Central Georgia EMC Offers Low Cost Electricity

Central Georgia EMC is once again ranked among the lowest cost electric utility providers in the state.

According to the Georgia Public Service Commission’s Summer 2014 Residential Rate Survey, CGEMC ranked as the lowest cost utility at both the 1500 and 2000 kWh levels when compared against the other 94 electric utilities.

What makes CGEMC stand out above other electric providers? CGEMC is a cooperative. As a not-for-profit consumer-owned electric distribution system, CGEMC operates on a cost of doing business basis. The CGEMC’s goal is to meet the needs of our members, at the lowest fair and practical cost.

“This is the second year in a row that CGEMC has been the lowest cost electric provider at both the 1500 and 2000 kWh levels,” said President George Weaver. “Our board of directors realizes the importance of providing reliable service at a good value, and strives to make sound decisions with our diverse energy mix. Our staff and employees recognize this importance as well, and work to keep our operating costs as low as possible.”

The PSC residential rate surveys are conducted twice a year, once during the summer and once during the winter. For the summer 2014 survey, utility residential rates for the month of July from Georgia’s EMCs, government-owned utilities and Georgia Power are utilized.

The study provides results at four different electricity usage levels: 500, 1,000, 1,500, and 2,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh). A kilowatt-hour is the unit used to determine the amount of electric power consumed.

One kilowatt-hour is the electric power required to run one 100-watt light bulb for 10 hours. For more information about the survey and the PSC, visit http://www.psc.state.ga.us.

CGEMC meets the electric energy needs of members in a 14 county area (Bibb, Butts, Clayton, Fayette, Henry, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe, Morgan, Newton, Pike, Putnam, and Spalding counties), with approximately 52,000-billed accounts and over 5,367 miles of distribution lines.