ATLANTA — Georgia Power’s latest plan for meeting the electrical-generation needs of its customers would keep the Atlanta-based utility on a path toward relying less on burning coal and more on renewable energy.
But environmental and consumer advocates are asking the state Public Service Commission to require Georgia Power to do more when the PSC votes July 21 on the utility’s 2022 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), an update the company submits every three years outlining its planned mix of energy sources for the next two decades.
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