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Your Guide to the Georgia PSC


This page is meant to help you better understand what’s happening with the Georgia PSC, and places you can go to find more information. (This was last updated July 16, 2025. We will update as our reporting continues.)

Explainers and guides

2025 PSC election guide

How the PSC works, and why these often-overlooked elected officials matter

A glossary for energy and electricity policy in Georgia

How to understand your Georgia Power bill

Downloadable brochure

This brochure was created and last updated in 2024.

Utility assistance in Georgia

United Way of Central Georgia 211 (You’ll be prompted to enter your zip code to find assistance you can access)

Salvation Army rent, mortgage, and utility assistance (You’ll be prompted to enter your zip code to find assistance.)

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) offers energy bill and/or emergency assistance for low-income residents, especially those who are senior citizens or medically homebound. This is a federal program.

Learn more about the PSC

Below are links to various resources that may help you better navigate the Georgia Public Service Commission.

Georgia Public Service Commission website

Georgia Public Service Commissioners

Public Service Commision YouTube channel

File a complaint with the PSC

2020 lawsuit against Georgia Secretary of State

2022 federal court ruling and other case documents via Georgia Conservation Voters

WABE stories on Georgia Power

WABE stories on the PSC

Our media partners

WABE

Canopy Atlanta

Our community partners

We worked with these organizations to host listening sessions and distribute information in 2024.

Eco-Action, Atlanta

85 Community Development Corporation, Atlanta

Westside Neighbors United, Macon

 

National information

Public Service Commission election dates and current officeholders