Please take time to write or call your Representative or Senator and let them know if this is important to you. Please share this information with your friends and neighbors. The Honorable Senator Bill Stephens, Dear Representative Pinholster and Senator Stephens, The law of Eminent Domain in Georgia is longstanding. It was extended to the electrical utility industry during the Roosevelt presidency for the purpose of bringing much needed electrical power to rural Georgia. It is now being misused by the electrical industry for commercial gain.
Regulatory changes are in order for the good of the citizens of Georgia.
There is no argument that public utilities should have this right. What is at issue is the degree to which the public utility should be able to exercise this right and for what purpose. This year, Georgia Power is constructing a high voltage power line through the Clayton Community and building a new one-hundred sixty acre power substation in Ball Ground, on what is today a wildlife preserve. Georgia Power is building this through rural country homes that are habitat for the citizenry, federally protected endangered species, and culturally significant lands. Georgia Power is doing this not to bring electricity to rural Georgia, but rather to build part of a nationwide power grid so it can buy inexpensive power in the Midwest and sell it to power starved Florida.