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Atlanta News First and WSB-TV: late-night storms moved through metro Atlanta early Tuesday, downing trees and power lines. Outages peaked near 10,000 customers before falling to hundreds by dawn as Georgia Power crews worked.
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Georgia Recorder reports a groundbreaking at the Bartow County plant for about 1,500 MW of new natural-gas capacity and 500 MW of batteries, while SELC and Sierra Club press a Fulton Superior Court appeal over Atlanta-region ozone.
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The Georgia Public Service Commission approved a 3.2 percent rate increase for Georgia Power residential customers, taking effect with July billing cycles. The average customer will pay about $5 more per month.
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The utility's 178-page rate case with the Public Service Commission shows that the biggest driver isn't fuel costs — it's the data center boom.
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The utility has asked state regulators to approve nearly 10,000 megawatts of new capacity, mostly to serve data centers. Commission staff are recommending a third of that, warning residential bills could rise by $20 a month if the full plan goes through.