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Protect Georgia families from unfair energy costs! Dale Washburn supports fair, transparent electricity bills, but he needs your help. Georgia Power bills are rising, largely due to energy-hungry data centers, which utilities expect to drive 80% of future energy growth—while passing infrastructure costs to families. SB 34 ensures data centers pay their fair share. Support SB 34 to help protect Georgia families!
“Georgia Power executives have said that 80% of its projected increased energy demands over the next decade is tied to prospective data centers opening in the state. Georgia Power is projecting electrical load growth will increase by 8,200 megawatts by 2030, representing an increase of 2,200 megawatts compared to its forecast in the 2023 Integrated Resource Plan update.”
Senate Bill 34 was filed “in order to protect residential and commercial ratepayers from getting hit with higher utility bills because of large-scale utility company investments to meet the energy demands of artificial intelligence.”
“The new data center rule authorizes Georgia Power to enact contractual agreements with companies that will use 100 megawatts of power. It allows the utility company to ‘appropriately assign’ to data centers the costs of providing them electric service. The rule also allows Georgia Power to require data center companies to put up front-end collateral for energy costs over the lifetime of the contract.” If the company abandons the project prior to the contract expiring, then Georgia Power would keep the remaining money owed.”
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