As Georgia continues to grow and the energy landscape rapidly evolves, one thing remains constant–we understand the important role we play in serving millions of Georgians and take our commitment to serving them seriously.
On July 15, 2025 the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which details the company’s plan to meet the energy needs of customers and support the state’s expected continued extraordinary growth. In the IRP, the company has proposed necessary investments in its generation fleet and transmission system to help ensure Georgia Power can continue to provide its customers with the reliability and resiliency they deserve and expect, as well as demand-side and customer programs.
Reliably and economically meeting the needs of a growing Georgia.
Supporting Georgia’s strong economic growth
We are in a period an extraordinary of economic growth as Georgia continues to be the number one state in the country in which to do business. We continue to see positive short and long-term economic development trends. Over the next six years, we project approximately 8,500 megawatts (MW) of electrical load growth—an increase of approximately 2,600 MW by the end of 2030 when compared to projections in the 2023 IRP Update. As this projected growth continues, the approved 2025 IRP outlines continued processes with the Georgia PSC to monitor growth, including quarterly filings of Large Load Economic Development Reports and additional load forecast updates in the coming years.
Expansion of a Diverse Energy Mix
Throughout our 140+-year history, we have built, maintained and improved power plants across the state to reliably serve customers.
The approved 2025 IRP includes our plan to continue investing in our existing power plants to serve the needs of a growing Georgia more economically and with increased efficiency.
Updates include:
- Extended power uprates to reliable, emission-free nuclear units.
- Extensions and upgrades to existing power plants.
- Continued investment to modernize and operate Georgia’s hydro fleet.
Growing Renewable Energy
To help maintain flexibility amid changing market conditions and provide more carbon-free energy to customers, we will continue focusing on economical new renewable energy procurements through competitive request for proposal (RFP) processes. Our long-term plan include procuring up to 4,000 MW of renewable resources by 2035 approved with an initial target of 1,100 MW of new renewable resources sought through competitive Utility Scale and Distributed Generation procurements. These new resources would expand our renewable resource portfolio to approximately 11,000 MW.
Procurement of energy from new battery energy storage (BESS) projects is also expected to be a part of all-source capacity RFPs, building on our current plans to add more than 1,500 MW of BESS.
Enhancing the power grid to increase reliability and resiliency
The approved plan includes our 10-year transmission plan, with transmission improvements needed to maintain a strong and reliable transmission system to move energy from new and existing power plants to customers across the state. The 10-year plan includes new transmission resources across more than 1,000 miles of transmission lines, improving the system’s efficiency and resiliency, and providing the energy infrastructure needed for a growing state.
Under the final 2025 IRP, we will meet semi-annually with PIA Staff to provide updates on various projects and identify and consider alternative solutions for each project, and the associated costs and benefits.
Additionally, the Georgia PSC approved a formal process to evaluate new grid enhancing technologies to help meet increasing grid capacity needs and enable further reliable integration of the state’s growing amount of solar generation and BESS.
Serving a growing Georgia while balancing high reliability and affordability for customers
Our customer programs are continually evolving to offer options that help customers meet their sustainability and resiliency goals, enhance energy efficiency, and provide more control over their energy usage.
The approved 2025 IRP includes demand-side resources, such as energy efficiency programs and demand response programs, that bring value to our resource mix and improve our customers’ overall experience.
Highlights include:
- Solutions to meet increasing customer demand for emission-free, sustainable, and resilient energy.
- Increased initiatives for customers in the most need.
- New tools to help customers save money and energy.
Previous filing
2023 Integrated Resource Plan Update
Approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission in April 2024, the 2023 IRP Update was prompted by updated energy projections for the state. Resources approved in the final plan included battery energy storage systems (BESS), including BESS charged with solar energy; new and expanded distributed energy resources (DER); demand response programs; as well as conventional power plants.
2023 IRP Update Included
- Certification of a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Mississippi Power.
- Certification of a PPA with Santa Rosa Energy Center LLC for power from an existing natural gas-fired combined cycle generating asset located in Pace, Florida.
- Expansion of the Company’s implementation of BESS, including BESS co-located with existing solar.
- Construction of new solar resources to be co-located with new BESS.
- Construction of new simple-cycle combustion turbines at Georgia Power’s Plant Yates. The company is proposing to locate the new units at Plant Yates to leverage its current infrastructure and recognize operational efficiencies.
- Addition of new and expanded DER and demand response programs.
- Acquisition of an additional ownership interest in an existing generation asset within the Southern Company footprint.
2022 Integrated Resource Plan
Approved July 21, 2022, this IRP delivers a comprehensive strategy to both transform Georgia's energy sources and help to ensure that the state's network of transmission lines and grid infrastructure continues to deliver energy to Georgians – both today and in the future.
2022 IRP Programs
Georgia Power continues to implement the programs approved in the 2022 IRP. In 2024, the company plans to issue a 500 MW energy storage system RFP, with resources anticipated to be online by the end of 2028, as well as an “all-source” RFP to address capacity needs for the 2029 through 2031 period.
In the 2022 IRP, the Georgia PSC provisionally authorized Georgia Power to develop, own, and operate the 265 MW McGrau Ford BESS project. The company continues to pursue the development of this facility and plans to seek final approval from the Georgia PSC by the end of 2024, with commercial operation of the facility projected by the end of 2026.
In addition to new generation resources, the 2022 IRP also included multiple innovative customer programs designed to promote reliability and resiliency, such as the DER Customer Program. The DER Customer Program enables participating customers to subscribe to a resiliency service provided by company-owned, operated and maintained DER.
2022 Rate Request
This request enables us to continue making critical investments in strengthening and further securing the electric grid, transforming our power generation to include cleaner and more economical energy resources and continue improving the customer experience.
