Clean And Renewable Energy Subscription

Georgia Power is offering the CARES DG Program to give more customers access to renewable energy options and to expand the company’s existing Clean and Renewable Energy Subscription (CARES) Program. The DG Program was developed following the Georgia Public Service Commission’s approval of Georgia Power’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan.

This program allows eligible commercial and industrial customers with smaller energy demands (between 1 MW and 3 MW) to subscribe to renewable resources that are developed through Georgia Power’s Distributed Generation Request for Proposals (RFPs). By offering this new subscription option, Georgia Power is helping customers meet their sustainability goals while supporting the growth of locally sourced renewable energy projects across Georgia. The CARES DG Program also ensures that renewable development continues to deliver long-term value to all Georgia Power customers by diversifying the company’s energy portfolio and encouraging cost effective renewable generation.

Georgia Power will source the CARES Distributed Generation (DG) Portfolios through competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) processes scheduled for 2026 and 2027. The company has been approved to issue two DG RFPs— each targeting 50 megawatts (MW) of renewable capacity—to identify and contract with qualified solar projects across Georgia.

Because the renewable facilities supplying the CARES DG Portfolios will be procured through Georgia Power’s RFP processes, the Company does not yet know the geographic location, resource technology type, or size of the selected projects. However, solar projects procured through the DG RFPs must be interconnected to a Georgia Power distribution circuit.

The CARES Distributed Generation (DG) Program is open to Georgia Power commercial and industrial customers with at least 12 months of annual peak demand between 1 and 3 MW who are served on metered rates. Eligible customers may subscribe to renewable energy produced through Georgia Power’s DG Portfolios—up to 100 percent of their prior year’s annual energy use.

Customers with more than one existing premises may aggregate peak demands at multiple premises, provided the premises are under common ownership or under common control.

Yes, the subscription level will be limited to one hundred percent (100%) of the customer’s preceding year’stotal annual energy consumption at the premises served under this tariff.

Customers can choose either the Variable or Fixed Price option for the program. Standard general retailservice applies, plus the CARES Program charge and credit, depending on the pricing option.

Variable Pricing Option: Customers pay a price per kWh for variable output associated with their pro-rata share of the portfolio capacity. The charge includes the levelized weighted average supply cost of the CARES DG portfolio, renewable integration cost, a levelized additional sum, an administrative fee, and an optional community adder fee.

• Customers receive hourly credits at the hourly operating cost of incremental generation based on their share of energy production.
• The Hourly Credit Hr. will be adjusted to account for avoided transmission losses and a 75/25 shared savings when the hourly cost of incremental generation exceeds the hourly CARES DG Variable Price.

Fixed Price Option: Customers pay a fixed price per kWh for the output associated with their pro-rata share of the portfolio capacity. The charge is comprised of current and projected value of RECs, an administrative fee, and optional community adder fee. The cost per kWh will be determined at the time of contracting for a minimum of 10 years. Customers do not receive hourly credits under this option.

The cost to participate in the CARES DG program will not be known until the facilities supplying the CARES DG Portfolios have been identified and certified. However, to determine whether it is economic for a customer to participate in the CARES DG program, Georgia Power offers a Renewable Evaluation Tool to help customers understand the economic cost/benefits a participant might expect participating in a program like CARES DG. Once a customer has executed and uploaded the CARES NDA to the Notice of Intent website they will have access to the Renewable Evaluation tool.

A participating customer will receive hourly credits based on the customer’s pro-rata share of the hourly amount of energy produced by the CARES DG Portfolio. The hourly credits represent the Company’s hourly operating costs of incremental generation and will vary on an hourly basis.

The Company’s hourly operating costs of incremental generation represents the value the energy produced from the CARES DG Portfolio provides to Georgia Power’s electric system in a given hour. As such, this value fluctuates hourly based on factors such as weather, electricity demand, generation resource availability, fuel/commodity prices, and other system variables.

