Published: January 23, 2010 10:06 am      

Ga. Watch wants consumer chief to act in PSC cases

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia watchdog group is calling on the governor’s consumer affairs chief to get involved in cases before the state’s Public Service Commission that could boost utility rates.

Georgia Watch said Joseph Doyle has not intervened in a single rate case before the PSC. The group laid out its concerns in a letter Friday to Doyle, head of the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs.

Georgia Watch Executive Director Angela Speir Phelps said she wants to see Doyle speak up in Georgia Power’s proposed rate increase case, among others. She said they have the potential to cost Georgia ratepayers billions of dollars.

Doyle’s office did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.