Kristi E. Swartz
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Kristi Swartz is an AJC contributing writer covering climate change and related matters. She writes about how climate change impacts people’s lives, from extreme weather hitting parts of the state more frequently, to higher electricity bills, insurance premiums and health care expenses. She’s interested in holding the powerful accountable and delving into the intersections between climate, politics and business.
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Right whale rescue

Two-day effort helps free endangered right whale off Georgia coast

Analysts warn Georgia Power bills will rise if PSC approves data center buildout

Analysts warn Georgia Power bills will rise if PSC approves data center buildout

Nuclear politics: Kemp, Granholm host dueling victory parties at Vogtle

What Georgia Democrats PSC wins will and won’t mean for your power bills

PSC candidates

In upset, Democrats win in PSC races that could affect Georgia Power bills

PSC candidates

How two obscure races became a referendum on Georgia Power bills

Ga. Power agrees to bigger solar and wind boost

Solar in the South keeps growing, and Georgia is a leader, report shows

Patty Durand PSC footage

See video police say shows ex-PSC candidate Durand taking Georgia Power secrets

Patty Durand

Ex-PSC candidate took notebook of Georgia Power trade secrets, police say

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Georgia Power says answer to state’s data center surge is more natural gas

Meet the candidates running for seats on Georgia’s powerful utility regulator

Meet the candidates running for seats on state’s powerful utility regulator