Participation in the CARES DG Program requires a customer to enter a Customer Agreement with Georgia Power for a minimum term of ten (10) years, but may increase the term in increments of five (5) years up to no more than the longest power purchase agreement term under the CARES DG Portfolio to which customer has subscribed. See Customer Agreement for eligible term lengths, currently the maximum contract term for CARES DG is up to thirty-five (35) years.

A participating customer may remain in the CARES Program for the term of its Customer Agreement.

The Customer Agreement may be renewed at the end of the contract term upon mutual agreement by Georgia Power and the Customer.

For the CARES DG Program, a customer may elect to terminate its subscription to this tariff prior to the end of the term by providing one hundred eighty (180) days’ written notice of termination to Georgia Power.

If a customer terminates its CARES DG Customer Agreement prior to the end of the term, that customer may not subscribe its CARES DG eligible load again under the CARES DG tariff, or any successor tariff, until what would have been the expiration date of the customer’s CARES DG Customer Agreement had it not been terminated prior to the end of its term.

The CARES DG Portfolio Price is a fixed price that will not vary during the contract term, regardless of term length selected.

Georgia Power cannot predict the production level of the facilities included in the CARES DG Portfolios. The hourly production of each CARES DG Portfolio will vary based on geographic location, resource technology type, and size of the facilities selected to supply the program.

Georgia Power will retire the RECs on behalf of participating customers.

Interested customers must provide notice of intent (NOI) to Georgia Power, identifying their proposed Subscription Level (in MW), contract term length, and any other requirements related to their interest in the CARES DG Program during each of the two NOI Submission Periods. The Company will conduct two separate NOI Submission Periods, which will coincide with the Company’s 2026 and 2027 distributed generation renewable RFPs, respectively.

Interested customers may visit the NOI website to view the NOI Submission guidelines and to complete an NOI Application.

Yes. A Customer interested in participating in the CARES DG program must pay a $4,500 NOI Participation Fee to apply for the CARES DG Program.

No. Georgia Power will notify customers whether they have been selected for participation in the CARES DG Program. In addition, an executed Customer Agreement is necessary to participate in the program. Georgia Power will provide customers selected for participation with additional instructions for executing the Customer Agreement at the conclusion of the NOI Submission Period.

A customer must provide (i) Georgia Power account number(s) (if applicable); (ii) the preceding year’s total annual energy consumption; and (iii) the annual peak demand for each premises the customer intends to use to meet the eligibility criteria to participate in the CARES DG Program. Multiple customer accounts under common ownership or under common control may be aggregated to meet the eligibility criteria, so long as the accounts are included in the list of eligible premises in the NOI Application. The customer must also submit the $4,500 NOI Participation Fee and sign a non-disclosure agreement.

Georgia Power will be providing interested customers with previous renewable subscription program pricing and other historical system data as part of the NOI Submission process, as well as the final CARES DG Portfolio Price once the CARES DG Portfolio PPAs have been executed. Because this data is trade secret and the confidential information of Georgia Power, a customer must first agree to keep such pricing data confidential before being allowed to review the information.

As part of the Company’s 2022 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), the Georgia Public Service Commission (GPSC) authorized Georgia Power to procure renewable resources through power purchase agreements (PPAs) for subscription by C&I customers. Within the CARES program, Georgia Power offers a carve-out for Municipalities, Universities, Schools, and Hospitals (MUSH), a program specifically designed for customers seeking around-the-clock carbon-free energy from carbon-free resources (“CFE-ATC”), otherwise new customers and existing customers that qualify can seek to enroll during the upcoming Notice of Intent (NOI). Currently CFE-ATC is not available for enrollment

Georgia Power plans to procure renewable resources to supply the CARES Portfolios through two separate utility scale renewable request for proposals (RFP) processes. The first NOI is complete and the second NOI is scheduled to open June 1, 2026.

