Currently holds the office of Georgia Public Service Commission - District 3 until December 31, 2031.
Candidate for Georgia Public Service Commission - District 3 in 2026 Georgia General Election.
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Get StartedData centers are driving billions of dollars in new power plants and transmission lines. The corporate majority on the Commission can claim that we’re protected, but the truth is that the rules they’ve put in place are all voluntary for Georgia Power. Corporations ignore criminal laws that they’re required to comply with all the time, so why should voters trust that they’ll comply with voluntary ones? This applies to sweetheart tax giveaways as well. The richest companies on earth don’t need our help. Learn more
The fastest way to cut a power bill is to waste less power. Peter champions efficiency and weatherization programs that lower bills directly. He wants to invest in these further and prioritize the low-income households carrying the heaviest energy burdens in the state. Learn more
Every project Georgia Power builds, you pay for — plus a nearly 12% guaranteed profit on top. Peter scrutinizes each filing line by line and votes against spending that the company can't justify, because the cheapest kilowatt is the one we never had to buy. Learn more
Georgia Power's shareholders collect one of the most generous guaranteed profit margins of any utility in the country, inflated far beyond what's typical. Every percentage point of it comes out of your pocket. Peter will keep fighting to bring them back in line with national norms. Doing so could return over $250 Million a year back to working people. Learn more
Data Centers often use millions of gallons of water, but that figure is nothing compared to the billions of gallons it takes to power them over the year. With the American West quickly running out of water and the State of Georgia famously at odds with our neighbors over the resource, we have to recognize that facilities the size of the Effingham OpenAI project impact more than just that one county. We need to plan for the future, and large load customers are part of that. Some things are more important than money, Learn more
To make sure we don’t rush to make a deal with the devil, Peter supports Senator Raphael Warnock and Keisha Lance Bottom’s call for a 12-18 month pause on new approvals for data centers until the state legislature can complete a comprehensive study on the state’s long term resource needs. If projects can meet certain demands, and if the local community supports them, he would support receiving faster approvals. Those demands include: Learn more
Georgians who put solar on their own roofs should get fair credit for the power they share with their neighbors. Peter supports fair net metering so energy independence is a real option for homeowners, small businesses, churches, and farms. Equally important, though, is leveling the playing field so that our cities and counties can help get new solar and battery storage online quickly to meet rising demand. This is a win-win-win. It saves local governments money, lowering your tax burden, while investing in the supply chain that Georgia already has: no more expensive tariffs on imported materials. We can shop local. Learn more
Utility-scale solar paired with battery storage is the lowest-cost new power available to Georgia. Peter fights for resource plans that choose it on the merits instead of defaulting to what's expensive and familiar. Unfortunately, utilities often put their thumb on the scale and fail to accurately measure the return on investment solar can bring; especially when their parent company owns natural gas companies too. Learn more
Prioritizing lowering power bills instead of constantly increasing corporate profits, ramping up the deployment of clean energy technologies, and focusing the people in our decision-making as state regulators. Learn more
Lower Utility Bills & Reliable, Clean Energy. Learn more
Commissioner Peter Hubbard is opposed to the Trump Administration’s attempt to privatize and undermine the Tennessee Valley Authority. Privatizing the TVA would undoubtedly endanger union workers there, and we’re committed to standing in solidarity by opposing any efforts to do so. Workers rights are more than a local concern. They’re also a regional concern, and you can trust that we will bring that understanding to everything we do. Learn more
The Public Service Commission has the authority to organize internally in ways that speed up communication, increase transparency, and ensure that everyone has a seat at the table. To that end, we will create an advisory body or committee within the Commission to ensure that decisions that will impact the industry and state’s critical workforces aren’t made without their input. We envision an advisory body with representatives from organized labor, and specifically Building and Trades, as well as independent contractors. Opinions of the committee would be recorded for posterity and entered into the public record - even when they diverge from the majority opinion. Learn more
Unions, and particularly the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, have a storied history in bringing electricity to the State of Georgia. The PSC Power Ticket wants to expand that legacy by incorporating labor-relevant statistics into standard reporting and analysis requirements at the Commission. We want to be able to compare apples to apples, so that decisions can be made that considers both the impact of a project on bill payers, and also Georgia’s workforce. Data centers and large developers should be required to invest in union labor - because that is the highest guarantee of quality available to Georgians. Put simply: we will measure our success by whether or not we increased union membership and job opportunities over the course of our tenure. Learn more
High quality work is better for everyone, and Georgia’s unions should be a part of every major project in the state - not just at Georgia Power, but across the Building and Trades. Learn more
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