WASHINGTON — Alabamians pay more for electricity when Georgia taps federal reservoirs for drinking water, according to an Alabama senator who is working a new angle in the tri-state water wars.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, normally a champion of nuclear reactors and coal-fired power plants, has lately become a cheerleader for hydroelectricity.

The Alabama Republican accuses Georgia of siphoning off so much water upstream that it’s hurting clean-energy customers downstream.

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