Georgia Power will move up by a month its planned reduction in the fuel cost recovery rate it adds to customer bills . . .
Two races for the Public Service Commission are the statewide races that will be at the top of Georgia’s election ballot this year . . .
Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle nuclear reactors are already facing cost overruns potentially as high as $900 million, along with an eight-month delay in completion . . .
PSC member Chuck Eaton urges Georgia Power to accelerate a price break for its customers by making a rate reduction effective a month early on June 1 . . .
Speaker David Ralston is drawing criticism for what he’s done — or hasn’t done — as a private attorney; Athens-area incumbents will have opposition in their party primaries . . .
Georgia Power says it will cut the rates it charges customers to recover the fuel costs associated with generating electricity, a move spurred by dropping demand for electricity and reduced costs of natural gas . . .
PSC chairmanship bill is approved by the House; if the Senate agrees to changes in the measure, it will go to Gov. Nathan Deal . . .
PSC member Tim Echols says he will not change his vote on a proposal to raise Georgia Power’s residential rates to provide a subsidy for two solar energy companies . . .
