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Groups challenge Georgia Power bid for rate hike at state hearing By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat ATLANTA â Georgia Power customers can ill afford a nearly 12 percent rate increase at a time rampant inflation is making it harder to buy food and fuel, more than a dozen witnesses told state energy regulators Nov. 29. âIâm tired of seeing companies making record profits ⌠when good people working every day are not getting increases in their wages,â Linda Pritchett, a city council candidate in South Fulton, told members of the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC}. âPeople simply cannot afford this rate hike.â Pritchett was among several current and former politicians to address the commission at the start of two days of hearings on Georgia Powerâs request to raise the average residential customerâs bill by $16.29 a month starting Jan. 1. Former state Sen. Vincent Fort, DAtlanta, said the rate hike is only the first of several the company is expectCOMMUNITY ASSISTANCE CENTER/PROVIDED
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Neighbors helping neighbors
Clients of the Community Assistance Center in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs are able to shop and make their own choices about food at the groupâs client choice food pantries. See story, Page 4.
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