Chastain Highlights Electric Cooperatives on Nashville's RFD-TV
EMC leaders, including Georgia EMC President/CEO Dennis Chastain, appeared Monday on RFD-TV to discuss the important role that electric co-ops play in rural communities. During an interview on the...
View ArticleEMCs Report 13,000 Outages
TUCKER, Ga. ? The electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) were hit hard as severe weather, and possible tornadoes, pounded many parts of Georgia last night, interrupting power to 13,000 customers,...
View ArticleThomaston-Upson Community Launches Community Heart & Soul
TUCKER, Ga.? Residents of the Thomaston-Upson community have launched Community Heart & Soul?, a unique community development program designed by the Orton Family Foundation to build stronger,...
View ArticleGeorgia?s Electric Cooperatives Receive Rare Education Award
EMCs Join Elite Group of Celebrated Business Leaders/Education Advocates (TUCKER, May 14, 2018)?The Georgia Retired Educators Association (GREA) recently presented its coveted Education Contributor...
View ArticleElectric Cooperatives in Georgia Ready to Help Following Hurricane Florence
Once the coast is clear in Georgia, EMC linemen and trucks will head to South Carolina and North Carolina. (TUCKER, GA., September 12, 2018)?Approximately 175 workers and a large contingent of...
View ArticleEMCs Prepare for Hurricane Michael
EMCs are Monitoring Weather Conditions, Following Emergency Response Plans and Coordinating Additional Resources (TUCKER, Ga., Oct. 9, 2018)?Electric Membership Cooperatives (EMCs) are preparing for...
View ArticleEMCs Report Outages in Southwest Georgia
TUCKER, Ga. ? At 4:15 p.m., Georgia?s electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) are reporting approximately 14,000 customers without power. This afternoon as Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida...
View ArticleEMCs See Significant Increase in Power Outages
TUCKER, Ga. ? This morning Georgia?s electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) are reporting approximately 160,000 customers without power, primarily in south and middle Georgia. As Hurricane Michael...
View ArticleEMCs Conduct Critical Damage Assessment After Hurricane Michael
TUCKER, Ga. ? At 3 p.m., EMCs in Georgia are reporting approximately 177,000 members without power primarily in middle and south Georgia where Hurricane Michael landed in the state as a Category 3...
View ArticleEMCs Work Overnight to Restore Power
TUCKER, Ga. ? At 4:30 a.m., EMCs are reporting 144,000 customers without power, down from 177,000 last evening. Hurricane Michael caused significant damage to both the electric transmission and...
View ArticleEMCs Hammer Away at Outages
TUCKER, Ga. ? At 3 p.m., electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) are reporting 129,000 members without power, down from 210,000 at the peak of Hurricane Michael. Since late Tuesday, EMCs have...
View ArticleEMCs Continue Challenging Work to Restore Power
TUCKER, Ga. ? Approximately 110,000 customers of Georgia?s electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) remain without power as of 4:45 a.m. today, down from 210,000 in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane...
View ArticleEMCs Make Strides Following Hurricane Michael
TUCKER, Ga. ? Georgia?s electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) have restored power to 120,000 customers as of 3 p.m. today. Outages continue for 90,000 customers, mostly in the hardest-hit areas of...
View ArticleEMCs Restore Power to More Than 133,600 Customers
TUCKER, Ga. ? Georgia?s electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) have restored power to 133,600 customers as of 5 a.m. today. This number represents major progress from the high of 210,000, after...
View ArticleEMCs Outages Continue to Drop
TUCKER, Ga. ? At 3 p.m., EMCs report approximately 67,000 customers without power primarily in south and southwest Georgia. This is down from 90,000 yesterday, and 130,000 on Friday. Throughout the...
View ArticleEMCs Making Tremendous Progress on Outages
TUCKER, Ga. ? The electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) in Georgia have restored service to 154,000 members since Hurricane Michael slammed Georgia as a Category 3 hurricane. At 4:45 a.m., 56,000...
View ArticleEMCs Rebuild Transmission and Distribution Network and Continue Power...
TUCKER, Ga. 5 a.m.?Outage numbers continue to decline for customers of Georgia?s electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) involved in an extensive restoration effort involving hundreds of linemen and...
View ArticleEMCs Make Strides in Power Restoration
TUCKER, Ga. ? As of 4:50 a.m., EMCs in Georgia have made steady progress in the battle to restore power to nearly 210,000 members following Hurricane Michael. At this time, 29,000 members in Southwest...
View ArticleEMCs Continue to Rebuild Distribution Network in Southwest Georgia
Crews are working 16- to 18-hour shifts in remote and rural areas TUCKER, Ga. -- Outage numbers continue to decrease for customers of Georgia?s electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) in areas of the...
View ArticleGot Power? Thank a Lineman
A day to celebrate workers who join a ?brotherhood? rather than a profession. (TUCKER, Ga.)?Electric membership corporations in Georgia are joining forces on April 8 to celebrate Lineman Appreciation...
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