Video footage from the day of the hearing reportedly shows Durand, wearing a brown jacket, approaching a desk and picking up a booklet before setting it back down and walking to the other side of the room.

Moments later, the footage appears to show Durand taking another booklet from a different desk, placing it in her bag, and leaving the room.

In an August interview with GPB, Durand criticized what she described as a lack of transparency in Georgia Power’s agreements with data centers.

“The Public Service Commission allows very heavy redactions and trade secrets,” she said. “So the contracts between Georgia Power and the data centers are also redacted and trade secreted. So no one will know what they actually charge data centers.”

It remains unclear what officials believe Durand intended to