The Georgia Public Service Commission received Georgia Power’s filing for the utility’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan on Jan. 31.

The process to approve the plan will include three public hearings: March 25-28, May 27-30 and a rebuttal hearing on June 23-25. The first hour of each day’s hearing will be reserved for public comment. Members of the public can also send comments via mail, email or via the PSC’s electronic portal, available on the homepage of the PSC’s website www.psc.ga.gov.

The IRP is filed every three years to set Geogia Power energy production. Although the plan is updated every three years, the plan is a 20-year outlook of energy production amounts and methods.

“My fellow Commissioners and I make every effort to hear from Georgian’s during the IRP process,” said PSC Chairman Jason Shaw. “As we weigh evidence presented to us by expert witnesses, engineers and energy analysts, we also read all comments sent by the public and listen to every public witness who takes the time to speak at the hearings. It is a vitally important part of the IRP process.”

Now that the IRP has been filed, the PSC’s Public Interest Advocacy Staff will utilize experts in finance and energy production to analyze Georgia Power’s plan. The IRP will be litigated over the next six months where PSC staff request data from Georgia Power, expert witnesses file testimony, and the Commissioners will hold the hearing that will include witnesses and cross examination. As many as two dozen outside intervenors will join the process and are likewise able to file documents, present witnesses and cross-examine other witnesses.

On July 15, at the PSC’s regularly scheduled Administrative Session, the Commissioners will vote on the final version of the Georgia Power IRP including all changes made during the process.

This is a link to the 2025 IRP docket on the PSC’s website. It will include all information on the case: https://psc.ga.gov/search/facts-docket/?docketId=56002

This is a link to the Procedure and Scheduling Order which provides a schedule of all relevant dates including dates of filings and hearings: https://psc.ga.gov/search/facts-document/?documentId=221169

For more information on the Commission, see the PSC website at https://psc.ga.gov/