State energy regulators will vote in April on Georgia Power’s request for additional electrical generating capacity.

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a hearing schedule this past Tuesday that calls for a final vote April 16 on an updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) the Atlanta-based utility submitted late last month.

The PSC voted in July of last year in favor of a three-year IRP outlining the mix of energy sources Georgia Power intends to rely on for power generation during the next two decades. But rather than wait the usual three years to submit its next IRP, Georgia Power is looking to the commission now to approve additional generating capacity to accommodate what the company called “extraordinary” economic growth. The utility is asking for about 6,600 megawatts of electricity. A megawatt is enough electricity to power about 750 homes.

Under the schedule the PSC adopted Tuesday, commissioners will hold hearings on the proposed IRP update Jan. 16-17, Feb. 29-March 1, and potentially on March 27-28. The commission’s Energy Committee will hear from all interested parties in the case April 11, ahead of the final vote April 16.