Environmental and religious groups are taking Georgia regulators to court after they approved a utility company’s energy expansion.
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) and its activist co-plaintiffs petitioned the Fulton Superior Court on March 25 demanding review Georgia Power’s bid to buy or build 28 energy generative resources.
The suit alleges the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (PSC) exceeded its legal authority by allowing a “monopoly utility” to make “unnecessary and uneconomic investments that will be charged to captive customers,” according to the petition documents.
The SELC is a non-profit environmental law firm that received at least $50 million from Fred Stanbeck, a billionaire who frequently donates to groups supporting environmental causes, abortion, and population control.
The SELC took over $175.4 million in donations from the Foundation for the Carolinas where Stanbeck is a one of the largest account holders.
SELC represented the Sierra Club on behalf of itself, Georgia Interfaith
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