Georgia Power says surging electricity demand has outgrown parts of its existing grid, and its planned 35-mile transmission line will require more than 300 parcels of land — including homes, according to CBS News. For families like Ansley Brown’s, that means property they never planned to sell could be taken to make way for the expansion. Brown told CBS News her mother intended the land to become generational wealth. Instead, she now fears the family will lose the home, yard and memories built there over decades. The project comes as Georgia’s power needs climb alongside a boom in large data centers, which are driving a significant share of new electricity demand.
