Who's Paying for Georgia's Data Center Boom? You Are. | Tony Kozycki & Commissioner Peter Hubbard

Data centers are one of the biggest issues facing the 7th District, and one of the biggest places Rich McCormick and I disagree. So I sat down with Public Service Commissioner Peter Hubbard, one of the few people in Georgia government who actually spent his career in the energy industry, to get real answers for the folks in the room and on the livestream. Here's what we covered: ⚡ Why Georgia Power is asking to nearly double its generation capacity, mostly for data centers, and who's on the hook if those data centers never get built ⚡ How Plant Vogtle went from a $14 billion estimate to $35–37 billion, and why your base rate went up 25% to pay for it ⚡ The "rate freeze" that locked in six rate increases, and why the real reckoning comes in the 2028 rate case ⚡ Whether some of the richest companies in the world are paying their fair share for the grid we already built and paid for ⚡ NDAs, secret contracts, and towns bidding against each other for data center deals ⚡ The hidden cost of data centers on our water, even with "closed loop" cooling ⚡ Georgia's disconnection rate, ten times the national average, and why programs like LIHEAP matter ⚡ Practical tips: making sure you're on the right Georgia Power rate plan, and what plug-in solar can do for you I'm not against data centers. AI is going to change the world, and I want America leading the way. But I want us to slow down long enough to set fair rules, so families across the 7th District aren't left paying the bill while big tech walks away with the profits. Government's job is to be the people's voice at that table. Thank you to Commissioner Hubbard for joining us and for fighting for Georgia ratepayers. 🗳️ Early voting runs October 13–30. Election Day is November 3. Make a plan and vote early. Your vote is how we get our voice heard on energy, data centers, and everything else. Chapters 0:00 Data centers & who pays the cost 4:07 What is the Public Service Commission? 9:13 Commissioner Hubbard's energy background 11:16 Plant Vogtle: billions over budget 19:40 The rate freeze & the 2028 rate case 22:39 What if data centers never get built? 25:53 NDAs and secret data center deals 33:50 Georgia's disconnection crisis 36:20 Are you on the wrong rate plan? 40:12 Do data centers pay their fair share? 42:32 The defunded Consumer Utility Council 48:10 The 10,000 MW gas buildout 53:02 Clean energy & what Texas is doing 1:01:33 Audience Q&A 1:22:16 Data centers and our water 1:28:33 When to vote 🔗 Join the fight and get involved: https://kozyckiforcongress.com/ 📱 Follow the campaign on: FB: / kozyckiforcongress IG: / kozycki_for_congress TikTok: / kozyckiforcongress X: https://x.com/TonyKozycki Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/tonykozycki.... Substack: https://substack.com/@tonykozycki Linktree: https://linktr.ee/tonykozyckiforcongress #GA07 #DataCenters #GeorgiaPower #GeorgiaPSC #TonyKozycki #PeterHubbard #Georgia #ForsythCounty #EnergyCosts #voteearly #Kozyckiforcongress #RichMcCormick #dawsonville #fultoncountyga #gotv #midterms2026 #costofliving