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Three storylines to watch as UNC returns to action at Georgia Tech
North Carolina will take on Georgia Tech Saturday afternoon. Here are some things to pay attention to.
No. 16 North Carolina will take on Georgia Tech on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET after nearly a week off following an 85-80 victory over then-No. 14 Virginia in Charlottesville.
Here are some storylines to consider heading into the game.
Which Carolina will we get on Saturday?
North Carolina has been consistently inconsistent this season, and really, it’s been that way throughout Hubert Davis’ tenure in Chapel Hill.
Will we see the UNC team that soundly defeated Notre Dame and took over in the second half against Virginia last week, or will we see the one that ranked last in scoring defense and allowed 72 3-pointers — an average of 14.4 made 3s per game — in its first five ACC games?
Role players’ continued improvement
Another storyline to follow is the continued improvement of several role players who have come on recently.
Derek Dixon has been averaging 12 points and four assists on 46.4% shooting from the field and a blistering 56.2% from 3-point range since he earned his first start against Cal on Jan. 17. In UNC’s upset win over Virginia, he finished with 11 points and a season-high seven assists, with eight of those points and six of those assists coming after halftime. His plus-minus has climbed in each start: plus-5 vs. Cal, plus-17 vs. Notre Dame and plus-22 vs. Virginia.
Luka Bogavac has also settled into his role. After going 2-for-13 from the field in UNC’s first three ACC games and scoring just eight points in that span, he has rediscovered his touch since moving to the bench. Over the last four ACC games, he is averaging 10.7 points and 3.0 rebounds on 43.3% shooting overall and 35.2% from 3. He scored 14 points on 4-for-7 shooting and 3-for-5 from deep in his last outing.
Jarin Stevenson has exploded over the last two games, scoring 17 points on 6-for-9 shooting and 2-for-4 from 3 against Virginia, then adding eight points, five rebounds and strong defense off the bench against Notre Dame.
Hometown Hero
Caleb Wilson is back in his hometown of Atlanta for the second time this season. The last time Wilson played in Atlanta, he recorded a double-double of 20 points and 15 rebounds along with three blocks.
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Georgia baseball will resume its NCAA Athens Regional game with Long Island at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 29, after persistent rain—heavy at times—forced the suspension of the game.
The Bulldogs have a commanding 15-1 lead with nobody out in the bottom of the sixth.
The teams and some fans waited out a delay that started 7:14 p.m.
The game was suspended officially at 9:06 p.m. Long Island players were already grabbing their equipment in the dugout to depart for the team hotel before then.
The winner of Georgia-LIU will play No. 3 seed Liberty Saturday in the double-elimination tournament in a game scheduled for 5 p.m.
The loser will play No. 2 seed Boston College at noon.
The No. 3 national seed Bulldogs hit six homers before the game was delayed due to heavy rain.
There was a 53 percent chance of rain at 9 a.m. Saturday, according to weather.com, decreasing to 17 percent at 11 a.m., but there’s a threat of storms in the afternoon.
The Georgia Public Service Commission this week approved a plan expected to reduce utility bills for Georgia Power customers by a few dollars a month.
The commission said the change will generate about $285 million in total annual savings for Georgia Power customers, or roughly $50 per year — about $4.04 per month — for the average residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month.
The Georgia PSC voted Thursday to lower overall rates as part of the approved plan.
Georgia Power Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Tyler Cook said the decision will provide “real savings for Georgia families and businesses as the heat of summer begins and energy use increases.”
“At Georgia Power, our teams work every day to run our business efficiently and keep reliable and affordable energy flowing to our customers,” Cook said.
Cook said the outcome followed months of work between Georgia Power and PSC staff, including reviews, public hearings and input from residents and intervenors.
The approved plan is tied to a stipulated agreement reached earlier this month involving two cases filed with the PSC in February, the Fuel Cost Recovery case and the Storm Cost Recovery case. Those cases addressed recovering fuel costs used to generate electricity and expenses tied to restoring power after storms.
Georgia Power said its rates remain, on average, about 15% below the national average and that it is still on track to provide additional annual savings of about $102 per year for typical residential customers beginning in 2029.
ATLANTA – The Georgia Public Service Commission approved a stipulated agreement on Thursday to lower utility rates for Georgia Power customers starting June 1.
The regulatory body voted to pass the deal without changes, establishing how the utility can bill for fuel costs and storm damage restoration expenses.
State regulators approve rate cuts
What we know:
The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) voted 3-2 to reject several utility cost amendments before ultimately passing the overall deal. Under the approved agreement, a typical residential customer using 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month will see monthly bills decrease by roughly $4.03 to $4.04. Total annual savings across all 2.8 million Georgia Power customers are projected to reach approximately $285 million.
The deal reduces how much money the utility can recover from its customer base for storm expenses by nearly 60%, dropping the revenue requirement from $270 million down to $109 million. The agreement also extends the amortization of storm recovery costs, largely tied to Hurricane Helene in 2024, to 67 months, caps natural gas advance purchases at 20% over a 36-month window, and cuts $13 million from the company’s original fuel recovery estimates.
Accountability questions remain unresolved
What we don’t know:
While the PSC agreed to launch a separate investigation into how fuel costs are allocated, officials have not yet confirmed how much large industrial operations will be forced to pay in future rate cases. Consumer advocacy groups argue that massive data center companies are driving up fuel costs for everyday ratepayers without paying for the infrastructure upgrades they require. Critics note that it remains unclear if a future utility asset structure will successfully shift financial burdens away from residential homes.
The Source: The information in this story was gathered from official press releases issued by the Georgia Public Service Commission and Georgia Power, as well as previous FOX 5 Atlanta reporting.
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