POWEREDBYWHO
· STATE FILE · GA
EIA RATE DATA AS OF 2026-02
FOLLOW THE MONEY IN
Georgia
79 data-center projects on file — 11.4 GW of nameplate capacity, $80.4B in announced investment. Federal data on what residents are paying for the grid to serve them, sourced from the EIA Electric Power Monthly.
Avg residential bill
$152
/ month
Per household · 2026-02
Sales to industrial
20.4%
of state kWh
Factories + data centers · 2026-02
Residential rate rank
#36
of 51
Mid-pack on residential price
10yr rate climb
+34%
#35 of 51
Climbed slower than the US since 2016
Largest power plant
4.53 GW
· nuclear
Vogtle · Burke County
§ 01
What residents pay
EIA · Electric Power Monthly
Georgia · residential · latest
14.13¢/kWh
↑ +4.2% YoY
As of Single month · 2026-02
Georgia · residential · 2026 YTD avg
14.31¢/kWh
↑ +5.8% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
US national · residential · 2026 YTD avg
17.54¢/kWh
↑ +8.5% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
§ 02
How the grid runs
Net generation · 2026-02
Where Georgia's electricity actually comes from. Each fuel source as a share of total state generation in the most recent reported month.
GEORGIA · GENERATION MIX · 2026-02
10.85 TWh net · all sectors
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Supply vs demand
EIA-860M generator inventory · projects pipeline
Georgia is staring at an 1.8 GW energy shortfall: 8.6 GW of data-center load is under construction or permitted in the state, but utilities have only 6.7 GW of new generation in the EIA-860M pipeline to serve it. (For scale, the state's already-running data-center load is 857 MW.) The largest plant in the supply pipeline is Pepper Hammock Solar And Storage in Wayne County — 2.5 GW of solar across 3 units, first online 2027-08.
Two bars, one scale. Demand is sorted by certainty — under construction first, then permitted, then proposed. The dashed rule marks where the supply pipeline runs out; everything to the right of it is demand on file with no supply filed against it.
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Data-center load
79 projects
Projects on file
79
published (excludes draft / archived)
Nameplate MW
11.42 GW
≈ 50 GWh/yr at 50% load
Announced investment
$80.4B
aggregate disclosed capex
§ 05
Local voices on data centers
6 statements
SUPPORT · 2024-05
“This veto prevents actions that would undermine investments made by high-technology data center operators and inhibit infrastructure and job development.”
— Gov. Brian Kemp (R)SOURCE ↗
SUPPORT · 2026-02
“AI requires enormous computing power, and that means enormous amounts of electricity. A permitting framework designed in the 1970s is not suited to infrastructure now central to national security.”
— Rep. Rich McCormick (R)SOURCE ↗
SUPPORT · 2024-05
“This bill would undermine investments made by high-technology data center operators and inhibit important infrastructure and job development.”
— Gov. Brian Kemp (R)SOURCE ↗
§ 06
Industry money in Georgia
3 PACs active
Tracked super PACs that have spent in races for federal seats in Georgia this cycle. Crypto, AI, and energy-aligned committees are surfaced separately so the industry source of each dollar is legible.
PROTECT PROGRESS
CRYPTOFairshake affiliate (Dem-leaning)
FOR
$1.1M
AGAINST
$56k
FILINGS
10
AMERICAN MISSION
AILeading the Future affiliate
FOR
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Follow the money in Georgia
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in GA
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.