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Outages
Friday, October 4, 2024 EMCs Continue Work to Rebuild Distribution Network in South and East Georgia » TUCKER, Ga. – EMCs are currently reporting approximately 122,700 outages primarily in South Central, Southeast and East G...
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 EMCs See Progress as Rebuilding Efforts Continue » TUCKER, Ga. –EMCs are currently reporting approximately 162,000 outages primarily in South Central, Southeast and East Geo...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 EMCs Continue Rebuilding Power and Transmission Lines in Hardest Hit Areas » TUCKER, Ga. – Georgia’s EMCs are reporting 184,000 members without power as of 4:30 p.m. today. This is down from approxim...
Monday, September 30, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) EMCs Continue to Make Progress in Power Restoration in the Aftermath of Hurricane Helene » TUCKER, Ga. – EMCs are seeing progress and have restored power to nearly half of the affected meters statewide. Georgia’s...
Sunday, September 29, 2024 EMCs Making Progress in Power Restoration, Significant Repairs Still Ahead » TUCKER, Ga. – EMCs are seeing progress as their statewide outage numbers have dropped to approximately 259,000 EMC member...
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News
Monday, November 18, 2024 Georgia EMC's VP of Training and Safety Inducted Into International Lineman's Hall of Fame » (Tucker, Ga., Nov. 18, 2024) Harry Reeves, vice president of training and safety at Georgia EMC, was recently inducted in...
Tuesday, July 2, 2024 Georgia’s EMCs Prepare for Above-Average Hurricane Season » The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting an 85% chance of an above-normal hurricane season...
Monday, April 29, 2024 Oglethorpe Power Celebrates Completion of the Vogtle Expansion Project » Vogtle Unit 4 is now online, providing safe, reliable, emission-free energy for electric cooperative consumers. ...
Thursday, February 15, 2024 Oglethorpe Power, Georgia Transmission & Georgia EMC Unite to Support The Burn Foundation of America » Augusta, GA (February 15, 2024) – Today Oglethorpe Power, Georgia Transmission and Georgia EMC announced a donation of $1...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 Georgia Selected For $250 Million Grant For Grid Resiliency And Clean Energy Projects » Energy projects will enable a more resilient and reliable electric grid, benefiting millions of rural Georgia consumers...
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