🌿 Environment 2d ago · By Ryan Krugman

The Cost of Keeping Cool: Georgia Power Customers Struggle With Summer Bills

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Georgians facing electricity disconnection can lose more than air conditioning: Food spoils, work is disrupted and homes become dangerously hot.By Ryan KrugmanWhen the power goes out during a Georgia summer, the heat builds fast. Inside a home without air conditioning, the air turns heavy and stifling. For Donica Odell, who has dealt with Georgia Power disconnections for much of her life, it feels “like you’re boiling like crab legs.”

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