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Kristi Swartz

Reporter · US

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Sep 30, 2026
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Aug 21, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Kristi Swartz

    A $3B Georgia pipeline changed course — away from a utility leader’s property (opens the original)

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    Donnie Peek is used to living with a pipeline. One carrying propane already crossed his property in Fortson, a suburb of Columbus in western Georgia, when he bought the land in 1967. It’s where Peek and his wife raised their family, and he continued to buy adjacent property, expanding his footprint to more than 1,600 acres by the Chattahoochee River. When Southern Natural Gas — a jointly owned venture of Kinder Morgan and energy giant Southern Co. — said in 2024 it planned to run part of a $3.5

  2. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Kristi Swartz

    Georgia Power nuclear reactors to get huge face-lift, paid partly by Google (opens the original)

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    Georgia Power and Google have struck a deal for the tech giant pay a premium for new electricity coming from planned upgrades to the utility’s nuclear reactors, a move the companies say will ease the cost of those improvements for other customers. Georgia Power wants to upgrade two of its older reactors at Plant Vogtle, near Augusta, and two at Plant Hatch, west of Savannah. The improvements would put roughly 100 megawatts total of emission-free electricity on the power grid, which the utility a

  3. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Kristi Swartz;Drew Kann

    Gov. Kemp picks familiar face to replace PSC regulator who stepped down early (opens the original)

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    Veteran utility regulator Stan Wise is returning to the dais at the Georgia Public Service Commission, Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday afternoon. Wise, a Republican who previously served on the commission for more than two decades, will replace Tricia Pridemore, who told Kemp earlier this week she will leave her position Sept. 4. Wise will serve out the remainder of Pridemore’s term on the PSC, which expires Dec. 31. He will not, however, be on the ballot in November’s general election. “We are … gr

  4. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Kristi Swartz

    Power bills, data centers dominate Republican Georgia PSC debate (opens the original)

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    Power bills were front and center Tuesday at the Republican District 5 primary debate for the Georgia Public Service Commission, with candidates directing their fire at customer costs and data centers. Three Republican candidates are vying for their party’s nomination in District 5, a seat that is based in western Georgia, including parts of metro Atlanta, but which is voted on statewide. The PSC decides the rates millions of Georgians pay for their electricity, the type of fuel sources that pow

  5. Article · Aug 21, 2026 · Kristi Swartz

    Clean energy program for businesses, data center campuses gets green light (opens the original)

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    Renewable energy advocates and Georgia Power have hashed out a way to let large companies add their own clean energy to the power grid — in a way that could reduce the need for more power plants and lower utility bills for everyone. A concept known as “bring your own clean energy,” or BYONCE, lets commercial and industrial companies bypass working with Georgia Power and contract directly with renewable energy developers to deliver clean energy to the entire power grid. Those companies will pay G

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