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(Nov. 3, 2008, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

“These are people that have never asked for assistance before,” she said, referring to a third of her callers. But with “downsizing and all that, they find themselves in a situation they thought they never would be in.”

Georgia Power reports 12,000 more disconnects in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period last year, spokesman Jeff Wilson said. However, he attributed much of the difference to several days in August of 2007 when the high heat index barred disconnects. Still, overdue payments increased 9 percent during those time periods

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