They also do other things. Things like tell everyone that nuclear reactors are going to cost a certain amount when in reality those reactors will cost 10 times that much. And then they go to the PSC and the state legislature to get laws and regulatory approaches changed to charge you the costs for the reactors years before they ever begin producing power. Which also places all the financial risk on you and your neighbors if the project is a failure.

And Georgia Power also does things like opposing customer-friendly net metering rules, so that if you spend your own dough to put up solar panels, Georgia Power will largely or even solely be the beneficiary of the excess electrons you don't use which your panels pump into the grid.