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Greene’s 32-year career began in 1991 when she joined Southern Company
as an engineer designing equipment for fossil and nuclear power generation
stations. Throughout her career she has held various executive positions
within Southern Company and its subsidiaries as well as with the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
Interviewed by
PHIL KENT
She is a nationally-respected thought leader and advocate for the future of energy. She serves on the board of the Rowen Foundation, the Valero Energy
Corporation, the Metro Atlanta Chamber, the Georgia Research Alliance and is
involved in various civic and educational organizations.
PHIL KENT What do you think is
driving the economic growth we’re
seeing, and what does that mean for
demand for electricity in Georgia?
KIM GREENE It’s an exciting time
for Georgia Power to have the privilege to serve this great state. 2022
was a banner year for job creation
and economic development with
more than $27 billion in investments
and 45,000 jobs created across the
state, and we have continued to see
this momentum in 2023. Georgia has
a great workforce, a great business
environment led by a really pro-business governor, administration and
General Assembly— and, of course,
low-cost and reliable power.
That positive business environment, combined with economic
conditions supporting new industrial and commercial projects, has
resulted in a generational shift in
projects seeking to locate in Georgia,
and along with that, extraordinary
growth in electricity demand. In
fact, our current energy projections
for our customer-base now reflect
energy growth of approximately
6,600 MW through 2030, up from
approximately 400 MW previously
forecasted in January 2022.
At Georgia Power, we’re committed to doing our part to help maintain this economic momentum for
the state and to continue providing
clean, safe, reliable and affordable
energy now and for the future. To
meet this increased demand, we recently filed an update with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC)
seeking approval to deploy additional generation resources— things like
renewable energy resources, battery
energy storage systems, distributed
energy resources, demand response
programs as well as conventional
power plants.
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