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#1 priority: Complete the nuclear development project in GA

Ensure Georgia has diverse power generation and clean energy

Author of solar legislation in 2013 in GA; GA is now ranked 5th in solar energy development in the nation

GA does not have sustainable winds, but our state can buy it cheaply from Oklahoma and New Mexico

Represents the voice of a conservative businessman on the commission

- #1 priority: Complete the nuclear development project in GA
- Ensure Georgia has diverse power generation and clean energy
- Author of solar legislation in 2013 in GA; GA is now ranked 5th in solar energy development in the nation
- GA does not have sustainable winds, but our state can buy it cheaply from Oklahoma and New Mexico
- Represents the voice of a conservative businessman on the commission

- #1 priority: Complete the <pv key='nuclear-development-program'>nuclear development</pv> project in GA
- Ensure Georgia has diverse power generation and clean energy
- Author of solar legislation in 2013 in GA; GA is now ranked 5th in solar energy development in the nation
- GA does not have sustainable winds, but our state can buy it cheaply from Oklahoma and New Mexico
- Represents the voice of a conservative businessman on the commission

Continue Current Trends

Identify strategies with power companies to lessen the burden of rates on consumers

- Address rate issues with power companies
- Identify strategies with power companies to lessen the burden of rates on consumers

Utility Costs

Worked on a recent legislative bill to extend broadband in GA

- The PSC has no authority over internet
- Worked on a recent legislative bill to extend broadband in GA

- The PSC has no authority over internet
- Worked on a recent legislative bill to extend <pv key='broadband-internet'>broadband</pv> in GA

Infrastructure

Make Georgia a reliable and competitive state in energy costs

- Continue the nuclear development program
- Make Georgia a reliable and competitive state in energy costs

- Continue the <pv key='nuclear-development-program'>nuclear development program</pv>
- Make Georgia a reliable and competitive state in energy costs

Environment

Continue solar initiatives to complement the nuclear development program

GA is 5th in the nation in solar development

- Continue solar initiatives to complement the nuclear development program
- GA is 5th in the nation in solar development
- Continue to diversify energy sources

- Continue solar initiatives to complement the <pv key='nuclear-development-program'>nuclear development program</pv>
- GA is 5th in the nation in solar development
- Continue to diversify energy sources

Served 20 years in the State House; has served as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Industry Committee

Consulted for Georgians for Better Transportation

Governor Zell asked him to fulfill a vacant seat on the PSC

Combines business experience with experience in state and local government

- Served 20 years in the State House; has served as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and Industry Committee
- Ran a successful hardware business
- Consulted for Georgians for Better Transportation
- Governor Zell asked him to fulfill a vacant seat on the PSC
- Combines business experience with experience in state and local government
- Conservative, commonsense perspective

Background and Personal Motivation

Bubba McDonald

- 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.