Georgia AG-elect Tanya Miller pledges action on price spikes – FOX 5 Atlanta

Georgia AG-elect Tanya Miller pledges action on price spikes  FOX 5 Atlanta

Georgia Attorney General-elect Tanya Miller plans to target grocery store price gouging and unjustified utility rate increases as core priorities of her incoming administration. Georgia Attorney General-elect Tanya Miller pledged to enforce anti-price-gouging statutes against corporate grocery chains, scrutinize utility rate hikes and sue any federal administration attempting to interfere with state elections. ATLANTA – Georgia Attorney General-elect Tanya Miller plans to target grocery store price gouging and unjustified utility rate increases as core priorities of her incoming administration. Miller, the first woman elected to the post, said the attorney general’s office must serve as a shield for working families facing steep costs. Miller said state regulators have a duty to hold corporations accountable when prices spike without justification.

She noted previous price gouging in South Georgia following natural disasters and cited legal action in North Carolina where a retail chain posted one shelf price and charged another at checkout. Miller pledged to direct state resources toward investigating retailers that deceive shoppers. The office holds statutory authority over anti-price gouging enforcement and consumer affairs. Recent Georgia Power rate hikes have added between $16 and $21 to monthly household bills. Miller argued that frequent increases over short windows warrant thorough scrutiny from the Public Service Commission. Rate hikes should not exist for sheer profit or to pass corporate mismanagement losses onto