Georgia Power will make a case Thursday to the Public Service Commission to add more biomass to the state’s energy portfolio. The energy provider… generates 19,000 megawatts of energy, according to the Energy Information Agency. A sliver of that is the existing biomass plants that generate 350 megawatts that Georgia Power calls renewable. They want to add 80 MW in the form of three plants that would begin operation in the next two to five years as part of its 2022 Integrated Resource Plan. The plan requires approval from the five-member body of the Public Service Commission, but there are critics of the plan. The Georgia Forestry Commission said that biomass and bioenergy “remains a key part of Georgia’s long-term strategy and a key element for our economy’s evolution.” Georgia is second in the nation for biomass generation, trailing only California. …Critiques say biomass is not renewable.