Savannah Crowd Presses Georgia Regulators Over Data Center Power Bills

✓What's documented First-hand reporting from a public Georgia PSC meeting in Savannah, with direct quotes from commissioners and attendees.

Georgia's Public Service Commission held a rare meeting outside Atlanta, in Savannah, where residents accused the panel of serving Georgia Power and OpenAI's planned Effingham County data center rather than the public. The commission's chair acknowledged Georgia Power needs to share more unredacted information about its data center contracts, including the OpenAI deal, the largest single-customer contract the utility has reported since 2024. Two PSC seats are on the November ballot, and a Democratic sweep would flip the commission to a Democratic majority for the first time in decades.

• Meeting held in Savannah, not Atlanta, for the first time in over 100 years of PSC history, at the request of Commissioner Alicia Johnson.
• Residents demanded transparency on Georgia Power's contract with OpenAI for a planned Effingham County data center -- the largest single-customer contract the utility has reported since 2024.
• PSC Chair Jason Shaw said Georgia Power 'needs to do a better job' sharing unredacted data center contract information.
• Two PSC seats are on the Nov. 3 ballot; a Democratic sweep would give the party a commission majority for the first time in decades.