For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
So today I say, the outlook in Georgia has never been brighter.
I was reading Plato's 'The Republic' at age 18, and I can't account fully the electricity that had for me.
I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.
I believe Georgia should aspire to nothing less than greatness. And I believe greatness is within our grasp.
It is time we Georgians did not depend only on others, it is time we asked what Georgia will do for the world.
Big swings in the wholesale price of electricity are not unusual in the summer, when high demand taxes generators' ability to supply power.
As the population of Georgia increased dramatically, so did development.
I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
For as long as anyone can remember, reliable, cheap electricity has been taken for granted in the United States.
We started focusing on this in earnest late summer and early fall. I can build more power plants. In the 12 years before us, not a single plant of major consequence was built.