The Georgia Public Service Commission will hold its Administrative Session as well as a special public forum in Savannah on Sept. 15. At the public forum, are residents will have the opportunity to address the Commission, which serves as the regulatory body for the state’s utilities, with any comments or concerns. Each participant will be limited to three minutes. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. and run until noon at the Chatham County Administrative Building, 124 Bull St. in Savannah. The change of scenery for the PSC comes as conversations ramp up in southeast Georgia about data center development. In July, OpenAI announced the state’s current largest data center project in Effingham County, where the company plans to build a 1,400-acre data center campus, dubbed Project Camellia. In nearby Statesboro, the city council also recently approved rezoning to allow for a data center project, while Bulloch County maintains a moratorium. The suggestion to hold a session in the southern part of the state was proposed by Commissioner Alicia Johnson, who lives in Savannah. “Coastal Georgia is experiencing tremendous growth,” Johnson said. “It’s facing consequential decisions about energy, infrastructure, affordability, resilience, and our economic future. The people who live, work, raise families, and build businesses here deserve a meaningful opportunity to engage directly with the Commission making decisions that affect their monthly bills and their communities.” Chairman Jason…
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