The Commission for Public Services takes into account Freeze Deal tariff

Georgia Power will be located in the next three years as part of an proposed agreement that the Atlanta based on Monday, based in Atlanta.

The agreement between the company and the Advocacy Personal of the State Public Service Commission (PSC)-If you are approved by the five-member PSC, presented the interest case, the Georgia Power, until July 1st.

Georgia Power has increased his customer rates three times in the past six years and has been criticized by consumer wax dog groups and environmental representatives.

During this year’s general assembly, the Senate took into account the legislation to prohibit the company to pass on the costs of providing electricity to the huge, power-hungry data centers across Georgia. However, the bill did not make it by the Senate regulated industry and pension committee, since the opponents argued that the PSC had already taken this step by a new rule at the beginning of this year.

“We believe that this agreement contributes to the fact that all of our customers can use the advantages of this emerging growth,” said Georgia Power, Jacob Hawkins, on Monday.

However, the southern environmental law center called on the agreement. Jennifer Whitfield, a senior lawyer in the group of the group in Atlanta, pointed out a provision in the agreement that freed the “reasonable and prudent” costs from the storm damage from the tariff frost. This includes the massive damage that Hurricane Helene does last September on the Georgia Power system.

Whitfield criticized the PSC that they had waived public hearings that had submitted his interest after submitting Georgia Power. The hearings would have dealt with problems, including the costs for storm damage and the effects of the rapidly growing number of data centers that increase power.

Whitfield predicted that these rising costs will force customer accounts higher next May.

“The Commission’s employees gave away our highly competitive relief of data centers,” she said. “Don’t make a mistake: Invoices for residential and small business customers will increase as part of this agreement.”

As part of the agreement, the PSC would consider all the storm damage that Georgia Power corresponds to in a separate regulatory procedure.

The Commission must vote on the agreement by July 1. Otherwise, Georgia Power would continue with her interest.