


On average, Amicalola EMC's customers purchase residential electricity for 11.21 cents per kilowatt hour, resulting in the company ranking 18th out of 95 providers in the state and 884th out of 2906 in the nation. A total of 52, 139 customers ( 10.48% commercial customers and 89.52% residential customers) are provided electricity by the company. The rules and procedures can be found here.Amicalola EMC supplies electricity to 10 counties and is classified as an electricity cooperative. The hearing will start promptly at 9 a.m., and limited appearances will be taken first. Interested persons who do not wish to intervene may make a limited appearance and furnish oral or written comments as provided in the Rules. Please refer to the Rules for important details regarding the procedure for intervening. To apply for status as an intervenor, an application must be filed with Amicalola EMC no later than March 23, 2023. Secretary of Energy and any electric consumer of Amicalola EMC may participate in the hearing as an intervenor. For updated information on the hearing schedule and on other matters relating to the hearing, please check Amicalola EMC’s website, or call Todd Payne at 70. The hearing schedule may be revised or updated. A copy of the Rules is also available upon written request (accompanied by a check or money order for $5 to cover copying and postage) to the following address:Īttn: Todd Payne, CEO, PURPA Hearing Coordinator A copy of the Rules may be viewed at Amicalola EMC’s website, or is available for inspection and copying during business hours at the office of Amicalola EMC, 544 Hwy 515 South, Jasper, GA 30143. The hearing will be conducted in accordance with the Rules and Procedures Governing Conduct of PURPA Proceedings (the “Rules”), as adopted by the Amicalola EMC Board of Directors. Electric vehicle (EV) charging programs.The new standards to be considered are as follows: will hold a public hearing on May 22, 2023, to facilitate consideration of certain new standards pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, as amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (there- inafter “PURPA”). Owned by those we serve, our mission remains the same, to provide safe, reliable and affordable electricity to our members.Īmicalola Electric Membership Corp. Today, 83 years later, Amicalola EMC is still a not-for-profit electric cooperative providing electricity and related services to over 54,000 locations in portions of ten north Georgia counties, which include Bartow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gordon, Lumpkin, Murray and Pickens counties. This single factor is what drove the creation of the REA, and in 1940 the creation of Amicalola Electric Membership Corporation.įor a $5 membership fee, rural residents could join the cooperative and as soon as their homes were wired, they could begin to receive electricity. The goal of the REA was to bring electricity to America’s rural areas.Īt this time, the farmers and residents of the rural areas in our communities were still without electricity, although the businesses and homes in town had already begun to receive power. 7037, under powers granted by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. President Roosevelt created the REA (Rural Electrification Administration) on with Executive Order No. Amicalola EMC was created on February 10, 1940.
