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and we have already seen cost-shifting from data centers into our rates take place. This Thursday, October 15, Georgians have an opportunity to question those claims directly at the Georgia Public Service Commission. Speak during the public comment period and demand transparency and accountability.

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Your voice matters. Come stand up for Georgia’s ratepayers tomorrow! Whether you come to one event or the other or do neither, early voting is under way. Please vote for pro-consumer candidate Shelia Edwards to join the commission, and vote for Commissioner Peter Hubbard to be reelected.

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You don't need to be a policy expert or a social media influencer to join. You just need to care about your community, want the real facts, and be ready to talk about how we move the needle together. RSVP here: partiful.com/e/4c4EBvxCOz...

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Got thoughts on where Georgia is heading? Same. The Impact Circle is where creators, community voices, and everyday influencers connect. Whether you’re the person in your group chat who always knows...

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Whether want to know what’s happening locally or just want to get sharper on the issues, please join me for an interactive session to better understand why bills are high and what’s driving that.

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Second, join me tomorrow night 6-7 PM where I will join Adrien Webber with the Sierra Club to discuss energy, data centers, and the Public Service Commission. This event is organized by the Impact Circle, where creators, community voices, and everyday influencers connect.

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The PSC approves Georgia Power’s rates, decides whether billions of dollars in data center energy investments get passed on to us, and determines whether corporate interests or the public interest comes first. These decisions affect every Georgia household, and the public needs to show up.

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There is a press conference and rally outside the PSC building before public comments you can join too, at 8 AM. Learn what the issues are, join us to make your voice heard, and help hold our utility regulators accountable.

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They are responsible for data centers, climate change, and the size of your utility bills. Join me for two events tomorrow (Thursday 10/15) to learn about or engage with the PSC. First, join me at the PSC for a hearing where you can make public comments beginning at 9:30 or 10 AM.

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Your electric bills are shaped by decisions made at the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), and most people have no idea how much power this agency has over their lives.

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Speakout on AI Data Center Takeover of our Power System!

The Georgia Public Service Commission is *supposed* to but isn’t. There is a PSC hearing this Thursday, October 15 with a chance to demand answers. Come to the rally and make your voice heard. For details and help knowing what to say, RSVP here. actionnetwork.org/events/oct15...

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On Thursday, October 15th, there's an important PSC hearing regarding AI data centers' attempts to take over our power system. Your participation is needed to make a big difference. We need people who...

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Billions for data centers. What’s in it for Georgia’s families? GA is competing to attract massive data centers with tax breaks, new power plants, and costly grid expansions. But who guarantees ordinary customers won’t get stuck paying for infrastructure built to serve billion-dollar corporations?

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out for our health care? Our prisons? Stop using property tax “relief” as though contributing to the common good of educating our children is a burden. It’s not.

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percentage of income tax as someone making $40k? The more Republicans defund government operations the more they can privatize education, jails, health care and every kind of government operations that should be working to benefit our lives and not profit businesses. How is that working

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bottom rankings for property taxes: just 35th place. If property owners don’t pay taxes on property then who is going to pay for schools? Because the state has already switched to a regressive flat tax income. Why should someone making $400k a year pay the same

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The proper headline would have been “Georgia leaders attempt to reduce property taxes which means schools would likely experience deficits”. The word “relief” does not belong in the headline unless you are trying to make people feel burdened. In fact, Georgia property owners are already in the

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@ajc.com reporter @marthadalton.bsky.social uses a biased headline to report on the Republican state leaders’ efforts to reduce property taxes using “relief” instead of a neutral term for reducing property taxes.

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Here is a video showing two examples that Georgia Power will absolutely cost shift data centers into the general rate base from their own mouths. THIS is why they wanted Senate Bill 34 killed. So that they could do THIS.

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Finally, what I also can’t figure out is why Republicans didn’t get any message from last year‘s blowout elections putting two Democrats on the commission. Is the Georgia Power lobby too strong? Or are they afraid of Georgia Power? I Seems to me like what they should be afraid of. Is voters.

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‘Strictest contract in data center history’ reached between Georgia Power and OpenAI

He thinks we believe him when he says the PSC protects consumers while keeping everything secret behind trade secrets, and reductions yet in the open he does all of those things? This this is an absolute lie. www.wtoc.com/2026/08/30/s...

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The Public Service Commission approved a contract between Georgia Power and OpenAI’s Project Camila, finalizing what officials described as historic levels of power output.

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What I can’t figure out is why Jason Shaw thinks anyone would believe his nonsense about how the Georgia PSC has rules in place that protect consumers or that the Effingham Open AI contract is the strictest in data center history and a “national model”. That’s just nonsense. He is 100% biased.

