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Warner Robins fixes gas leaks discovered in Public Service Commission report Listen to the content of this post: WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— The Public Service Commission performed a comprehensive inspection of the Warner Robins Gas System from October 26 to October 29. During the inspection, they became aware of issues with multiple Grade 1 leak, with at least one existing for 10 months without being addressed. They also became aware of several Grade 2 leaks in the business district that had not been addressed since 2018. We spoke with Warner Robins Mayor Randy Toms about the rep...

Floor Action The House took up the following measure today: SB 4 - Drug Abuse Treatment and Education Programs; patient brokering; prohibit; definitions; exceptions; penalties; provide PASSED 151-0 The Senate took up the following measures today: SB 274 - Bartow County; homestead exemption; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide PASSED 51-0 SB 275 - Bartow County School District Ad Valorem Taxes; homestead exemption; increase exemption amount PASSED 51-0 Committee Reports Senate Judiciary Committee The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Brian Strickland...

Tri-County EMC to Expand Broadband in Rural Middle Georgia ; Tri-County EMC announces plans to expand broadband to 22,000 members across eight counties March 5, 2021 Atlanta, GA – Efforts to provide needed broadband service to Georgians took a step forward when Gov. Brian Kemp and PSC Commissioner Tim Echols made an announcement at Tri-County EMC’s headquarters earlier today. Gov. Kemp announced the formation of a new broadband provider in Middle Georgia, Tri-CoGo, which will provide high-speed internet service to 22,000 homes and businesses in eight Counties: Jones, Baldwin, Putnam, Jas...

The plan is to build a 1,600-mile fiber optic network, to provide broadband access to 22,000 Tri-County accounts across Central Georgia counties through Tri-CoGo

'A total mindshift': Utilities replace gas peakers, 'old school' demand response with flexible DERs Utility-customer cooperation can balance renewables' variability with flexibility without using "blunt" demand response or natural gas. By: Herman K. Trabish Utilities and their customers are learning how their cooperation can provide mutual benefits by using the flexibility of distributed energy resources (DER) to cost-effectively balance the dynamics of the new power system. The future is in utilities investing in technologies to manage the growth of customer-o...