Georgia Utility Seeks Massive Grid Expansion To Feed Data Centers

Transmission lines flow at Georgia Power Co.’s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant, in Waynesboro, Ga., on Jan. 20, 2023. AP Photo/John BazemoreGeorgia Power Company’s request to grow its grid by two-thirds of its current capacity within a decade to accommodate booming data center development will be debated during three days of public hearings in Atlanta before the Georgia Public Service Commission beginning Tuesday.The company, Georgia’s largest and only rate-regulated utility with 2.8 million customers, plans to spend $15 billion to add 10,000 megawatts (MW) of new capacity—enough to power nine million homes—by 2035 under its 10-year Integrated Resource Plan approved by the commission in July.