Construction is underway at Plant Yates in Georgia, expanding a former 1950s coal power plant into a state-of-the-art natural gas powerhouse. This expansion is part of a multi-year expansion that will help meet increasing energy demand as new data centers come online across the state, doubling the power Georgia Power can produce. However, opposition parties have raised concerns about the environmental impacts and future costs to consumers if demand from data centers falls short of Georgia Power's projections. Marqus Cole, organizing director of Georgia Interfaith Power and Light, is suing the Public Service Commission (PSC) over the nearly 10,000 megawatt expansion approved last December. Critics argue that the investment into natural gas plants could lock Georgia in the future of energy that Georgians want, locking us of an opportunity for clean energy. Georgia Power maintains that natural gas offers advantages over renewables and that it's flexible and can turn it on whenever we need it off. The utility provider claims these agreements will allow them to lower prices for residential customers without passing on cost overruns like those at Plant Vogtle.