-$4a month
Base rate freeze through 2028
Approved Rider or surcharge, docket 44280 before the Georgia Public Service Commission.
Keeps the base rate flat on a typical bill
A freeze on base rates; riders and fuel charges can still move.
What happens next
The new rate took effect July 1, 2025 and is already on your bill. How rate cases work.
What it means for your bill
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Fileddate not published
Hearingheld or waived
DecisionJul 1, 2025
On billsJul 1, 2025
Georgia Power and the Georgia PSC Public Interest Advocacy Staff reached a stipulated agreement extending the alternate rate plan first approved in the 2022 rate case, keeping Georgia Power base electricity rates flat through at least 2028. The Georgia Public Service Commission approved the stipulation by vote on July 1, 2025, with a formal order issued July 31, 2025. The freeze applies only to base rates and does not limit separate fuel cost recovery or storm cost recovery charges, both of which can still change a residential bill during the freeze period. Georgia Power has said growth in large load customers such as data centers helped make the freeze possible by spreading fixed costs across a larger customer base.
- Status
- Approved
- Utility
- Georgia Power
- Commission
- Georgia Public Service Commission
- Docket
- 44280
- Approved
- 0% residential
- Typical bill change
- +$0.00 a month
- Decided
- July 1, 2025
- On bills from
- July 1, 2025
- Data center linked
- Yes. The filing ties part of the cost or the tariff design to data center load. The projects themselves: isadatacentercoming.com.
- Last checked
- August 29, 2026
Common questions
How much will my Georgia Power bill go up?
Keeps the base rate flat on a typical bill. A freeze on base rates; riders and fuel charges can still move.
When would the new rates start?
They already did, on July 1, 2025.
When is the hearing?
No hearing date is on record for this case.
How do I comment?
The comment period closed once this case was decided; its result is above.
Sources
- Georgia PSC approves plan to freeze Georgia Power base rates through at least 2028, Georgia Power (press release), 2025-07-01
- Georgia Power poised to freeze base rates until 2028, with a catch, Atlanta Civic Circle, 2025-06-28
- Docket #44280 (Georgia Power 2022 Rate Case / Alternate Rate Plan), Georgia Public Service Commission, 2025-07-31
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Other Georgia Power matters
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.
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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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Other pending cases in Georgia
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Oglethorpe Power gas generation expansion
Oglethorpe Power, GA
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.
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2
MEAG Power load growth planning
MEAG Power, GA
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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