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But that’s not all he’s done. When he was a Georgia state legislator Shaw also sponsored legislation to exempt data centers from paying sales and local taxes on data center equipment and building costs. Which passed. That’s why Georgia is #1 in the nation for data centers.

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Georgia benefits from data centers, the backbone of a modern economy

What I can’t understand is why Republicans are all in for data centers. Because that’s not the only thing Commission chair Jason Shaw did for data centers. He also wrote an opinion piece for the AJC extolling data centers. www.ajc.com/opinion/2026...

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Public Service Commission is taking the right approach on helping grow the number of data centers in the state and also ensuring responsible oversight of Georgia Power.

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Jason Shaw and Utilities Director Tom Bond lined up with Georgia Power and data center lobbyists opposed to the legislation, claiming the PSC already had rules in place to prevent cost shifting. The only problem is, they don’t.

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Patty Durand @pattydurand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

On February 24 of this year top officials from the Georgia Public Service Commission went to the capital to speak in opposition of Senate bill 34. That legislation would have required Georgia Power to substantially and appropriately allocate grid expansion costs for data centers. Commission Chair

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Georgia Power is making billion-dollar decisions about new power plants and data centers, but the public is being kept in the dark about the contracts. Georgians deserve to know who pays, who profits, and who bears the risk. This Thursday, October 15, speak up at the Georgia PSC and demand answers.

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Speakout on AI Data Center Takeover of our Power System!

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Patty Durand @pattydurand.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Join me Tuesday Oct. 13 at the Energy & Policy Symposium to learn about data centers, energy burden, and policy solutions. I will be speaking on a panel at 10 AM that morning. It’s free and a great way to meet people in this space - the doers and the movers. gcepp.org/event/sympos...

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Patty Durand @pattydurand.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Disgusting display of malignant narcissism

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Patty Durand @pattydurand.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Next Monday is the “PSC Power Ticket fundraiser” hosted by Necessary Trouble in the Atlanta Oakhurst area. RSVP required. I will be there, please join me and say hi. secure.actblue.com/donate/levin...

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Patty Durand @pattydurand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

PSC candidates Peter Hubbard and Shelia Edwards will be speaking at the Oconee County Democrats meeting tomorrow. Be sure to attend if you're in the area! No RSVP required.

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Patty Durand @pattydurand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

PSC candidate Shelia Edwards will be at this candidate meet & greet event this evening in Marietta. If you're in the area, make sure to stop by.

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Patty Durand @pattydurand.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Don Parsons has been in the Georgia House of Representatives for 30 years and is currently running for reelection to a 16th term. He's signed a pledge supporting term limits for Congress, but I guess he thinks that's the ONLY place that should have term limits—why not the State House, Don?

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Patty Durand @pattydurand.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This event is tonight at Virginia Highland Church. No RSVP necessary. Please join me there and say hi.

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Patty Durand @pattydurand.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Are you concerned about high power bills, data centers, and climate change? Then let's kick out the Republicans on the Georgia Public Service Commission who are enabling those problems. If you're near Decatur, you can meet our Democratic candidates this Saturday: www.mobilize.us/dekalbcounty...

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Finally, join us Tuesday, October 5 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. for a fundraiser hosted by Necessary Trouble in the Oakhurst area of Atlanta. I will be there. Let’s make this a big turnout event for Shelia and Peter.

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Note that this is not a campaign event—all of the candidates have been invited, though Fitz Johnson can’t make it: he doesn’t do in person events. LOL!

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NEXT: On Monday, September 28 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., join Shelia and Peter for a candidate forum where you can hear their views about energy and data centers and ask questions. This is a great way to meet the candidates in person.

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Join Peter Hubbard and Shelia Edwards in Madison, Georgia this Saturday, September 19 for “Dogs for Democracy” UGA game day watch party from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (before the game begins).

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I don’t suppose they thought about how bad a job he did delivering Plant Vogtle, 7 years late and $17 billion over budget, did they? Nah. Probably not.

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Looks like Georgia Republicans will never let cronyism go. They will always choose the most unqualified person to fill the most important of roles because of power and money. What the hell does a utility CEO know about education? ZERO.

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Time for these bad apples to go. We've put up with Republicans in thrall to Georgia Power for long enough. Let's elect people who will represent people over profits.

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Senate District 6 is Coweta, Heard and Carroll counties. During Senate debate Brass claimed he has NO Georgia Power customers in his district when in fact he has almost 40,000, or 25%.

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And we get rid of Senator Matt Brass by electing JerMarkus Jacobs. Brass is single-handedly responsible for throwing his constituents in Coweta County fighting Project Sail under the bus with his votes. He's a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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And we do that by having accountability for the worst of the legislators. That means getting rid of House Energy & Utility Committee chair Don Parsons, who represents House District 44 (parts of Cobb and all of Cherokee Counties). His votes are always in Georgia Power's corner.

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