Georgia Power Gas Expansion Would Drive Significant Climate-Damaging Pollution

Inside Climate News · By Ryan Krugman · last updated February 7, 2026 – 12:00 AM

The expansion could add millions of tons of carbon pollution annually while polluting the air near vulnerable communities and ecosystems.

By Ryan Krugman

Georgia regulators have approved a massive expansion of natural gas power plants that could dramatically increase the state’s climate pollution, largely to support the rapid growth of data centers.

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