Democrat Peter Hubbard answered questions about electricity bills, data centers and clean energy Wednesday as he made his pitch to voters to elect him to the Georgia Public Service Commission next month.

Hubbard was at 90.1 FM WABE’s studios near Midtown Atlanta in what was supposed to be a debate. The buzz centered on why the three other PSC candidates — including two Republican incumbents — didn’t show up.

They are vying for two seats on the five-member PSC, a relatively unknown, obscure state agency that makes decisions that directly affect how much Georgians pay for electricity and whether those electrons come from fossil fuels, nuclear or renewable energy.

“I have the courage to show up here today … unlike the Republicans,” said Hubbard, a clean energy advocate and consultant who a

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