Because the renewable facilities supplying the CARES Portfolios will be procured through Georgia Power’s RFP processes, the Company does not yet know the geographic location, resource technology type, or size of the selected projects. Georgia Power’s renewable RFPs do not restrict where a renewable facility can be located; however, winning projects in recent RFPs have been located in Georgia.

Georgia Power is offering subscription options for qualifying non-residential customers with an annual peak of 3 MW and greater to participate in the CARES Program with carveouts for Municipalities, Universities, Schools, and Hospitals (MUSH) and Carbon-Free Energy Around-the Clock (CFE-ATC). CFE-ATC is currently not available for enrollment consideration. Below are the following peak demand load requirements for each segment of the CARES program.

Peak Demand Requirement

• Existing Load ≥ 3 MW
• New Load ≥ 15 MW
• MUSH (Municipalities, Universities, Schools, and Hospitals) 1 - 3 MW
• CFE-ATC (Carbon Free Energy Around The Clock) ≥ 25 MW

Customers with more than one existing premises may aggregate peak demands at multiple premises, provided the premises are under common ownership or under common control.

Yes. For Existing Load and M.U.S.H. customers, the subscription level will be limited to one hundred percent (100%) of the customer’s preceding year’s total annual energy consumption at the premises served under this tariff.

For New load customers, the subscription level will be limited to one hundred percent (100%) of the projected total annual energy consumption as assessed and verified by Georgia Power.

If Georgia Power receives more MW requested by applicants than the available capacity of the CARES Program, then the Company will allocate capacity among interested customers using a pro rata approach, such that a customer’s final Subscription Level may be less than what was originally requested in its NOI Application.

Yes. Any New Load customers interested in participating in the CARES program must execute a Request for Electric Service to select Georgia Power as its electric service provider prior to being eligible for participation. and their business must be operating and taking retail service before the 1st project of the supplying CARES portfolio reaches Commercial Operation Date (C.O.D).

Customers adding New Load must have plans to add the new load and must be operating and taking retail service before the 1st project of the supplying CARES portfolio reaches Commercial Operation Date (C.O.D).

Customers can choose either the Variable or Fixed Price option for the Existing Load, New Load, and MUSH portions of the program. The CFE-ATC and Economic Development portions of the program will use the variable pricing option. Standard general retail service applies, plus the CARES program charge and credit, depending on the pricing option.

Variable Pricing Option: Customers pay a price per kWh for variable output associated with their pro-rata share of the portfolio capacity. The charge includes the levelized weighted average supply cost of the CARES portfolio, levelized transmission cost, renewable integration cost, administrative fee, and optional community adder fee.

• Customers receive hourly credits at the hourly operating cost of incremental generation based on their share of energy production
• Under the CFE-ATC option, customers also receive a capacity credit for avoided generation capacity

Fixed Price Option: Customers pay a fixed price per kWh for the output associated with their pro-rata share of the portfolio capacity. The charge is comprised of current and projected value of RECs, an administrative fee, and optional community adder fee. The cost per kWh will be determined at the time of contracting for 10 years. For customers enrolling for a term longer than 10 years that fixed REC will be recalculated. Customers do not receive hourly credits under this option.

The cost of participating in the CARES program will not be known until the facilities supplying the CARES Portfolios have been identified and certified. However, to determine whether it is economic for a customer to participate in the CARES program, Georgia Power offers a Renewable Evaluation Tool to help customers understand the economic cost/benefits a participant might expect when participating in a program like CARES. Once a customer has executed and uploaded the CARES NDA to the Notice of Intent website they will have access to the Renewable Evaluation tool.

A participating customer will receive hourly credits based on the customer’s pro-rata share of the hourly amount of energy produced by the CARES Portfolio. The hourly credits represent the Company’s hourly operating costs of incremental generation and will vary on an hourly basis.

