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Chandra has a degree in architecture from the University of Kentucky and a degree in interior design from the Art Institutes.

Chandra is a Chief Executive Officer. She works at the Good Energy Project and ReSolve, where she has been for over one year. She previously worked as the Just Energy Director at the Partnership for Southern Equity.

Chandra Farley’s campaign for Public Service Commissioner is her first entry into politics.

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Opposes spending more on the Plant Vogtle nuclear power plan project. She said, "The PSC has continued to provide a blank check to the utility and ALL Georgians have been paying for it!"

Supports more investment in energy  efficiency to address utility costs.

Supports expanding access to clean energy to address utility costs. She said, "I will vote for decisions that expand access to clean energy resources like community microgrids and rooftop solar paired with batteries. These technologies can lower utility bills, reduce harmful emissions that cause climate change and support new clean energy business opportunities that can lift people out of poverty."

In June 2020, as a citizen, she provided public comment to the Public Service Commission. She asked that the commission stop utility shutoffs during COVID-19.

- Opposes spending more on the Plant Vogtle nuclear power plan project. She said, "The PSC has continued to provide a blank check to the utility and ALL Georgians have been paying for it!"
- Supports more investment in energy  efficiency to address utility costs.
- Supports expanding access to clean energy to address utility costs. She said, "I will vote for decisions that expand access to clean energy resources like community microgrids and rooftop solar paired with batteries. These technologies can lower utility bills, reduce harmful emissions that cause climate change and support new clean energy business opportunities that can lift people out of poverty."
- In June 2020, as a citizen, she provided public comment to the Public Service Commission. She asked that the commission stop utility shutoffs during COVID-19.

Utility Costs

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Wants to increase investment in distributed energy generation, including community shared solar panels.

Supports more rooftop solar programs. She said, "The current PSC is suppressing the growth and expansion of rooftop solar in our state. They have instituted punitive policies like putting a cap on Georgia Power's 'Monthly Net Metering' program."

Said, "Here in the South, we bear a disproportionate burden of the negative impacts of climate change and the fossil-fuel-based energy system that causes it."

- Supports a move to clean energy.
- Wants to increase investment in distributed energy generation, including community shared solar panels.
- Supports more rooftop solar programs. She said, "The current PSC is suppressing the growth and expansion of rooftop solar in our state. They have instituted punitive policies like putting a cap on Georgia Power's 'Monthly Net Metering' program."
- Said, "Here in the South, we bear a disproportionate burden of the negative impacts of climate change and the fossil-fuel-based energy system that causes it."

Renewable Energy

Wants local agencies to "familiarize themselves with Justice 40, President Biden's directive to invest 40% percent of the overall benefits from Federal investments in climate and clean energy to marginalized communities. This is a critical path to greater collaboration across sectors to address rising utility costs and advance a clean energy economy that works for all people."

- Wants local agencies to "familiarize themselves with Justice 40, President Biden's directive to invest 40% percent of the overall benefits from Federal investments in climate and clean energy to marginalized communities. This is a critical path to greater collaboration across sectors to address rising utility costs and advance a clean energy economy that works for all people."

Infrastructure

Wants to increase awareness of the Public Service Commission through education and outreach.

Said, "We know that the people who are closest to a problem have the best solutions. Therefore, we need the people already overburdened by rising utility costs and unaffordable bills to be at the utility decision making table."

Calls for more representation of disenfranchised communities in the energy planning and decision-making processes.

- Wants to increase awareness of the Public Service Commission through education and outreach.
- Said, "We know that the people who are closest to a problem have the best solutions. Therefore, we need the people already overburdened by rising utility costs and unaffordable bills to be at the utility decision making table."
- Calls for more representation of disenfranchised communities in the energy planning and decision-making processes.

Administration

Chandra Farley

- A Public Service Commissioner is an elected official who serves on Georgia’s five-member Public Service Commission, which oversees statewide utilities like electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, and trucking.
- The commission was originally created in 1879 to manage the building and upkeep of railroads.
- Today, its role is to make sure Georgians have safe, dependable, and affordable utility services, including electricity, natural gas, and telecommunications.
- The commission has five members, each chosen in statewide elections to serve staggered six-year terms.