Atlanta-based utility Georgia Power is strengthening and enhancing the state’s power grid through its grid investment programme.

Over the past three years, Georgia Power has invested $1.3bn in grid improvements approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission through the programme.

In 2025 alone, the programme executed 104 distribution system projects, surpassing its original target of 88, and advanced 25 major transmission projects, including five transmission line upgrades and 20 substation enhancements. To date, these efforts have improved reliability for more than 504,000 customers.

Upgrades also deliver value for customers during severe weather events, helping reduce service interruptions and making work in the field more efficient. Following Winter Storm Fern in January, Georgia Power restored power to 175,000 within the first 24 hours and, following Hurricane Helene in September 2024, the most damaging storm in Georgia Power’s history, smart‑grid technology supported remote restoration, enabling crews to return service to more than one million customers within the first five days despite widespread devastation.

“Our priority is delivering clean, safer and reliable energy for every customer we serve,” said Josh Stallings, vice president at Georgia Power. “The progress made last year shows how strategic grid investments directly improve reliability and restoration speed, especially during severe weather. Looking ahead, we will continue to enhance the grid so our customers can count on the energy they need, and to support this exciting and unprecedented growth in Georgia.”

An example of a local project in 2025 was in south-west Atlanta where a grid improvement project employed a mix of investment types to achieve reliability goals, including pole strengthening improvements and sectionalising. This project involved installing stronger poles and equipment throughout the circuit. These upgrades help improve line performance during weather events, improving reliability for local customers.

Grid projects incorporate a mix of investment types to improve reliability. Projects in Stone Mountain involved installing outage isolation equipment to divide the circuit into smaller sections, allowing outages to be isolated and restored more quickly. Combined with stronger poles and hardware upgrades, these improvements enhance system performance and reliability for customers in the area.

The Wilmington Island project in Savannah replaced overhead power lines with underground lines to reduce exposure to trees, weather and vehicles. This underground work helps prevent outages and enhances reliability for customers in the area.

Since the start of the grid investment programme in 2020, Georgia Power has completed many large-scale improvements across its system, including: upgrades to 364 circuits and substations; installation of 5500 devices; replacement or enhancement of 39,000 poles; and installation of 650km of underground cable.

To learn more about the grid investment programme, including active projects in communities across Georgia, visit www.GeorgiaPower.com/Grid.