The Company’s hourly operating costs of incremental generation represents the value the energy produced from the CARES Portfolio provides to Georgia Power’s electric system in a given hour. As such, this value fluctuates hourly based on factors such as weather, electricity demand, generation resource availability, fuel/commodity prices, and other system variables.

Participation in the CARES Program requires a customer to enter a Customer Agreement with Georgia Power for a minimum term of ten (10) years up to a maximum of thirty (30) years, in five (5) year increments. For participating customers in the CFE-ATC portion of the CARES Program, the term of contract will be specific to each participating customer and set forth in the applicable Customer Agreement. The Customer Agreement may be reviewed along with other CARES Program documents in Docket No. 44847 on the GPSC’s website (https://www.psc.state.ga.us).

A participating customer may remain in the CARES Program for the term of its Customer Agreement.

The Customer Agreement may be renewed at the end of the contract term upon mutual agreement by Georgia Power and the Customer.

For the CARES Program, a customer may elect to terminate its subscription to this tariff prior to the end of the term by providing one hundred eighty (180) days’ written notice of termination to Georgia Power. 

If a customer terminates its CARES Customer Agreement prior to the end of the term, that customer may not subscribe its CARES eligible load again under the CARES tariff, or any successor tariff, until what would have been the expiration date of the customer’s CARES Customer Agreement had it not been terminated prior to the end of its term.

Customers may elect to terminate participation under the CARES CFE-ATC program prior to the end of the CARES CFE-ATC Customer Agreement by providing written notice of the intent to terminate the Agreement to Georgia Power two years in advance of such termination. If a customer terminates its CARES CFE-ATC or Economic Development Customer Agreement prior to the end of the term, the customer will be responsible for compensating the Company for its damages associated with early termination, as determined in accordance with the customer’s CARES CFE-ATC Agreement.

The CARES Portfolio Price will have a fixed price for the first 10 years of enrollment that includes Short Term Network Service (STNS) cost and a lower fixed price for enrollment terms greater than 10 years that will not include the STNS cost.

Short-Term Network Service is a concept used to describe bridging the gap caused between the time needed for the completion of the transmission network upgrades required for firm delivery of the energy to the electric grid. Georgia Power also was approved to recover any estimated increase in costs from implementation of Short-Term Network Service from subscribing customers through the CARES Program Charge. The recovery of these costs will be included in a modified Program Charge that will be in effect for the first 10 years of the subscription terms. This pricing will include the estimated incremental costs of the Short-Term Network Service and is aimed at ensuring seamless and equitable allocation to all participants.

Georgia Power cannot predict the production level of the facilities included in the CARES Portfolios. The hourly production of each CARES Portfolio will vary based on geographic location, resource technology type, and size of the facilities selected to supply the program.

Georgia Power will retire the RECs on behalf of participating customers annually.

Interested customers must provide notice of intent (NOI) to Georgia Power, identifying their proposed Subscription Level (in MW), contract term length, and any other requirements related to their interest in the CARES Program during one or both of the two NOI Submission Periods. The Company will conduct two separate NOI Submission Periods, which will coincide with the Company’s 2023 and 2025 utility scale renewable RFPs, respectively.

Interested customers may visit the NOI website at https://gpc-caresenrollment.customerapplication.com/ to view the NOI Submission guidelines and to complete an NOI Application during the open NOI period.

Yes. Customer’s must pay a non-refundable $5,000 NOI Participation Fee to apply for the CARES Program. Any customer interested in participating in the CARES CFE-ATC option must pay a non-refundable NOI Participation Fee of $10,000.

No. Georgia Power will notify customers whether they have been selected for participation in the CARES Program. In addition, an executed Customer Agreement is necessary to participate in the program. Georgia Power will provide customers selected for participation with additional instructions for executing the Customer Agreement at the conclusion of the NOI Submission Period.

