026
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Summary

The Public Service Commission requested funding to hire an engineer and financial analyst to help monitor construction and protect existing customers from cost shifting as data centers drive large near-term load increases.

Rhys McAllister, executive director of the Public Service Commission (PSC), presented the agency's case for retaining house-added funding to staff construction monitoring for new Georgia Power infrastructure. He said forecasts have shifted from modest growth projections to a near-term surge driven by large data-center loads and that monitoring construction in real time is vital to…

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