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Is your Georgia Power commercial bill right?

A dedicated AI Energy Expert for your Georgia Power account. Every bill rebuilt from the filed tariff and compared line by line with what you were charged, a rate-plan verdict every cycle, and an Optimization Roadmap built from how your building actually runs. $99 per account per month. No equipment, no audit, nothing to install.

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Tariff basis: Georgia Power schedules effective June 2026. Last reviewed by OptivAI on November 10, 2026.

The two questions every Georgia Power business owner eventually types

1. Is my Georgia Power bill right?

Your bill is the output of a tariff you have probably never read. On a Power and Light schedule the energy charge alone runs through four kWh tiers and then three load-factor tiers; the demand you pay for is not the demand you used but the result of an eleven-month ratchet; and four separate riders ride on top before the franchise fee and sales tax. Nobody at the utility checks whether it reconstructs. Most owners pay it.

OptivAI rebuilds the bill from the filed schedule each cycle, applies the Fuel Cost Recovery, Environmental Compliance Cost Recovery and DSM-C factors in force that month, reads whether your premises is billed inside or outside city limits for the Municipal Franchise Fee, confirms the Nuclear Construction Cost Recovery line is zero now that Vogtle is complete, and compares the result with what was charged. Anything that does not reconstruct is flagged, in plain language, in your portal.

2. Am I on the right Georgia Power rate plan?

Your rate schedule was assigned when the account was opened, often years ago and often by default. Georgia Power offers several commercial schedules and the right one depends on how your building runs: its peak demand, how flat its load is, whether it can shift anything off-peak, whether it runs year-round or seasonally.

Every cycle OptivAI compares your actual usage against each schedule your account is eligible for and delivers a verdict: stay, or switch and why. Where a switch makes sense, you see the projected difference, labelled Projected until your own bill proves it. The utility makes the change; we make sure you know to ask for it.

The Georgia Power rate schedules we read

These are the commercial schedules in OptivAI's Georgia Power tariff catalog, encoded from Georgia Power's published tariff sheets and reconciled against real statements. Other schedules, including Real Time Pricing, School Service and Governmental, are reviewed account by account.

ScheduleWho it is forWhat we watch
PLM-19Power and Light, Medium. Commercial accounts with billing demand from 30 kW up to about 500 kW. The most common schedule for offices, medical, retail, restaurants and light manufacturing.Tiered energy charges that reward a flat load; the 95% / 60% demand ratchet; excess kVAR (power factor) charges; whether a time-of-use schedule would fit better.
PLL-19Power and Light, Large. Accounts at 500 kW and above.Same ratchet as PLM-19; load-factor energy tiers that fall sharply for near-continuous operation; the case for TOU or an RTP alternative.
TOU-GSD-18Time of Use, General Service Demand. Any size, for operations that can move load off-peak.High on-peak demand and energy prices against very low off-peak energy; no multi-month ratchet. Excellent for the right profile and expensive for the wrong one, so we model the actual hours.
GS-18General Service. Very small commercial accounts below the demand threshold.Whether a growing account has crossed into demand-metered territory and should be on PLM-19.
OGS-18Optional General Service. Temporary, seasonal or unmetered service.High energy rates. A seasonal account that has settled into year-round operation but is still billed on OGS-18 is one of the most common billing findings we see.

The demand ratchet: why July follows you into March

On PLM-19 and PLL-19 your billing demand is not simply what you used this month. It is the greatest of three numbers, looked back over the past eleven months. One hot afternoon can set what you pay for demand until the following spring, and many owners never see it because the bill shows a single kW figure.

ActualThis month's highest 30-minute demand.
95%Of the highest summer-month demand (June to September) in the past eleven months.
60%Of the highest winter-month demand (October to May) in the past eleven months.

OptivAI tracks the ratchet month by month, shows you which number is setting your bill, and tells you when a single avoidable peak is the reason. That is also where the Optimization Roadmap begins: lowering what sets the ratchet is worth more than lowering anything else on the bill.

What rides on top of the rate

Georgia Power base rates are frozen, but a Georgia Power bill still moves. These lines change by Commission order or by where your building sits, and each one is verified against the factor in force for that billing month.

Fuel Cost Recovery (FCR)

Cents per kWh on every kWh, set by the PSC and updated periodically. FCR-27 took effect June 1, 2026 with a fuel cost decrease. The rate differs by service voltage and by season.

Environmental Compliance Cost Recovery (ECCR)

A separate per-kWh factor updated by order. Itemized on the statement and reconstructed on every bill.

Demand Side Management, Commercial (DSM-C)

DSM-C-15 effective June 2026. Small per bill, but it is a line that should match, and it does not always.

Nuclear Construction Cost Recovery (NCCR)

Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 are in service, so this line should read $0.00. We keep it as a line that must equal zero.

Municipal Franchise Fee (MFF)

A percentage of usage revenue that differs for premises inside versus outside city limits. Which one applies is read from your statement, never assumed.

Sales tax

State plus local, depending on the service address. Read from the statement and checked against the taxable total.