A customer must provide (i) Georgia Power account number(s) (if applicable); (ii) the preceding year’s total annual energy consumption or projected total annual energy consumption, as applicable; and (iii) the annual peak demand or projected new load, for each premises the customer intends to use to meet the eligibility criteria to participate in the CARES Program. Multiple customer accounts or new load additions under common ownership or under common control may be aggregated to meet the eligibility criteria, so long as the accounts are included in the list of eligible premises in the NOI Application. The customer must also submit the $5,000 or $10,000 NOI Participation Fee depending on what portion of the CARES program and sign a non- disclosure agreement.

Georgia Power will be providing interested customers with previous renewable subscription program pricing and other historical system data as part of the NOI Submission process, as well as the final CARES Portfolio Price once the CARES Portfolio PPAs have been executed. Because this data is trade secret and the confidential information of Georgia Power, a customer must first agree to keep such pricing data confidential before being allowed to review the information.

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Georgia Power is offering the Customer Identified Resource (CARES CIR) Program to expand renewable energy options for its commercial and industrial customers and to support the growth of clean energy across Georgia. The program was developed in response to customer interest in having more control over how their renewable energy is sourced and in alignment with the Georgia Public Service Commission’s Order in Georgia Power’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Through the CARES CIR Program, eligible customers can identify or partner on specific renewable projects for potential procurement by Georgia Power, giving them greater flexibility to meet their own sustainability goals. The program also helps bring additional renewable projects online by allowing a “second phase” of Georgia Power’s renewable request for proposals (RFP) process, enabling more viable projects to move forward.

During the standard RFP cycle, Georgia Power selects winning bids for new renewable projects based on price, performance, and system benefit. If, after that process, there is still unmet customer subscription demand under the CARES program, Georgia Power will open a second phase—the Extended RFP Period—to accept CIR submissions.

The CIR process will allow Developers to propose renewable generation projects and customers to identify the projects they want to subscribe to through Georgia Power’s CARES CIR Program. Georgia Power then contracts with developers to build those projects through long-term power purchase agreements and customers execute agreements with Georgia Power for subscription.

Projects enter the CIR Process in several ways:

• Projects submitted through Georgia Power’s Request for Proposals or RFPs, but not selected, may be invited into CIR.
• Developers who did not participate in the RFP process may also submit new projects directly into CIR, paying the same bid fees and undergoing preliminary evaluation.
• And customers and Developers who jointly identify a project can submit it through CIR for review.

Because the renewable facilities supplying the CARES CIR Projects will be procured through Georgia Power’s Extended RFP processes, the Company does not yet know the geographic location, resource technology type, or size of the selected projects. Georgia Power’s renewable RFPs do not restrict where a renewable facility can be located; however, winning projects in recent RFPs have been located in Georgia.

Georgia Power’s Customer Identified Resource (CARES CIR) Program is designed for commercial and industrial customers that meet specific size and metering requirements.

Eligibility:

• Utility Scale CIRs (projects larger than 6 MW AC): Eligible customers are commercial or industrial accounts with an actual or projected annual peak demand of 3 MW or greater. Customers may aggregate multiple premises under common ownership or control to meet this threshold.
• Distributed Generation CIRs (projects between 250 kW and 6 MW AC): Eligible customers are commercial or industrial accounts with at least 12 months of annual peak demand between 1 MW and 3 MW. Aggregation of premises under common ownership or control is also allowed, provided the combined peak demand falls within that range.

All participating accounts must be on metered rates—unmetered services such as streetlights, billboards, or communication equipment are not eligible. Customer load already participating in another Georgia Power renewable subscription program cannot be double counted for eligibility.

Yes, the subscription level will be limited to one hundred percent (100%) of the customer’s preceding year’s total annual energy consumption at the premises served under this tariff.

The CARES Customer Identified Resource (CIR) Program uses a transparent, formula-based pricing structure that is consistent with Georgia Power’s other Clean and Renewable Energy Subscription (CARES) offerings.

Each participating customer pays a monthly CARES CIR Program charge in addition to their normal electric service charges. The charge is based on the customer’s subscription level and the hourly energy output from the CIR project to which they are subscribed.

