A clean-energy analyst and founder of the Georgia Center for Energy Solutions, elected to the Public Service Commission in the November 2025 statewide vote that was delayed for years by redistricting litigation. He ran explicitly against Georgia Power rate hikes and the costs of the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion, and is the rare commissioner who came from energy advocacy rather than the utility industry.
Office & background
- Public Service Commissioner, District 3 (2025–present)
- Founder, Georgia Center for Energy Solutions
Campaign finance — who funds them
$65,913 raised · $97,512 cash on hand (Peter Hubbard for Georgia PSC Inc)
- $5,000Erzinger, Eric (Decatur, GA)
- $5,000Iyer, Laura (Athens, GA)
- $5,000King, Stanley (Atlanta, GA)
- $5,000Smith, Stephen A (Knoxville, TN)
- $5,000Laborers Local Union NO 515 (Atlanta, GA)
- $5,000Jane Fonda Climate PAC (Washington, DC)
Finance as of May 7, 2026 — latest GA Ethics filing (2026 Apr 30 CCDR).
Source: Georgia Government Transparency & Campaign Finance Commission (PeachFile)
Where they stand
Says data centers should pay their “fair share” and pay upfront for the grid they need — he published an analysis estimating their discounts shift more than $1 billion in infrastructure costs onto residential customers.
Source: The Current — Hubbard energy expertise · AJC — PSC candidates on the issuesArgues the PSC can lower bills instead of repeatedly raising them — by leaning on cheaper clean energy rather than approving Georgia Power's rate increases.
Source: AJC — your Georgia Power billA former solar developer who wants far more solar and battery storage — “two of the lowest-cost resources in our Swiss Army knife” — noting Georgia gets only about 7% of its power from solar.
Source: AJC — PSC candidates on the issuesFavors shifting toward clean energy and away from costly new fossil and nuclear build-outs.
Source: The Current — Hubbard energy expertiseCritical of saddling ratepayers with Plant Vogtle's multibillion-dollar overruns; he founded a nonprofit precisely to push lower bills and cleaner power.
Source: The Current — Hubbard energy expertiseFounded the Georgia Center for Energy Solutions to advocate for ratepayers and argues the PSC should look out for Georgia citizens, not Georgia Power.
Source: AJC — PSC should look out for citizensCenters his campaign on lowering household power bills through cheaper clean energy.
Source: Re-Elect Peter HubbardBacks a faster clean-energy transition; as part of the PSC minority he has pushed (so far unsuccessfully) pro-environmental motions.
Source: Georgia Recorder — ten candidates, two seats