Updated Wednesday at 9:39 a.m.
Georgia Power has spent millions of dollars on personal protective gear, extra cleaning services, and overtime and meals for the company’s frontline essential workers, including people maintaining power lines and keeping power plants running.
Following a close vote by state regulators Tuesday, the utility will be allowed to eventually recoup those costs – $7.7 million for the months of March, April and May – from customers.
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