CARES CIR Price Components:

The price per kilowatt hour (kWh) is a levelized rate that includes several cost elements:

• Supply Cost: The levelized average cost of energy from the subscribed CIR project, based on the power purchase agreement (PPA) Georgia Power executes with the project developer.
• Transmission Cost: A levelized cost applied only to utility scale CIR projects to reflect the cost of delivering energy to Georgia Power’s system.
• Renewable Integration Cost: The Georgia Public Service Commission approved cost for operating reserves needed to manage renewable intermittency.
• Additional Sum: A fixed annual amount of $3.50 per kW to support renewable procurement and cost recovery under state law.
• Administrative Fee: $0.00035 per kWh for utility scale CIRs or $0.00085 per kWh for distributed generation CIRs, covering program administration.
• Optional Community Adder Fee: A fixed per kWh amount agreed upon at contracting; funds are used for community based renewable initiatives.

Hourly CIR Credits:

In exchange for paying the CARES CIR Price, customers receive hourly credits based on Georgia Power’s hourly operating cost of incremental generation. The credits reflect the value of the renewable energy produced in each hour. If, in any hour, the credit value exceeds the CARES CIR Price, Georgia Power applies a shared savings approach:

• 75 percent of the excess benefit is credited to participating customers.
• 25 percent is passed through to all retail customers via the fuel cost recovery process.

Billing and Settlement: Georgia Power calculates the monthly CARES CIR amount using the formula defined in the tariff (summing hourly production times the difference between the CARES CIR Price and the Hourly CIR Credit). The result appears as a separate line item on the customer’s electric bill, which is settled one month in arrears.

In summary, CARES CIR pricing is developed from the actual cost of renewable supply plus approved program fees, offset by hourly system credits. This structure ensures that pricing reflects the real cost and operational value of renewable generation while sharing savings between participating customers and all retail customers

The Company’s hourly operating costs of incremental generation represents the value the energy produced from the CARES CIR Projects provide to Georgia Power’s electric system in each given hour. As such, this value fluctuates hourly based on factors such as weather, electricity demand, generation resource availability, fuel/commodity prices, and other system variables.

Participation in Georgia Power’s Customer Identified Resource (CARES CIR) Program involves several types of costs, depending on how a customer chooses to engage with the program and the size of the resource. These costs cover access, evaluation, and subscription related charges.

Access and Evaluation Fees

Before subscribing, eligible customers pay the following non-refundable fees to access and evaluate CIR projects:

• Access Fee: $1,000 per RFP cycle (after executing a non-disclosure agreement). This fee helps offset the cost of developing and maintaining the CIR customer portal.
• Evaluation Fee:
  • Utility Scale CIRs (> 6 MW AC): $15,000 per submission
  • Distributed Generation CIRs (≤ 6 MW AC and > 250 kW AC): $3,750 per submission
  • Georgia Power may waive or reimburse part or all the evaluation fee if:
    • The project was already evaluated and does not require further study, or
    • The RFP participant (developer) elects to pay the customer’s share.
    • If multiple customers subscribe to the same CIR project, these fees are divided among subscribers based on each customer’s pro rata subscription share.

Monthly Subscription Fees

Once a customer subscribes to a CIR project, they pay a monthly CARES CIR charge in addition to their normal electric service charges. This charge is based on the customer’s subscription level and the hourly energy output of the CIR project.

• The CARES CIR Price (per kWh) includes:
  • Levelized average supply cost of the subscribed resource
  • Levelized transmission cost (for utility scale projects only)
  • Renewable Integration Cost (PSC approved)
  • Levelized additional sum of $3.50 per kW annually
  • Administrative Fee: $0.00035 per kWh (utility scale) or $0.00085 per kWh (distributed generation)
  • Optional Community Adder Fee (if selected by the customer)
  • Customers may choose to pay an additional fixed per kWh amount to support community based renewable programs. This fee is agreed upon at contracting and is entirely optional kWh amount to support community based renewable programs.
  • Early Termination Costs If a customer terminates their CARES CIR Customer Agreement before the end of the contract term, they must provide 180 days’ written notice and pay any applicable termination fee. Termination fees decline every five years over the contract term, reflecting reduced liability over time. If collateral was posted, Georgia Power may draw on it to cover termination costs.

