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Contact: Barry Dillon
Phone: (770) 270-7835
Email: barry.dillon@gatrans.com
Georgia Transmission Promotes Jerry Donovan to Senior Vice President
ATLANTA -- Jerry Donovan has been promoted to senior vice president of Project Services at Georgia Transmission Corp. (GTC), a company that builds and maintains electric transmission facilities for the state's electric membership cooperatives (EMCs).
Since joining Tucker-based Oglethorpe Power Corp. in 1979 as a substation design engineer, Mr. Donovan has progressed through several engineering and managerial assignments. Georgia Transmission was created as the electric transmission arm of the EMCs in 1997, when Oglethorpe Power was separated into three not-for-profit companies.
Mr. Donovan has served as vice president of Project Services since 1999. In his new position, he will serve as one of the company's two senior vice presidents, and he will continue to oversee all design, construction, environmental and land acquisition functions, as well as help determine the company's strategic direction.
To keep pace with rapid growth in population and per capita energy demand, Georgia Transmission has completed more than 800 construction projects in the last five years, investing more than $600 million in new and upgraded power lines and substations.
Company plans for the next three years call for another $360 million in construction, adding more than 230 miles of new high-voltage power lines.
"Jerry has an outstanding track record of leading a transmission construction program that rivals that of some of the largest utilities in the nation," said Georgia Transmission's CEO Mike Smith. "His top engineering talent and corporate history will be vital to setting our company's course for the future."
Donovan earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Mississippi State University, and currently resides in Fayetteville.
About Georgia Transmission Corp: Georgia Transmission is a not-for-profit company that plans, builds and maintains more than 2,700 miles of electric power lines and 595 substations that transmit power to the state's electric membership cooperatives (EMCs). The company is owned by, and serves, 39 of the state's 42 EMCs. EMCs provide electricity to about 4.2 million people in 157 of the state's 159 counties. www.gatrans.com
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