News & Updates

Summer Reliability Outlook Highlights Renewables’ Growing Role Across the Southeast

The 2025 SERC Summer Reliability Assessment offers encouraging news for utility-scale renewable energy developers across the Southeast. With solar capacity increasing sharply and reserve margins holding strong across much of the region, the report confirms that renewables are playing a central...

Georgia CARES? Solar RFP Struggles in the Peach State

In July 2022, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) directed Georgia Power to procure 2,100 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy resources through its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). One year later, Georgia Power responded with the 2023 Clean and Renewable Energy Subscription...

SREA's Comments on Enhancing SERTP's Stakeholder Engagement, Transparency and Effectiveness of the RPSG

The Southern Renewable Energy Association (SREA) values the opportunity to provide comments regarding the SERTP Sponsors initial request for reforming the Regional Planning Stakeholder Group (RPSG). At its most recent meeting on April 30th, SERTP sponsors requested feedback regarding potential reform...

Webinar: Discussing SREA's Filed Testimony & Recommendations in the Georgia Power 2025 IRP

Join the Southern Renewable Energy Association's Regulatory Director Whit Cox and Alejandro Palomino with Energy Strategies as they walk us through testimony filed by SREA in the Georgia Power 2025 Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) docket. The testimony included the following recommendations:   Require...

Georgia Power’s 2025 IRP Testimony Highlights Broad Support for Clean Energy, Scrutiny of Gas Expansion Plans

As the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) reviews Georgia Power’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), dozens of stakeholders—from clean energy developers to consumer advocates and local governments—have weighed in with a clear message: Georgia’s energy future must be cleaner, more affordable,...

Let the Market Lead: Aligning Georgia's Energy Plan with Business Demand and Economic Growth

Georgia Power’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) presents a pivotal opportunity to strengthen Georgia’s economic competitiveness, energy independence, and grid resilience. But as currently proposed, it misses the mark in several areas. Most notably, the utility’s modest proposal to procure just...

SREA testimony in Georgia Power IRP recommends expanding utility-scale renewables RFP to procure additional GW of resources by 2032

Direct testimony on behalf of the Southern Renewable Energy Association (SREA) in the Georgia Power Company (GPC) 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) recommends that the company expand their 2026 utility-scale renewables Request for Proposals (RFP) to procedure 2 GW of renewable...

Powering Georgia

Powering Georgia is a nonpartisan coalition of Georgians united to identify, engage, and empower voices across the state who support utility-scale renewable energy developments. Our mission is simple: accelerate clean energy growth in Georgia by finding and connecting landowners, farmers, business leaders, and community stakeholders who understand that a modern, reliable grid requires local, scalable solutions.

If you share a bold vision for a Georgia where clean energy is homegrown, reliable, and genuinely benefits every community, Powering Georgia invites you to join us. This is about real progress, real collaboration, and real results—together, we will drive the energy future Georgia deserves.

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Powering Georgia partners with communities across the state to counter misinformation about renewable energy and to support community leaders in crafting clear, practical language for advocating when wind or solar projects come to their areas.

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Powering Georgia believes lasting change comes from uniting communities, policymakers, and industry partners to advocate for transparent, evidence-based renewable energy policies. By forming broad coalitions across the state, we advance practical, affordable power solutions that protect everyday Georgians.

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Powering Georgia champions policies that grow renewable energy and shield the industry from harmful legislation. We work to ensure practical siting guidelines, reliable bonding standards, and clear decommissioning processes so projects can thrive in communities across the state.