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S E R V I N G G E O R G I A T O G E T H E R Georgia’s Electric Membership Corporations

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S E R V I N G G E O R G I A T O G E T H E R

G e o r g i a ’s E l e c t r i c M e m b e r s h i p C o r p o r a t i o n s

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Turning on the lights. Plugging in the coffee maker. Just normal parts of your morning routine.The mission of Georgia’s electric membership corporations is to ensure that electricity is always there to make these and other essential parts of your daily life possible. Supporting these EMCs are Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Georgia Transmission Corporation and Georgia System Operations Corporation, along with the EMCs’ statewide trade association, Georgia Electric Membership Corporation. Working together, they serve Georgia in the same manner as other fully integrated utilities across the country.

This brochure explains each of these organizations and their relationships to each other.

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Georgia’s EMCs serve more than 70 percent of the state’s land area.

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EMCs Are Rooted in Rural AmericaElectric cooperatives are private, independent electric utilities owned by the members

they serve. As democratically governed businesses, electric cooperatives are anchored

firmly in the communities they serve and are responsive to their consumers’ needs.

Electric cooperatives began to spread across rural America after President Franklin D.

Roosevelt created the Rural Electrification Administration in 1935, an idea conceived at

the Little White House in Warm Springs, Ga. The executive order establishing the REA and

the passage of the REA Act a year later marked the first steps in a public-private partnership that

has lasted for more than 70 years. That partnership has bridged the vast expanse of rural America

to bring electric power to businesses and communities willing to organize cooperatively for the

provision of safe, affordable and reliable electric power on a not-for-profit basis.

Today, there are more than 900 electric cooperatives in the United States, with 41 in Georgia.

These nationwide cooperatives provide reliable and technologically advanced service to 42 million

people while maintaining a unique consumer-focused approach to business.

Georgia’s EMCsAltamaha EMC altamahaemc.com

Amicalola EMC amicalolaemc.com

Blue Ridge Mountain EMC brmemc.com

Canoochee EMC canoocheeemc.com

Carroll EMC cemc.com

Central Georgia EMC cgemc.com

Coastal Electric Cooperative coastalemc.com

Cobb EMC cobbemc.com

Colquitt EMC colquittemc.com

Coweta-Fayette EMC utility.org

Diverse Power diversepower.com

Excelsior EMC excelsioremc.com

Flint Energies flintenergies.com

Grady EMC gradyemc.com

GreyStone Power greystonepower.com

Habersham EMC habershamemc.com

Hart EMC hartemc.com

Irwin EMC irwinemc.com

Jackson EMC jacksonemc.com

Jefferson Energy Cooperative jec.coop

Little Ocmulgee EMC littleocmulgeeemc.com

Middle Georgia EMC mgemc.com

Mitchell EMC mitchellemc.com

North Georgia EMC ngemc.com

Ocmulgee EMC ocmulgeeemc.com

Oconee EMC oconeeemc.com

Okefenoke REMC oremc.com

Planters EMC plantersemc.com

Rayle EMC rayleemc.com

Satilla REMC satillaemc.com

Sawnee EMC sawnee.com

Slash Pine EMC slashpineemc.com

Snapping Shoals EMC ssemc.com

Southern Rivers Energy southernriversenergy.com

Sumter EMC sumteremc.com

Three Notch EMC threenotchemc.com

Tri-County EMC tri-countyemc.com

Tri-State EMC tsemc.net

Upson EMC upsonemc.com

Walton EMC waltonemc.com

Washington EMC washingtonemc.com

EMCs: A Historical Perspective

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THE ABCs OF EMCs

Georgia Electric Membership Corporation

Statewide trade association for Georgia’s EMCs

Oglethorpe Power Corporation

Generating power for 38 Georgia EMCs

Georgia Transmission Corporation

Delivering power to 38 Georgia EMCs

Georgia System Operations Corporation

Controlling and monitoring electric generation, transmission and

distribution assets

EMCs are consumer-owned and consumer-

governed not-for-profit cooperatives whose

purpose is to ensure safe, reliable and affordable

delivery of electricity to homes and businesses.

Together, Georgia’s EMCs deliver more than

41 billion kilowatt hours of electricity each year

and have approximately 187,124 miles of trans-

mission and distribution lines — the state’s

largest energy distribution system.

Many EMCs have been asked by their consumer-

owners to deliver more than electricity. Responding

either individually or in alliance with others, these

co-ops often provide other utility or telecommuni-

cation services, from natural gas and geothermal

heat pumps to internet access.

Of the state’s 41 EMCs, 38 receive wholesale power

through Oglethorpe Power Corporation and rely on

Georgia Transmission Corporation for power trans-

mission. Georgia System Operations Corporation

serves to control and monitor electric generation,

transmission and distribution assets. Some EMCs

also have entered into long-term supplemental

power supply contracts with third-party power

suppliers and purchase hydropower from the

Southeastern Power Administration. Three EMCs

in north Georgia receive their power supply under

contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

A study conducted by Georgia Tech indicated

that the EMCs have a $6.1 billion economic impact

on Georgia. The EMCs positively affect the state in

other ways as well. They work as integral partners

with their communities. Georgia’s EMCs design

industrial parks; partner with local schools to offer

scholarships and youth development programs,

such as 4-H and FFA; light Little League fields;

sponsor community beautification; and collect and

deliver food to families in need. These EMCs also

partner with their trade association, Georgia EMC,

as well as the Georgia Department of Economic

Development and other entities, to bring new jobs

to the state.

Georgia EMC, OPC, GTC and GSOC exist to serve the state’s EMCs.

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Enabling the state’s EMCs to speak with one voice.

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EcholsLowndes

Charlton

Seminole

Thomas BrooksGradyDecaturCamden

Lanier

Clinch

Miller Colquitt Cook Brantley

AtkinsonMitchell

Baker

Ware

BerrienEarly

PierceTift

Calhoun DoughertyMcIntosh

BaconIrwinClay Coffee WayneWorth

Ben Hill ChathamTurner

LeeRandolph Appling

Terrell Jeff DavisQuitman

Long

Crisp

Liberty

Wilcox TelfairSumterStewart Webster Chatham

Bryan

EvansDoolyWheeler

Tattnall

Toombs

MontgomeryPulaskiSchley Dodge

TreutlenMaconChattahoochee

CandlerMarion BleckleyEffingham

MuscogeeBullochHouston

Peach

Laurens

Taylor

JohnsonEmanuel

CrawfordHarris Talbot Twiggs

Bibb JenkinsUpson

Wilkinson Screven

JonesBaldwinMonroeLamarPike

Troup Meriwether WashingtonBurkeJefferson

GlascockSpaldingHeard Butts Hancock

PutnamCoweta Jasper RichmondFayette WarrenHenry

Clayton

McDuffieColumbia

TaliaferroNewton Greene

RockdaleDouglas

Carroll Morgan

Haralson WaltonOconee

LincolnWilkes

ClarkeOglethorpePaulding

CobbPolk Barrow

Gwinnett

Fulton

Madison ElbertJackson

ForsythCherokeeBartowBanks Hart

HallFranklin

Pickens

Floyd

Chattooga

Dawson

Gordon StephensLumpkin

WhiteHabersham

GilmerWalker

DadeUnion

Catoosa

Whitfield

Fannin

Murray

Towns Rabun

AtlantaDekalb

Community andEconomic Development,Government Relations

Atlanta Office Executive, Finance/Administration

Communications &Member Services,

& Georgia MagazineTucker Office

Training, Education& Safety

Smarr Office

Strength in NumbersGeorgia Electric Membership Corporation is the

trade association that serves Georgia’s 41 electric

membership corporations, OPC, GTC

and GSOC. Through Georgia EMC,

the state’s electric cooperatives join

together to maximize their strength

and efficiency in addressing the chal-

lenges they all face.

The services of Georgia EMC include

safety and training programs, legisla-

tive advocacy at the state and national

levels, economic development, youth

and community programs, media relations

and a monthly publication for Georgia’s EMC

consumers, GEORGIA Magazine.

A 501 (c)(6) not-for-profit

association, Georgia EMC is a

member-owned organization

governed by a board of directors

composed of one representative

from each member cooperative.

For more information, visit georgiaemc.com.

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EcholsLowndes

Charlton

Seminole

Thomas BrooksGradyDecaturCamden

Lanier

Clinch

Miller Colquitt Cook Brantley

AtkinsonMitchell

Baker

Ware

BerrienEarly

PierceTift

Calhoun DoughertyMcIntosh

BaconIrwinClay Coffee WayneWorth

Ben Hill ChathamTurner

LeeRandolph Appling

Terrell Jeff DavisQuitman

Long

Crisp

Liberty

Wilcox TelfairSumterStewart Webster Chatham

Bryan

EvansDoolyWheeler

Tattnall

Toombs

MontgomeryPulaskiSchley Dodge

TreutlenMaconChattahoochee

CandlerMarion BleckleyEffingham

MuscogeeBullochHouston

Peach

Laurens

Taylor

JohnsonEmanuel

CrawfordHarris Talbot Twiggs

Bibb JenkinsUpson

Wilkinson Screven

JonesBaldwinMonroeLamarPike

Troup Meriwether WashingtonBurkeJefferson

GlascockSpaldingHeard Butts Hancock

PutnamCoweta Jasper RichmondFayette WarrenHenry

Clayton

McDuffieColumbia

TaliaferroNewton Greene

RockdaleDouglas

Carroll Morgan

Haralson WaltonOconee

LincolnWilkes

ClarkeOglethorpePaulding

CobbPolk Barrow

Gwinnett

Fulton

Madison ElbertJackson

ForsythCherokeeBartowBanks Hart

HallFranklin

Pickens

Floyd

Chattooga

Dawson

Gordon StephensLumpkin

WhiteHabersham

GilmerWalker

DadeUnion

Catoosa

Whitfield

Fannin

Murray

Towns Rabun

AtlantaDekalb

Community andEconomic Development,Government Relations

Atlanta Office Executive, Finance/Administration

Communications &Member Services,

& Georgia MagazineTucker Office

Training, Education& Safety

Smarr Office

Our Mission:To promote the EMCs of Georgia by providing member-focused leadership and a unified voice through advocacy, education and communication.

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EcholsLowndes

Charlton

Seminole

Thomas BrooksGradyDecaturCamden

Lanier

Clinch

Miller Colquitt Cook Brantley

AtkinsonMitchell

Baker

Ware

BerrienEarly

PierceTift

Calhoun DoughertyMcIntosh

BaconIrwinClay Coffee WayneWorth

Ben Hill ChathamTurner

LeeRandolph Appling

Terrell Jeff DavisQuitman

Long

Crisp

Liberty

Wilcox TelfairSumterStewart Webster Chatham

Bryan

EvansDoolyWheeler

Tattnall

Toombs

MontgomeryPulaskiSchley Dodge

TreutlenMaconChattahoochee

CandlerMarion BleckleyEffingham

MuscogeeBullochHouston

Peach

Laurens

Taylor

JohnsonEmanuel

CrawfordHarris Talbot Twiggs

Bibb JenkinsUpson

Wilkinson Screven

JonesBaldwinMonroeLamarPike

Troup Meriwether WashingtonBurkeJefferson

GlascockSpaldingHeard Butts Hancock

PutnamCoweta Jasper RichmondFayette WarrenHenry

Clayton

McDuffieColumbia

TaliaferroNewton Greene

RockdaleDouglas

Carroll Morgan

Haralson WaltonOconee

LincolnWilkes

ClarkeOglethorpePaulding

CobbPolk Barrow

Gwinnett

Fulton

Madison ElbertJackson

ForsythCherokeeBartowBanks Hart

HallFranklin

Pickens

Floyd

Chattooga

Dawson

Gordon StephensLumpkin

WhiteHabersham

GilmerWalker

DadeUnion

Catoosa

Whitfield

Fannin

Murray

Towns Rabun

AtlantaDekalb

Community andEconomic Development,Government Relations

Atlanta Office Executive, Finance/Administration

Communications &Member Services,

& Georgia MagazineTucker Office

Training, Education& Safety

Smarr Office 20

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95

75

75

85

EcholsLowndes

Charlton

Seminole

Thomas BrooksGradyDecaturCamden

Lanier

Clinch

Miller Colquitt Cook Brantley

AtkinsonMitchell

Baker

Ware

BerrienEarly

PierceTift

Calhoun DoughertyMcIntosh

BaconIrwinClay Coffee WayneWorth

Ben Hill ChathamTurner

LeeRandolph Appling

Terrell Jeff DavisQuitman

Long

Crisp

Liberty

Wilcox TelfairSumterStewart Webster Chatham

Bryan

EvansDoolyWheeler

Tattnall

Toombs

MontgomeryPulaskiSchley Dodge

TreutlenMaconChattahoochee

CandlerMarion BleckleyEffingham

MuscogeeBullochHouston

Peach

Laurens

Taylor

JohnsonEmanuel

CrawfordHarris Talbot Twiggs

Bibb JenkinsUpson

Wilkinson Screven

JonesBaldwinMonroeLamarPike

Troup Meriwether WashingtonBurkeJefferson

GlascockSpaldingHeard Butts Hancock

PutnamCoweta Jasper RichmondFayette WarrenHenry

Clayton

McDuffieColumbia

TaliaferroNewton Greene

RockdaleDouglas

Carroll Morgan

Haralson WaltonOconee

LincolnWilkes

ClarkeOglethorpePaulding

CobbPolk Barrow

Gwinnett

Fulton

Madison ElbertJackson

ForsythCherokeeBartowBanks Hart

HallFranklin

Pickens

Floyd

Chattooga

Dawson

Gordon StephensLumpkin

WhiteHabersham

GilmerWalker

DadeUnion

Catoosa

Whitfield

Fannin

Murray

Towns Rabun

AtlantaDekalb

Community andEconomic Development,Government Relations

Atlanta Office Executive, Finance/Administration

Communications &Member Services,

& Georgia MagazineTucker Office

Training, Education& Safety

Smarr Office

Georgia EMC Offices

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Portfolio Diversity

HYDRO 10%

GAS 54%

COAL 20%

NUCLEAR 16%

2015 CAPACITY

HYDRO 5%

GAS 33%

COAL 20%

NUCLEAR 42%

2015 ENERGY

2015 Energy 2015 Capacity

Formed in 1974, Oglethorpe Power Corporation is

among the nation’s largest power supply coopera-

tives in revenue, assets and kilowatt hours delivered.

OPC provides power to 38 of Georgia’s 41 EMCs.

These EMCs, in turn, serve nearly half of Georgia’s

population and more than 70 percent of the state’s

land mass.

OPC is one of the largest private corporations in

Georgia, with 2015 assets of more than $10 billion

and annual revenues exceeding $1 billion. Assets are

projected to increase to approximately $12 billion,

as OPC’s 30 percent share of the two new units of the

Alvin W. Vogtle Nuclear Plant are expected to be in

service by 2020.

In 1997, OPC spun off its transmission and system

operation functions into two new corporations

to address changes in the industry and to better

meet the needs of its Member Systems. This restruc-

turing created Georgia Transmission Corporation

and Georgia System Operations Corporation. The

three corporations work closely together to ensure

that their business strategies are aligned to provide

maximum benefit to the member EMCs.

OPC manages and maintains a balanced and

diverse portfolio of power-generating assets and

contracts to provide reliable, long-term capacity

and energy for its Member Systems.

These wholly owned, co-owned, managed, or

purchased assets include gas, nuclear, coal, and

hydroelectric facilities. In 2009, 2011 and 2015,

OPC added substantially to its asset base with

the purchase of about 2,325 megawatts of gas-fired

capacity. OPC’s portfolio of owned generation

includes a total of 7,785 MW of capacity (summer

reserve capacity). In addition, the corporation

manages another 718 MW under contract.

OPC places a strong emphasis on environmental

compliance and stewardship. The corporation has

invested approximately $1.5 billion to maintain

compliance with various regulations. OPC is

committed to helping preserve the environment

through various initiatives, including a carbon

sequestration program, community participation

and research. This commitment allows OPC to

provide clean and affordable energy to its Member

Systems while working to preserve the environment

today and for future generations.

For more information, visit opc.com.

A Leading Power Supply Cooperative

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One of the state’s largest privately owned corporations, with assets of more than $10 billion.

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To meet Georgia’s electricity demands, GTC will construct more than $560 million in transmission facilities through 2018.

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Meeting the Demands of Dynamic GrowthGeorgia Transmission Corporation is charged with providing a safe and reliable electric

transmission grid for approximately 4 million people and with getting it ready for millions more.

To meet growing demand, the corporation constructs more than $100 million in new or modified

high-voltage power lines and substations each year. GTC is a not-for-profit corporation owned by

38 of the state’s EMCs, and it serves as the link between power generation and the EMCs’ individual

electric distribution systems.

GTC provides planning, construction, and maintenance for a transmission system of more than

3,100 miles of lines and more than 700 substations. Maintenance includes system monitoring

and inspection, vegetation management, load planning, upgrades and repairs to keep power

outages to a minimum across the state.

Through a rare and progressive arrangement in the electric utility industry, more than 17,500 miles

of the state’s electric transmission assets are jointly planned and operated by GTC, Georgia Power

Corporation, MEAG Power and Dalton Utilities. Under a set of Integrated Transmission System

agreements, these organizations work together to set guidelines, reduce duplication of facilities

and increase efficiency. Facilities are jointly planned and operated and are individually owned,

built and maintained.

For more information on GTC, visit gatrans.com.

$2.4BillionTotal Assets Including:• More than 3,000 miles

of transmission line

• More than 700 substations

1997Year Founded• 1997, when Oglethorpe

Power divested itself of the transmission business

38Customers• 38 electric

membership corporations

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A Powerful PartnershipGeorgia System Operations Corporation ensures economical and reliable system operations by controlling

and monitoring electric generation, transmission and distribution assets owned by OPC, GTC, Smarr EMC,

Green Power EMC, the 38 member EMCs and their supplemental power suppliers. GSOC works with OPC

and GTC to deliver wholesale electric power to its 38 member EMCs.

To balance moment-to-moment supply and demand requirements for its Member Systems, GSOC directs

and economically dispatches nearly 8,500 megawatts of OPC’s generating capacity. GSOC also approves,

schedules, and monitors hourly energy and transmission transactions through GTC’s portion of the

Integrated Transmission System.

On a daily basis, GSOC operators coordinate planned and unplanned switching activities to manage

equipment outages and maintenance. And when the lights go out, GSOC is a first responder. With an

extensive supervisory control and data acquisition system, GSOC’s 24/7 operators are there to direct

and coordinate outage restoration efforts to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.

The control center team monitors this system with heightened situational awareness using the latest

in energy management system programs and technology, which are cyber-secure and compliant with

regulatory requirements. GSOC then ensures that all the data necessary for operating, monitoring,

analyzing, and billing GTC’s and OPC’s assets are captured.

In addition, GSOC supports the telecommunications requirements of the Family of Companies and

its Member Systems, including the communication networks for OPC’s generation facilities and GTC’s

transmission facilities.

More information about GSOC is available at gasoc.com.

In megawatt-hours*

GSOC 10-year Peak Load Growth*

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GSOC ensures reliable system operations by controlling and monitoring electric generation and transmission assets.

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Green Power EMC has generated more than 1.2 million MWh of green energy.

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Green Power EMC is a not-for-profit cooperative

founded in August 2001 to support its 38 EMC

members in securing renewable resources. Green

Power, the first green energy provider in the state,

has been selling green energy since 2003. The

EMCs that are served by the renewable cooperative

provide retail electric service to more than

4.2 million Georgians.

As of early 2016, Green Power had a portfolio of

renewable energy resources capable of producing

about 52 megawatts for use by its 38 Member

Systems. This includes facilities that use solar

power, landfill gas generation, low-impact

hydroelectric and biomass from wood waste. By

the end of 2016, Green Power expects that number

to increase to more than 100 MW, with even more

potential for growth in the longer term.

Because of declining prices and enhanced

technology, solar energy has emerged as the most

viable renewable energy resource in Georgia. As a

result, Green Power EMC and its Member Systems

have dramatically increased their participation in

solar projects over the past months.

In 2015, Green Power entered its first venture into

large-scale solar production when it partnered with

Silicon Ranch to bring into service a 20 MW solar

project near Hazlehurst. A second phase of the

project, located nearby and rated at 52 MW, is

expected to be placed into service in 2016. Other

solar projects are in development or under study

by Green Power EMC and its Member Systems.

From 2005 through 2015, Green Power EMC

resources produced 1.2 million MWh of green

energy — the environmental equivalent of taking

almost 166,000 passenger cars off the road.

Green Power EMC also developed and manages

SunPower for Schools, the largest solar education

program in Georgia. Created in 2005 in partnership

with its Member Systems, the Sun Power for Schools

program supplies participating schools with on-site

solar panels and the software necessary to study

the conversion into electricity of energy produced

by the sun.

As of early 2016, Green Power EMC had installed

solar arrays and monitoring equipment at 36 middle

schools and high schools within EMC territories

across the state, and the number of participating

schools is growing. By monitoring solar power

strength during certain weather and light conditions,

students gain a better understanding of some of the

challenges and opportunities of renewable energy.

For more information, visit greenpoweremc.com.

Providing Renewable Energy for Georgia’s Electric Cooperatives

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Georgia’s EMCs

Georgia Power

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia

Unassigned

Electric Power Board of Chattanooga &City of Dalton

Assigned Service Areas:

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BURKE

CLINCH

LEE

WAYNE

LAURENS

HALL

EARLY

FLOYD

WORTH COFFEE

BULLOCH

CHARLTON

EMANUEL

LONG

CAMDEN

DODGE

FULTON

SCREVEN

BRYAN

DECATUR GRADY

LIBERTY

THOMAS

TROUP

TIFT

HARRIS

WILKES

IRWIN

COBB

JONES

APPLING

POLK

SUMTER

BROOKS

DOOLY

GILMER

BIBB

COLQUITTGLYNN

TELFAIR

MACON

BARTOW

RABUN

WALKER

CARROLL

MITCHELL

COWETA

TALBOT

BAKERBERRIEN

UNION

ECHOLS

LOWNDES

WASHINGTON

TAYLOR

WILCOX

ELBERT

GREENE

STEWART

HANCOCK

HART

HENRY

UPSON

PIERCE

CRISP

MARION

CHATHAM

TWIGGS

MONROE

HEARD

CLAY

PUTNAM

TOOMBS

BRANTLEY

JENKINS

GWINNETT

WILKINSON

GORDON

WALTON

COOK

MORGAN

MILLER

CHEROKEE

HOUSTON

McINTOSH

WHITE

TERRELL

JACKSON

TURNER

BANKS

DEKALB

ATKINSON

DADE

JOHNSON

COLUMBIA

CALHOUN

BEN HILL

EVANS

LANIER

PICKENS

DOUGHERTY

CANDLER

FORSYTH

CHATTOOGA

DAWSON

DOUGLAS

SPALDING

FANNIN

TATTNALL

PIKE

JASPER

JEFFERSON

EFFINGHAM

MURRAY

BACON

RANDOLPH

MERIWETHER

WARREN

LUMPKIN

OGLETHORPE

NEWTON

PAULDING

MADISON

WHEELER

JEFF DAVIS

RICHMOND

LINCOLN

PULASKI

BALDWIN

BUTTS

CRAWFORD

LAMAR

WHITFIELD

FRANKLIN

HARALSON

MCDUFFIE

SEMINOLE

TOWNS

FAYETTE

HABERSHAM

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1. North Georgia2. Tri-State3. Blue Ridge Mtn.4. Amicalola5. Habersham6. Hart7. Jackson

8. Sawnee 9. Cobb10. GreyStone11. Carroll12. Coweta-Fayette13. Snapping Shoals14. Walton

15. Rayle16. Jefferson17. Washington18. Tri-County19. Central Georgia20. Southern Rivers21. Upson

22. Diverse Power23. Flint24. Oconee25. Planters26. Excelsior27. Canoochee28. Altamaha

29. Little Ocmulgee30. Ocmulgee31. Middle Georgia32. Sumter33. Three Notch34. Mitchell35. Irwin

36. Satilla37. Coastal38. Okefenoke39. Slash Pine40. Colquitt41. Grady

In 1973, the Georgia General Assembly created the Georgia Territorial Electric Service Act, assigning power supply areas throughout the state. The state’s electric membership corporations were assigned 73 percent of the state’s land area, with the remaining area designated to Georgia Power Company or municipal power systems. This map is a graphic depiction of those service areas.

Georgia’s Electric Suppliers Assigned Service Areas

Key to Electric Membership Cooperatives

Electric Membership Corporations

Georgia Power Company (GPC)

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG)

Unassigned

Electric Power Board of Chattanoogaand City of DaltonEMC Boundaries

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