Georgia Regulators Scrutinize Secret OpenAI Power Deal

✓What's documented PSC committee meeting quotes from commissioners Johnson and Hubbard, an on-record staff review deadline (Aug. 26), and the redacted contract filing.

Georgia Power's contract to supply 3,200 MW to OpenAI's proposed $20 billion Project Camellia data center near Savannah is under Public Service Commission staff review, with staff signaling they would object unless Georgia Power changes contract terms. Democratic commissioners questioned whether existing large-load rules adequately protect residential ratepayers if the contract is terminated early or costs shift.

• Project Camellia would be Georgia's single-largest electricity user, needing 3,200 MW, roughly the output of three Plant Vogtle reactors.
• PSC staff director Tom Bond said staff had planned to file an objection unless Georgia Power agreed to changes; the review deadline was extended to Aug. 26.
• Commissioner Peter Hubbard said the contract terms don't provide "sufficient financial guardrails to protect ratepayers."
• The public version of the contract is entirely redacted; advocacy group One Hundred Miles called the secrecy "deeply troubling."