COMPETENCE MATTERS

Georgia's biggest energy decisions are technical, consequential, and rarely simple — they decide what families pay, how reliable the grid stays, and how ready Georgia is for the decades ahead. Competence Matters exists to push a single standard: the people evaluating those decisions need real technical competence to judge every deal on its merits.

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Decisions on the Merits

Every major energy decision deserves a rigorous, technical review

Affordability First

Keeping energy bills affordable should be the clear priority in every decision

Growth Pays Its Way

New investment and rising demand should cover their own costs instead of landing on everyday bills

Real Accountability

The people making Georgia's biggest energy decisions should answer to the public

Leadership Matters

Competent leadership makes the difference in every major energy decision Georgia makes.

Why Competence Matters

The Decisions Are Technical. The Standard Shouldn't Be Political.

Georgia's energy future is being shaped right now — through rate cases, new power plants, and major grid investment. Those decisions deserve real technical competence, not politics.

Evaluate on the Merits

When leaders weigh a major energy decision — a new power plant, a rate case — the public wants to know it was judged on its merits, by people with the competence to get it right.

Protect Affordability

Affordable energy bills should be the state's top energy priority. Competence means keeping that priority front and center in every decision.

Key Issues

What We're Watching

What it takes to get complex energy decisions right.

A Diverse Energy Mix

Georgians want the state to keep a diverse mix of natural gas, nuclear, solar, hydropower, and battery storage as demand grows — not a bet on any single source.

Modern, Dependable Infrastructure

Georgia's utilities have to keep working through a summer heat wave or a winter cold snap. Getting that right takes real engineering and financial review, not a rubber stamp.

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Help Georgia Demand Competence

Join us in putting technical competence — not politics — at the center of Georgia's energy decisions.

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