Georgia Power manager outlines grid investments, growth and rate freeze during Rotary talk

Georgia Power Area Manager Jeff Butterworth told Newnan Rotarians on Wednesday that Georgia’s rapidly rising energy demand is reshaping the state’s power grid, but not at the expense of everyday customers.

Butterworth, who oversees Coweta, Fayette and Spalding counties, said Georgia Power’s electric base rates will remain frozen for the next three years, even as the utility ramps up generation and infrastructure to meet unprecedented demand.

Georgia Power now projects statewide load growth of eight percent over the next five years, far outpacing the typical one percent annual increase the company has planned for in previous decades.

That surge, he said, is driven by growth in advanced manufacturing, data centers, electrification across the economy and Georgia’s continued status as the n