Patty Durand, who is a clean energy advocate and former Democratic candidate for the PSC, is accused of stealing a booklet labeled “Georgia Power Trade Secrets.” Screenshot from meeting video provided by the Public Service Commission
Clean energy advocate Patty Durand, who was accused of stealing a booklet labeled as containing “trade secrets” during an energy regulatory hearing, will not be indicted after the Fulton County District Attorney’s office formally declined to prosecute the case.
The decision was filed Wednesday in Fulton County Superior Court. Durand, who founded a watchdog organization called Georgians for Affordable Energy and is a frequent critic of the Public Service Commission, had been charged with one felony count of theft of trade secrets following an incident at a Public Service Commission meeting in October. Durand was captured on video picking up the booklet during a lunch break…