The Georgia landscape, as of this review

Securing your future means watching what the Commission and the utility are doing before it reaches your bill. This is what we are watching for Georgia Power accounts right now.

  • The Georgia Public Service Commission froze Georgia Power base rates through the end of 2028. Savings available to a Georgia business today come from the right schedule, correct billing and lower demand, not from waiting for a rate case. (PSC fact sheet)
  • New Fuel Cost Recovery (FCR-27), ECCR and DSM-C-15 factors took effect; the fuel change was a decrease. Bills rendered from June 2026 are reconstructed on these factors. (Georgia Power release)
  • PSC hearing in Docket 57171 on Georgia Power's Real Time Pricing revenue credit and allocation methodology. Relevant to large accounts weighing RTP against PLL-19. (PSC calendar)

Reviewed by OptivAI on November 10, 2026. Tariff factors are re-checked weekly against Georgia Power's published tariff sheets; pending proposals are tracked separately from approved, effective changes.

Your Georgia Power Energy Fingerprint

No two buildings bill alike, and an industry average is not your building. Over twelve cycles OptivAI builds your account's Energy Fingerprint from your Georgia Power data and the facility profile you give us at onboarding: operating hours, major equipment, load drivers and goals. On Georgia Power that means learning which summer peak is setting your 95 percent ratchet, how your load splits across the seasons that price Fuel Cost Recovery differently, and whether your usage shape belongs on PLM-19, TOU-GSD-18 or somewhere else.

An audit looks once. A Fingerprint learns. It is proprietary to your account, it lives in your portal, and it is the reason your Optimization Roadmap is specific to how your building runs instead of a list of generic tips.

Cycle 1Your first bill rebuilt and verified, your rate-plan verdict, and a Starting Roadmap. The Fingerprint begins.
Cycles 2–11Every cycle adds a season, a peak, a rider change. The portal shows your Fingerprint Progress and the Roadmap sharpens with it.
Month 12Your full Optimization Roadmap, prioritized by impact and specific to your account. Each item is labelled Projected until your Georgia Power bill proves it.

Measured on the bill, not on a spreadsheet

Actual client, Alabama Power territory
23.2%

Bill reduction, $4,573 a month, verified on the utility bill. Alabama Power and Georgia Power are sister utilities in the Southern Company family; each has its own tariff, and OptivAI's Georgia catalog is encoded separately.

Across 25 years of commercial energy work
10–20%

In rate and billing savings typically identified by these roadmaps. For your account it is Projected until your own Georgia Power bill proves it, and we label it that way.

Georgia Power questions we are asked

How do I know if my Georgia Power commercial bill is correct?

OptivAI rebuilds each bill from the filed tariff for your schedule, applies the FCR, ECCR, DSM-C and franchise fee factors in force that month, checks billing demand against the 95% / 60% ratchet, and compares the result line by line with what you were charged. Anything that does not reconstruct is flagged every billing cycle.

Am I on the right Georgia Power rate plan for my business?

Every cycle OptivAI compares your usage and demand against the commercial schedules your account is eligible for and delivers a verdict: stay, or switch and why. The most common questions are PLM-19 versus TOU-GSD-18, a seasonal account left on OGS-18, and whether a 500 kW account belongs on PLL-19.

What is the Georgia Power demand ratchet?

On PLM-19 and PLL-19, billing demand is the greatest of this month's measured demand, 95% of the highest summer demand in the past eleven months, and 60% of the highest winter demand in the same window. OptivAI tracks it month by month so you know what you are carrying and why.

Why did my bill change if base rates are frozen?

Base rates are frozen through 2028, but the FCR, ECCR and DSM-C riders still change by order, the franchise fee depends on city limits, and billing demand moves with the ratchet. OptivAI reads each of these on every bill so a change is explained, not just noticed.

What is a Georgia Power Energy Fingerprint?

Your Energy Fingerprint is OptivAI's 12-month model of how your Georgia Power account uses and is billed for electricity, built month by month from your utility data and the facility profile you give us at onboarding. On Georgia Power that means learning which summer peak is setting your 95 percent ratchet, how your load splits across the seasons that price Fuel Cost Recovery differently, and whether your usage shape belongs on PLM-19, TOU-GSD-18 or somewhere else. Your Starting Roadmap arrives in your first cycle and sharpens every month; at month 12 the Fingerprint becomes your full Optimization Roadmap, specific to your account and labelled Projected until your bill proves it.

How much does it cost?

$99 per utility account per month for one to five accounts, $89 per account at six or more, on a 12-month term billed monthly. No equipment, no installation, no shared-savings split. A Starting Roadmap in your first cycle and the full Optimization Roadmap at month 12.

Do you need my Georgia Power login?

No. You connect your account through a read-only utility connection or upload your bills. OptivAI never sees or stores a utility login.

Is it worth $99 to make sure your company's energy future is secure?

Verifying the present. Reducing your dependence. Securing your future.

$99per Georgia Power account, per month

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