Regulators to consider another Georgia Power rate hike

Unit 3’s reactor and cooling tower stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

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Georgia’s Public Service Commission is poised to raise electricity rates for most Georgians to cover the cost of building new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle. Hearings begin next week on the latest in a series of bill increases for Georgia Power customers.

As the commission prepares to vote, its own elections remain in limbo amid a Voting Rights Act lawsuit. A federal appeals court recently issued a ruling in that case.