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title: HB 1320. Public utilities; nuclear energy generation facilities in the integrated resource plan; provide
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cite_as: HB 1320, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.)
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date: 2026-02-25
status: introduced
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bill_number: HB 1320
session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
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chamber: House
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status_date: 2026-02-17
last_action: House Committee Favorably Reported
sponsors:
- Don Parsons
- Robert Dickey
- William Werkheiser
- Gerald Greene
- Victor Anderson
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- nuclear energy
- public utilities
- energy policy
- Public Service Commission
- electricity regulation
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# HB 1320. Public utilities; nuclear energy generation facilities in the integrated resource plan; provide
## Text
House Bill 1320
By: Representatives Parsons of the 44th, Dickey of the 134th, Werkheiser of the 157th, Greene
of the 154th, and Anderson of the 10th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 46-3A-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
filing and approval of an integrated resource plan, so as to provide for nuclear energy
generation facilities in the integrated resource plan; to provide for related matters; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 46-3A-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to filing and
approval of an integrated resource plan, is amended as follows:
"46-3A-2.
(a) On or before January 31, 1992, and at least every three years thereafter as may be
determined by the commission, each utility shall file with the commission an integrated
resource plan as described in this chapter.
(b) Not more than 60 days after a utility has filed its plan, the commission shall convene
a public hearing on the adequacy of the plan. At the hearing any interested person may
make comments to the commission regarding the contents and adequacy of the plan. After
the hearing, the commission shall determine whether:
(1) The utility's forecast requirements are based on substantially accurate data and an
adequate method of forecasting;
(2) The plan identifies and takes into account any present and projected reductions in the
demand for energy which may result from measures to improve energy efficiency in the
industrial, commercial, residential, and energy-producing sectors of the state; and
(3) The plan adequately demonstrates the economic, environmental, and other benefits
to the state and to customers of the utility, associated with the following possible
measures and sources of supply:
(A) Improvements in energy efficiency;
(B) Pooling of power;
(C) Purchases of power from neighboring states;
(D) Facilities which use nuclear energy to generate electricity;
(D)(E) Facilities which operate on alternative sources of energy;
(E)(F) Facilities that operate on the principle of cogeneration or hydro-generation; and
(F)(G) Other generation facilities and demand-side options.
(c) Within 120 days after the filing of each integrated resource plan, the commission shall
approve and adopt an integrated resource plan."
SECTION2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
## Summaries written by Georgia Commons
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A Georgia House bill would add nuclear power plants to the list of energy sources utilities must weigh when they file their long-term supply plans with state regulators.
### Plain-language summary
Georgia law already requires large utilities to file an integrated resource plan every few years with the Public Service Commission, showing how they will meet future electricity demand. As part of that plan, utilities must show the economic, environmental, and other benefits of options such as energy efficiency, power pooling, purchases from other states, alternative energy facilities, and cogeneration or hydro-generation facilities.
This bill adds "facilities which use nuclear energy to generate electricity" to that list of options utilities must address in their plans, and relabels the following lettered items to make room for it. It does not create new funding, permitting rules, or safety requirements specific to nuclear plants; it simply adds nuclear generation to the menu of supply sources utilities must evaluate. The bill also repeals any conflicting laws, a standard closing provision.
### What it does
- Adds nuclear energy generation facilities as a listed option utilities must evaluate for economic, environmental, and other benefits in their integrated resource plans.
- Renumbers the existing list of energy sources and facility types (alternative energy, cogeneration, hydro-generation, and other options) to fit the new nuclear category.
- Leaves unchanged the existing filing schedule (every three years) and the Public Service Commission's 120-day deadline to approve each plan.
- Repeals any other state laws that conflict with this change, a routine closing clause.
### Who it affects
This affects large regulated electric utilities in Georgia, such as Georgia Power, that must file integrated resource plans, as well as the Public Service Commission, which reviews and approves those plans, and ultimately utility customers whose rates and energy mix depend on the approved plan.
### Why it matters
By formally listing nuclear power alongside options like efficiency programs and power pooling, the bill directs utilities to explicitly address nuclear generation when justifying their future power supply choices, which could shape how future plants like additions to Plant Vogtle are considered in state regulatory review.
### Key provisions
- Section 1 amends O.C.G.A. ยง 46-3A-2(b)(3) to add a new item (D): 'Facilities which use nuclear energy to generate electricity' to the list of supply sources a plan must justify.
- Section 1 relabels the former (D) alternative-energy facilities item and (E) cogeneration/hydro-generation item to (E) and (F) respectively, and the former (F) catch-all item to (G).
- The existing three-year filing requirement for utility integrated resource plans and the commission's 120-day approval deadline remain unchanged.
- Section 2 repeals any conflicting laws, a standard closing provision with no substantive effect on its own.
## Status
- Status: Introduced (2026-02-17)
- Last action: House Committee Favorably Reported (2026-02-25)
- Sponsors: Don Parsons, Robert Dickey, William Werkheiser, Gerald Greene, Victor Anderson
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73249
> The history, votes, and amendments (185 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1320.md?full=1