Under the Clean and Renewable Energy Subscription – Customer Identified Resource (CARES CIR) Program, a participating customer must commit to a minimum Customer Agreement term of ten (10) years in order to subscribe.

The CARES CIR Customer Agreement establishes the customer’s subscription level and pricing terms for the duration of the contract. Customers may elect to extend their agreement in five-year increments beyond the initial ten-year term, up to a maximum of:

• 30 years for Utility Scale CIR projects, and
• 35 years for Distributed Generation CIR projects.

This long-term commitment aligns the customer’s subscription period with the underlying power purchase agreement (PPA) for the renewable resource supplying the program.

Participating customers in either the CARES US CIR Projects or the CARES DG CIR Projects may remain in the program for the term of its Customer Agreement.

The Customer Agreement may be renewed at the end of the contract term upon mutual agreement by Georgia Power and the Customer.

Yes. Under the CARES Customer Identified Resource (CIR) Program, a participating customer may elect to terminate its CARES CIR Customer Agreement before the end of the contract term, but certain conditions apply:

• The customer must provide at least 180 days’ written notice of termination to Georgia Power.
• If the customer terminates early, they are responsible for compensating Georgia Power for any damages associated with that early termination, as defined in the Customer Agreement.
• The Agreement includes a schedule of potential termination fees that decline every five years over the contract term, recognizing that Georgia Power’s financial exposure decreases the longer the customer remains in the program.
• If the customer has posted collateral under the Agreement, Georgia Power may draw on that collateral to recover any termination fee owed.

In short, early termination is allowed, but it requires advance notice and payment of any applicable termination costs specified in the CARES CIR Customer Agreement.

Yes, the project price may very based on the length of the contract term chosen. However, during the term of the customer agreement, the contract price is fixed.

Georgia Power cannot predict the production level of the facilities included in the CARES CIR Project offerings. The hourly production of each CARES CIR Project will vary based on geographic location, resource technology type, and size of the facility selected to supply the program.

Georgia Power will retire the RECs on behalf of participating customers.

An interested customer participates in the Clean and Renewable Energy Subscription – Customer Identified Resource (CARES CIR) Program by following a structured process that allows them to propose or subscribe to renewable projects during Georgia Power’s Extended Request for Proposals (RFP) period.

Here’s how the participation process works:

Confirm Eligibility

The customer must first determine that they meet the program’s eligibility requirements.

• For Utility Scale CIRs (projects larger than 6 MW AC), the customer must have an actual or projected annual peak demand of 3 MW or greater.
• For Distributed Generation CIRs (projects between 250 kW and 6 MW AC), the customer must have at least 12 months of annual peak demand between 1 MW and 3 MW.
• Customers must have accounts on metered rates and cannot use load already subscribed under another Georgia Power renewable program.

Access the CARES CIR Website

Eligible customers visit the CARES CIR portal to review general information about available CIR projects. Initial access is free.

• Sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement and Pay the Access Fee To view detailed pricing and project data, the customer must execute a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) with Georgia Power and pay a $1,000 access fee per RFP cycle. This fee grants access to the full list of CIR projects available during the Extended RFP Period.
• Select or Propose a CIR Project Customers can participate in one of two ways:
  • Partner with a developer and jointly propose a CIR project for evaluation, or
  • Select one or more CIR projects from the pool of submissions offered during the Extended RFP Period.

