Oglethorpe Power gas generation expansion
Pending Rate matter, natural gas before the Georgia Public Service Commission.
No residential dollar figure published yet
The filing does not state a typical-bill impact we can verify. We will add one when the commission staff or the consumer advocate publishes it.
Oglethorpe Power is the wholesale generation and transmission cooperative owned by Georgia's 38 electric membership cooperatives, and it is not directly rate regulated by the Georgia Public Service Commission the way Georgia Power is, so there is no PSC docket number for its generation projects. Oglethorpe Power has announced plans to build new natural gas generation to meet rising load from its EMC members, including a large combined cycle gas plant near its existing Smarr Energy Facility in Monroe County targeted for around 2029, plus a smaller gas addition at the Talbot Energy Facility targeted for 2028. Reported cost estimates for the Monroe County plant vary across sources, from around 2 billion dollars to as much as 3.3 billion dollars, so the exact figure is unclear. No specific verified dollar impact on individual electric membership cooperative household bills has been published yet, since those retail rates are set separately by each member cooperative.
What it means for your bill: 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.
- Status
- Pending
- Utility
- Oglethorpe Power
- Commission
- Georgia Public Service Commission
- Data center linked
- Yes. The filing ties part of the cost or the tariff design to data center load.
- Last checked
- August 29, 2026
How to comment
The Georgia Public Service Commission accepts written comments on the docket while the case is open, and holds public hearings on major cases. Commission site. Georgia Watch represents households in this case.
Sources
- Oglethorpe Power Plans to Invest $2.3B in New Gas Projects, America's Electric Cooperatives, 2025-01-01
- Oglethorpe Power selects Kiewit as EPC for new combined cycle plant, Power Engineering, 2025-01-01
- Oglethorpe Power's new natural gas plant will boost reliability, local economy, America's Electric Cooperatives, 2025-01-01
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