Georgia Power reaches a tentative agreement to build three new gas turbines and expand battery storage footprint

Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Bowen generates electricity, Dec. 14, 2020, in Euharlee, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Georgia Power and state regulators reached a tentative agreement last week to expand Georgia Power’s fossil fuel infrastructure and increase the company’s battery storage footprint.

Under the agreement, Georgia’s largest utility company, would buy more electricity, build three new natural gas turbines at Plant Yates and add batteries to existing solar energy at Moody and Robins Air Force Bases.

The Georgia Public Service PSC) is scheduled to vote on April 16.