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Today is Primary Election Day for the Georgia Public Service Commission (GA-PSC).

Any registered Georgia voter can vote, even though the two districts up for election include parts of Atlanta, Augusta, and Savannah, and nothing in south central Georgia. If that seems odd to you, it also does to the people who have been suing about it for around five years, which is why this is the first PSC election in that time.

For sample ballots and where to vote, go to GA My Voter page:
https://mvp.sos.ga.gov/

GA PSC Election, Vote Today, July 17, 2025, Two Districts, All Georgia Registered Voters

Here are the candidates. For more about them, see Emily Jones, WABE, Grist, The Current, June 10, updated June 16, 2025, Meet the Ga. Public Service Commission candidates.

District 2 (Clayton, Dekalb and Fulton Counties)

Democratic Candidates, District 2

• Alicia Johnson

Republican Candidates, District 2

• Incumbent Tim Echols
• Lee Muns

District 3 (Augusta to Savannah)

Democratic Candidates, District 3

• Daniel Blackman is off the ballot because of a lawsuit claiming he did not live in the district early enough.
• Peter Hubbard
• Robert Jones
• Keisha Sean Waites

Republican Candidates, District 3

• Incumbent Fitz Johnson

Democratic Sample Ballot GA PSC 2025-06-17

Republican Sample Ballot GA PSC 2025-06-17

Here’s what the GA-PSC says it regulates:

What Is Regulated by the PSC?

Electric

• Investor-owned electric power companies (1)
• Electric membership corporations (42) (Territory and financing only)
• Municipally-owned electric power companies (52) (Territory only)

Natural Gas

• Investor-owned natural gas companies (2)
• Liquefied Natural Gas Plants (5) (Safety only)
• Master meter operators (131) (Safety only)
• Municipally-owned natural gas companies (84) (Safety and territory only)

Telecommunications

• Alternate operator service providers (160)
• Automatic dialing and announcement devices (115)
• Pay Phone Service Providers (603)
• Institutional telephone service providers (38)
• Interexchange carriers (78)
• Resellers (600)
• Telephone companies (34)
• Telephone service observing equipment users (338)
• Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (221)

So if you care about any of those regulated industries or services, today is your day to vote for the Georgia PSC.

After you vote, call or write GA-PSC members or attend their meetings. That’s why, starting in 2013, GA-PSC required Georgia Power to buy twice as much solar power as it wanted to.

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