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Georgia Public Service Commission Democratic nominee Shelia Eswards and Republican nominee Josh Tolbert debate ahead of the November election. Credit: Atlanta Press Club Debates YouTube Page.
What Georgia voters need to know about the Public Service Commission races
The Georgia Public Service Commission will have two seats on the ballot in November: District 3 and District 5. The outcome could change the dynamics of the body that regulates utilities in the state if Democrats manage to win both seats.
The commission has the final say over how Georgia Power and other utilities make and charge for energy.
Last year, two Democrats won seats on the commission. Commissioner Peter Hubbard won his seat for District 3 and is competing to maintain it in this election against Former Commissioner Fitz Johnson. District 5 is an open seat for which Republican Josh Tolbert and Democrat Shelia Edwards are competing.
Hubbard worked as an advocate for clean energy before he won his seat in 2025. He unseated now candidate Johnson, who served on the commission for four years.
Johnson didn’t participate in a debate held by the Atlanta Press Club. Hubbard spent his time speaking about his work on the commission.
“I was elected last November to a one-year term on the Public Service Commission with a clear mandate: lower your bills. In my first year, I voted time and again to do that,” he said.
District 5 became an open seat after Tricia Pridemore decided to step down to run for Congress. After she lost that election, she stepped down early for a job at a corporation that builds data centers.
Now, Edwards and Tolbert will battle it out in the election. At the Atlanta Press Club debate, Tolbert distinguished himself as an engineer working on power plants.
“Ratepayers need a voice and representative on the commission,” he said during the debate. “When it comes to utility decisions and power bills, that voice needs to know something about energy.”
Edwards also pointed to her experience at Lockheed and NASA after the Challenger shuttle disaster as proof that she can work with engineers and understand technical materials.
“You don’t need another nuclear engineer,” she said during the debate. “You need a commissioner who will stand up for families, seniors and veterans. And that’s me.”
Early voting runs through Friday, Oct. 30, and the last day to request an absentee ballot is Friday Oct. 23.
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