Overview
- Democrats Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard unseated Republican incumbents Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson, each taking roughly 62% to 63% of the vote.
- Republicans will retain a 3–2 majority when the new commissioners are sworn in January, and Hubbard must run again next year for a full term.
- The results followed six commission-approved bill increases in three years that elevated household costs and heightened scrutiny of data centers’ power demand.
- The commission is slated next year to address fuel costs and Hurricane Helene recovery, and Georgia Power could request significant bill increases to cover those expenses.
- Georgia Power is seeking approval for a 10‑gigawatt, $16 billion grid build for 2028–2031 tied to data-center growth, after rule changes allowed assigning full servicing costs to data-center operators.