Georgia Power has secured approval to proceed with five new utility-scale solar power purchase agreements (PPAs), contributing a combined 1,068MW to the US state’s renewable energy capacity.
These approvals were issued by the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC).
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The approved projects include a 200MW facility in Coffee County with a 30-year PPA, a 260MW facility in Mitchell County with a 25-year PPA, and a 225MW facility in Laurens County with a 20-year PPA.
They also include a 183MW facility with 91.5MW battery storage in Wilkinson County and a 200MW facility in Jefferson County. Both projects come with a 20-year PPA.
These projects will support the company’s Clean and Renewable Energy Subscription (CARES) 2023 programme.
They will be developed and maintained by third-party companies that bid in the CARES 2023 request for proposal (RfP), approved in the 2022 integrated resource plan (IRP) final order.
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By GlobalDataGeorgia Power’s 2025 IRP, sanctioned in July, outlines up to 4GW in renewable energy procurement by 2035.
The company will initially focus on securing 1.1GW through utility-scale and distributed generation procurements.
The company plans to issue RfPs in 2026 for these additions, aiming to boost its renewable resource capacity to roughly 11,000MW by 2035.
Georgia Power director of renewable development Wilson Mallard said: “Renewable RfPs, such as the CARES 2023 RfP, are designed to procure valuable renewable energy that helps to diversify Georgia Power’s generation mix and increase reliability. Our planning models project that these resources will deliver benefits to customers long-term.
“The five projects we selected are economical and we expect they will provide energy and capacity benefits to the system and the most value for all Georgia Power customers.”
Released following approval in the 2022 IRP final order, the CARES 2025 RfP had set an August deadline for bid submissions.
Participants in this year’s CARES RfP were invited to propose utility-scale solar or solar plus storage projects, aiming to fulfil a quota of up to 2GW of utility-scale solar, which encompasses any outstanding capacity from the previous CARES 2023 RfP programme.
These projects are anticipated to be operational as early as 2028.
This May, Georgia Power initiated construction on new battery energy storage systems (BESSs) across Georgia, totalling 765MW.
These systems, endorsed by the PSC through the IRP, will offer rapidly dispatchable power, building on the Mossy Branch BESS facility that commenced operations in 2024.
