A Bright Future For Georgia.

Ask Chuck Eaton why conservative leadership on the PSC is important, and he’ll tell you it’s about her future.

His most recent action on the Public Service Commission was to lead his colleagues to accelerate an 6% cut in electric rates for most Georgians, so we can take advantage of lower rates as the summer air conditioning season begins.

He also worked with his fellow Commissioners, Governor Nathan Deal, and the Georgia General Assembly to encourage the repeal of the job-killing state sales tax on energy used in manufacturing. The successful repeal has been hailed as a job-creator that was important in several recent announcement of companies bringing new jobs to Georgia.

Faced with a difficult economy and increasingly extreme environmental regulations, Chuck is fighting for an energy policy that attracts jobs to our state. To ensure reliability, efficiency, and compliance with increasingly stringent EPA regulations, he’s voted for a diverse mix of electricity that will ensure competitive rates for generations to come.

Georgia is leading the country with a clean energy policy that stresses lower rates and energy independence, including the first new nuclear plant approved in the United States in nearly 30 years. He’s also approved a number of natural gas plants, allowing us to take advantage of low natural gas prices.

Chuck has lead the way on solar energy where it does not unduly burden consumers, voting for over large-scale solar project. He believes that solar power generation should be added when it makes economic sense and doesn’t impose a higher cost on ratepayers. Due to his leadership, Georgia’s rates are significantly less than states that have mandated unreasonably expensive renewable projects, like California and New Jersey.

Other states have cowered to extremists, lacking the courage to make the difficult capital investment decisions to meet increasing electrical needs. These states have begun to pay the true cost of excessive government regulation with skyrocketing rates coupled with blackouts and brownouts.