GA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ELECTION

SOME IMPORTANT HISTORY AND INFORMATION FROM TIM

• Without strong GOP turnout, Republicans in Georgia may lose two seats on the statewide PSC. 
• In 1992, Republicans took the first of five PSC seats that had been held by Democrats since Reconstruction post-civil war.
• In 1994, Republicans took two more seats now attaining the majority.
• This year, on June 17 during the PSC Primaries, Democrats doubled the Republican vote total.
• On Nov 4 this year, over 220 cities will have elections where the PSC General Election ballot will appear.  Those are mostly Democrat voters.
• Democrats are at war with fossil fuel and will certainly make changes in Georgia's use of coal and natural gas.  This will jeopardize reliability and limit economic development.
• After the Pandemic, 32 left-leaning groups asked the PSC to "forgive" the debt of low-income Georgians.  The PSC refused. This subsidy would have been borne by hard-working Georgians.
• Democrats around the country subsidize green energy projects causing cost-shifting.  Georgia has not previously subsidized such projects.
• Democrat-run cities like Atlanta ignore important infrastructure investments and instead invest in pet projects.  Fitz Johnson and I have invested in the grid, helping it to be an economic magnet.
• Democrats want to lower power bills and will reduce the reserve margin in order to do it.  This will jeopardize reliability.
• Democrats have suggested reducing power company profits and redistributing that money to poor ratepayers.  This impacts the utility's grid investments and the interest rate they borrow at.