MEAG Power supplies the city owned utilities and expects data center load on its system to roughly double within about five years. City utility rates are set by each city, not the Public Service Commission.
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Pending rate cases in Georgia
Ranked by what each would add to a typical monthly bill if approved as asked. Commissions usually approve less; here is how much less, measured. Cases without a published residential figure sit at the end. See what changed recently across every case we track.
Coming up
Dates on the record. Comment deadlines are the ones you can act on.
- Oct 15 Appalachian Power: 2026 biennial base rate review (comment deadline)
- Oct 19 Appalachian Power: 2026 biennial base rate review (hearing)
- Oct 26 Baltimore Gas and Electric: BGE 2027-2029 electric rate case (hearing)
- Nov 4 Entergy Arkansas: Entergy Arkansas 2027 formula rate plan filing (hearing)
- Nov 4 Puget Sound Energy: 2026 general rate case, electric (hearing)
- Nov 4 Puget Sound Energy: 2026 general rate case, natural gas (hearing)
- Nov 10 Portland General Electric: General rate case for 2027 rates (hearing)
- Nov 19 Entergy Arkansas: White Bluff coal-to-natural-gas conversion plan (hearing)
Oglethorpe Power, which generates most of the electricity Georgia's EMCs sell, is adding natural gas plants it ties to data center and industrial load. EMC rates are set by each cooperative's board, not the Public Service Commission, so watch your EMC's rate notices.
Recent decisions
The December 2025 certification of about 9,885 MW of new generation for data center load came with a promise of at least $8.50 a month of downward pressure on a typical bill in 2029 through 2031, because large customers are meant to carry more of the cost. Consumer groups warned it could instead add around $20 a month if the projected data center demand does not show up.
Since February 2025, new loads of 100 MW or more must sign custom contracts of up to 15 years with financial guarantees and minimum bills, which is the rule meant to keep data center grid costs off residential rates.
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