{"id":411,"date":"2012-10-16T10:03:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T14:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/elect-georgia-public-service-commissioners-to-represent-you.html"},"modified":"2012-10-16T10:03:41","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T14:03:41","slug":"elect-georgia-public-service-commissioners-to-represent-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/elect-georgia-public-service-commissioners-to-represent-you.html","title":{"rendered":"Elect Georgia Public Service Commissioners to represent you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/debate-georgia-public-service-comission-candidates-this-afternoon-on-gbp.html\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cbeee7b970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cbeee7b970c-pi.png\"  alt=\"GA PSC\" width=\"124\" height=\"124\"  \/><\/a>\nThe Georgia Public Service Commission decides how much you pay for energy.\nIf you&#8217;re tired of Georgia Power&#8217;s\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/southern-companys-three-legged-nuclear-regulatory-capture-stool.html\">\nthree-legged nuclear regulatory-capture stool<\/a>\nand <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/what-georgia-power-is-afraid-of-gasu-and-dr-smith-and-you.html\">\nGeorgia lagging far behind other states in solar and wind energy<\/a>,\nor you just want\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/streetlights-and-georgia-power-hahira-2012-10-01.html\">\nPSC members who will represent you<\/a>\nand who do not\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/4-of-5-incumbent-ga-psc-commissioners-accept-massive-utility-campaign-contributions.html\">\naccept massive campaign contributions from the utilities they regulate\nor their employees or lawyers\nlike the incumbents do;<\/a>\nthe incumbents who can&#8217;t even be bothered to show up for debates\nor to answer questionnaires.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/ga-psc-questionnaire-answers-david-staples.html\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cbeee7d970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cbeee7d970c-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"David Staples for GA PSC\" width=\"90\" height=\"119\"  \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/ga-psc-questionnaire-answers-steve-oppenheimer.html\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cbeee7c970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cbeee7c970c-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"Steve Oppenheimer for GA PSC\" width=\"90\" height=\"128\"  \/><\/a>\nHere are two GA PSC challengers who did answer a questionnaire:\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/ga-psc-questionnaire-answers-steve-oppenheimer.html\">\nDemocrat Steve Oppenheimer<\/a>\nand\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/10\/ga-psc-questionnaire-answers-david-staples.html\">\nLibertarian David Staples<\/a>.\nEarly voting has already started:\nyou can vote for them today.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/elect-georgia-legislators-and-public-service-commissioners-who-will-let-the-sun-shine-on-georgia.html\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cbeee7f970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017d3cbeee7f970c-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"let the sun shine on Georgia\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\"  \/><\/a>\nWhile you&#8217;re at it, you can\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/elect-georgia-legislators-and-public-service-commissioners-who-will-let-the-sun-shine-on-georgia.html\">\nvote for statehouse legislators who will let the sun shine on Georgia.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Georgia Public Service Commission decides how much you pay for energy. 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