The Clay Ledger · Atlanta · Sunday, September 27, 2026
Top story · Grid + storage
The 2025 resource plan, approved in July, treats storage as cargo to be moved, not garnish: on the order of 3,000 megawatts of new batteries cleared to ship, 765 megawatts already under construction, and a clause in your bill that pays residential customers back if the growth behind the build does not show up.
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September 26, 2026
Georgia has no regional grid operator. Instead, Georgia Power and its neighbors trade power in 15-minute windows through the Southeast Energy Exchange Market, running since November 9, 2022, with federal regulators still pressed to take a harder look.
Markets
September 25, 2026
Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 entered commercial operation on July 31, 2023 and April 29, 2024, fifteen years after construction began. Together they add roughly 2,234 megawatts of carbon-free power; Georgia Power owns about 45.7 percent.
Generation
September 24, 2026
The 2025 plan's settlement includes a promise with a number attached: if big new electric loads, chiefly data centers, do not put expected downward pressure on residential rates, credits on the order of $8.50 a month land on typical bills from 2029 through 2031.
Rates
6,000+ MW
New renewable energy Georgia Power must bring online between 2029 and 2031, per the 2025 resource plan approved by the Public Service Commission on July 15, 2025. The ceiling rises to 8,500 MW if need is shown.
~3,000 MW
New battery storage approved in the same plan, spread across nine facilities. That is the largest single storage commitment Georgia has made, and it follows the 500 megawatt solicitation the Commission approved in 2022.
765 MW
Storage under construction today in Bibb, Lowndes, Floyd, and Cherokee counties. The 49.5 megawatt Moody facility near Valdosta was completed in July 2026; a 260 megawatt project at Wadley and a 200 megawatt project in Twiggs County are in the ground.
~9,900 MW
Total new resources Georgia Power asked the Commission to certify on July 31, 2025, including 1,886 megawatts of storage paired directly with solar. Certification is the step that lets costs flow into rates.
This week's long read
From the first 500 megawatt solicitation to nine approved facilities and construction crews in four counties: how a state with no grid operator came to bet its evenings on shipping containers full of cells, and what the bet costs you.
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Georgia's grid is run by Georgia Power under contract with the state, not by a regional market operator. That makes the Public Service Commission's dockets the center of gravity for every story we cover, from Vogtle's reactors to the battery yards going up south of Valdosta. We read the filings so you can read the summary.
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