Once again, we see the Georgia Public Service Commission failing to provide the diligent, transparent oversight of Georgia Power that Georgia residents rightly expect and deserve from their PSC commissioners — all five of whom are Republicans — and only a few of whom were duly elected vs. merely appointed.

To be clear — this so-called “stipulated agreement” between Georgia Power and the Georgia PSC has all the hallmarks of yet another smoke-filled backroom deal the likes of which we’ve seen far too many times before.

In fact, they’ve become all too familiar.

The coziness with which the members of the PSC continue to conduct business with a multibillion-dollar monopoly utility it is charged with regulating is an embarrassment — and an increasingly costly one for Georgia ratepayers.

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