Georgia Power Fee Hike Town Hall with Tim Echols
Channel: Athens Politics Nerd
Date: 2019-10-18

Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols answers community questions about an upcoming rate increase requested by Georgia Power.

This event was held on October 17, 2019 and was hosted by the Georgia Solar Energy Association who said this about the rate hike: 

"The hike is not a done deal yet and cannot go into effect without first getting approval by our elected energy regulators, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). 

Georgia Power wants to nearly double the hidden mandatory fee on your bill so you'll owe at least $215 per year before even flipping your lights on (and about $300 after tacked-on charges and taxes). That's among the highest mandatory, monthly fees in the nation of any investor-owned utility, and means you would pay more for using less energy."

https://www.gasolar.org/

At 51:33 PSC Echols explains why he thinks it would be unfair to ask Georgia Power to pay to clean up the coal ash pollution themselves (and why we have to pay instead).

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