About Georgia Transmission Corporation

Consumers expect electricity on demand. When it's not there, it can seem like a motion picture's film has broken and interrupted the story of our lives. Heating. Lights. Cooking. Pharmacies. Grocery stores. Almost half the people in Georgia depend on not-for-profit electric cooperatives for an endless list of necessities that we sometimes take for granted.

In Georgia, 42 electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) — owned by the people they serve — deliver electricity to homes, businesses, farms and schools. And just as consumers depend on these cooperatives for electricity, nearly all of the state's electric cooperatives depend on Georgia Transmission. GTC provides bulk power over high-volume electric lines to 39 EMCs, essentially serving as a link between power generation and the EMCs' individual electric distribution systems. And since electrons move at nearly the speed of light, the electricity production-to-consumption sequence is almost instant. Thus, Georgia Transmission must be in step with each EMC to satisfy constantly changing power needs and ensure the transmission system is prepared for peak demands in every location.

Georgia Transmission plans, builds and maintains a transmission system of more than 2,700 miles of power lines and nearly 600 substations. The company also jointly plans and operates most of Georgia's 17,500 miles of transmission lines and substations with Georgia Power, MEAG Power and Dalton Utilities. To keep pace with rapid growth, Georgia Transmission invests about $100 million each year in substations, power lines and other equipment in communities from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean. The company's construction schedule rivals the transmission construction schedules of some of the nation's largest utilities. In short, Georgia Transmission's mission is delivering power reliably to EMCs. This means we help EMCs keep the lights on around the clock and around the state. It is a mission that is sometimes taken for granted. Yet, it is a mission that is in continuous demand.