Pay the Evaluation Fee (if required)

Before Georgia Power conducts any necessary evaluation, such as transmission/distribution studies and environmental studies, the customer pays a nonrefundable evaluation fee:

• $15,000 for a Utility Scale CIR submission, or
• $3,750 for a Distributed Generation CIR submission. Georgia Power may waive or reimburse this fee if the project was previously evaluated or if the developer agrees to pay the customer’s portion.

Georgia Power Evaluation

Georgia Power evaluates the proposed CIR to ensure it meets all technical and economic criteria and provides a total net benefit equal to or better than the average net benefit of certified RFP projects.

Execute a CARES CIR Customer Agreement

Once the CIR project is fully evaluated, the customer enters into a CARES CIR Customer Agreement with Georgia Power.

• The agreement defines the customer’s subscription level (up to 100% of annual energy use).
• The minimum term is 10 years, with extensions available in five-year increments.

Subscription Activation and Billing

Once the CIR facility achieves commercial operation, Georgia Power begins billing and crediting the customer under the CARES CR-1 tariff. The monthly CARES CIR amount appears as a separate line item on the customer’s electric bill.

In summary: To participate, customers must confirm eligibility, register through the CARES CIR portal, sign an NDA, pay the access and evaluation fees, select or propose a CIR project, and execute a CARES CIR Customer Agreement once the project is fully evaluated. This process gives customers a direct role in identifying and subscribing to renewable resources that support their sustainability goals.

Interested customers may visit the CARES CIR website to view the CIR Submission guidelines and to complete a CIR Application.

Yes. A Customer interested in participating in the CARES CIR program must pay a $1,000 Fee to apply for the CARES CIR Program.

No — submitting a completed Customer Identified Resource (CIR) application and paying the participation fee does not guarantee automatic enrollment in the CARES CIR Program.

Once an application and fee are received, Georgia Power reviews the submission to confirm that:

• the applicant meets all eligibility requirements under the tariff,
• the proposed CIR project satisfies the technical and economic criteria of the applicable RFP, and
• the CIR resource demonstrates a total net benefit equal to or better than the average total net benefit of certified RFP projects.

Only after Georgia Power completes its evaluation and determines that the CIR project qualifies will the customer be invited to execute a CARES CIR Customer Agreement. Enrollment in the program becomes effective only upon execution of that agreement by both the customer and Georgia Power.

In short, the application and fee start the review process but do not constitute approval or enrollment; participation is contingent on successful evaluation and contracting.

When submitting a Clean and Renewable Energy Subscription – Customer Identified Resource (CARES CIR) Application, Georgia Power requires specific information and documentation so that they can validate the customer a meets all eligibility, criteria.

Here’s what must generally be included:

1. Customer Application for Access:
   1. Applicant First and Last Name, Job title
   2. Company Name
   3. Georgia Power Account Number(s)
   4. Size of projects are of interest, Utility Scale, Distributed Generation, or Both
   5. Contact & Company Information
2. Administrative Requirements
   1. Executed Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with Georgia Power.
   2. Payment of the $1,000 access fee and applicable evaluation fee ($15,000 for Utility Scale or $3,750 for Distributed Generation CIRs)
   3. Completed CIR Application form submitted through the CARES CIR website portal.

An interested customer must submit a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) before completing the Clean and Renewable Energy Subscription – Customer Identified Resource (CARES CIR) Application because the application process involves access to confidential and commercially sensitive information.

When a customer enters the CARES CIR portal to view or evaluate potential CIR projects, Georgia Power and the RFP participants make available detailed data such as project pricing, capacity, location, and other proprietary technical and financial information. This information is considered confidential under the terms of the applicable Request for Proposals (RFP) and the agreements Georgia Power has with project developers.

The NDA protects that data by legally binding the customer to keep all non-public information confidential and to use it only for evaluating participation in the CARES CIR Program. It ensures that sensitive project details are not shared outside of the evaluation process and that Georgia Power, developers, and other customers are safeguarded from unauthorized disclosure of competitively significant information.