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Black voters urged a judge to redraw Georgia's utility regulator electoral map. The Public Service Commission is deciding how much companies are allowed to bill millions of ratepayers.

A group of Black voters say it's time for a federal judge to redraw the electoral map for a five-member Georgia utility regulator commission, after state lawmakers failed to draw their own map in the 2023 session.

The state Public Service Commission approved a $1.8 billion rate increase requested by Georgia Power on Tuesday that embraced most of an agreement between the agency’s staff and the company presented last week.

Georgia Power customers will be charged more for electricity over the next several years after the Public Service Commission approved a $1.8 billion plan on Tuesday that critics call a sweetheart deal that boosts company profits and doesn’t go nearly far enough to support clean energy efforts like solar power and coal ash cleanup.

ATLANTA - The state Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a $1.8 billion rate increase requested by Georgia Power Tuesday that embraced most of an agreement between the agency’s staff and

Public Service Commission voted on Dec. 20 Georgia Power utility rate case for a $1.9 billion electric hike through 2025.

Georgia voters will choose a governor, a senator, and a slew of other key positions in Tuesday’s election. But two important races are not on the ballot: seats on the state’s Public Service Commission. A Voting Rights Act lawsuit stopped the election – and could change how Georgians choose commissioners.

The Public Service Commissioners play a role in most Georgians’ lives: they determine how much Georgia Power customers pay for electricity and where that electricity comes from.

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