Understanding Georgia Power's expansion

A new notice published recently by Georgia Power suggests the company thinks it needs more power sooner than expected to feed demand from residents and businesses.What’s Georgia Power asking for? The company’s request says it is interested in new electricity sources that could enter service between 2026 and 2030. .In that plan, the company forecast it would need around 3,700 megawatts of new capacity to meet the demand it expects in the winter of 2031. .That amount is more than triple the capacity of one of the new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle.What energy sources are spurring interest? Gas-powered plants, energy storage systems (ESS) and energy storage systems paired with a renewable resource.Georgia Power is already planning to add some battery capacity to its system — roughly 765 megawatts — according to a plan approved last year by utility regulators at the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC)