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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
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.
Georgia’s EMCs serve more than 70 percent of the state’s land area.
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
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.
Enabling the state’s EMCs to speak with one voice.
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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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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
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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
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
One of the state’s largest privately owned corporations, with assets of more than $10 billion.
To meet Georgia’s electricity demands, GTC will construct more than $560 million in transmission facilities through 2018.
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
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*
GSOC ensures reliable system operations by controlling and monitoring electric generation and transmission assets.
Green Power EMC has generated more than 1.2 million MWh of green energy.
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
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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15. Rayle16. Jefferson17. Washington18. Tri-County19. Central Georgia20. Southern Rivers21. Upson
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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
Rev 09/16