When Georgia considers a major energy decision — like a new gas plant — the public wants, and needs, to know it's being weighed by people with the competence to judge it on the merits. These are decisions worth billions of dollars with decades of consequences attached, and they deserve real technical scrutiny.
Affordable energy bills need to be a priority for state leaders — we can't price Georgia families out of their homes. Competent oversight starts with taking that seriously on every vote.
Growth and major new investment are heading to Georgia, and we must get it right. When a large new project drives the need for new power plants, pipelines, or transmission lines, that cost shouldn't be spread quietly across everyday families' bills. Growth ought to cover its own way, not lean on everyone else's.
Most Georgians don't have the time, or the technical background, to personally evaluate a rate case or a major infrastructure contract. That's exactly why competence — not politics — has to be the standard for the people making these calls.
Georgia's utilities have to keep working through the moments that matter most — a summer heat wave, a winter cold snap, a sudden spike in demand. Expanding and modernizing infrastructure where additional capacity is genuinely needed is part of that. Getting it right takes real engineering and financial review, not a rubber stamp, and not a reflexive no.
Georgians want the state to keep a diverse mix of natural gas, nuclear, solar, hydropower, and battery storage as demand grows, and they support encouraging new renewable natural-gas projects too. Competence means weighing every option, not picking a favorite in advance.
Georgia can cut waste and run cleaner without piling costly, one-size-fits-all mandates onto family and small-business bills. Environmental gains should be judged the same way any other investment is: does it actually work, and is it worth what it costs.
