About Us

 
 

You are now a member/owner of Coweta-Fayette EMC, the company that supplies your electric service. For over 70 years, we’ve been supplying electricity to homes and businesses in one of American’s fastest growing regions. Just as importantly, we’ve managed to keep electric rates low and provide reliable service.

Please take a few minutes to look over our website. It provides useful information about your cooperative and how it works. Included is an introduction to our subsidiaries: True Natural Gas, and Relyco, which provides a wide variety of products and services. To make your life easier, all of these services can be added to just one bill each month. Imagine the time you’ll save by writing fewer checks!

I’ll look forward to seeing you at the EMC’s Annual Meeting in the fall – an annual event you won’t want to miss! It’s a day that the entire family can enjoy and one that members anticipate all year long. It’s also a great time to meet the board of directors and have a say in how your cooperative is managed.

We’re glad to have you as a customer and as a member. You made a wise decision in locating your home and/or business here, and we look forward to serving you for many years to come. Please feel free to call on us with any questions you have, or for further information on any of the services provided by your EMC, Relyco, and True Natural Gas.

Sincerely,

Chris Stephens, CEO

Oglethorpe Power Corporation (OPC) is one of the nation’s largest wholesale power supply cooperatives, with approximately $11 billion in assets and annual revenue exceeding $1 billion. Oglethorpe Power is owned by 38 retail electric distribution Members in the state of Georgia, each of which has a take-or-pay wholesale power supply contract with Oglethorpe Power, under which Oglethorpe Power supplies the Members with a significant portion of their annual electric energy needs. These long-term wholesale power supply contracts provide the underpinning for Oglethorpe Power’s financial strength.

With approximately $11 billion in assets, we’re among the nation’s largest power supply cooperatives and one of the primary energy producers in Georgia, generating power for 38 electric membership corporations and the approximate 4.1 million people they serve.

Our Mission Statement

To enhance the quality of life in our community by safely providing dependable, reasonably priced electricity and exceptional
customer service for our member-owners.

Company Overview

Oglethorpe Power Corporation operates as an electric cooperative in the United States. The company offers wholesale electric power to 38 retail electric distribution cooperative members. Its members are local consumer-owned distribution cooperatives that provide retail electric service on a not-for-profit basis to approximately 4.1 million residential, commercial, and industrial consumers. The company has interests in 31 generating units, fueled by nuclear, coal, gas, oil, and water, as well as operates and manages 6 gas-fired generating units on behalf of Smarr EMC. Its fleet of generating units totals 7,843 megawatts capacity, including 728 megawatts of Smarr EMC assets. Oglethorpe Power Corporation was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Tucker, Georgia.

How Georgia Transmission Works

Georgia Transmission

700 substations. 3,200 miles of transmission lines. 4.3 million residents served. We plan, build and maintain the Georgia energy grid infrastructure, ensuring our local communities have access to reliable, affordable energy.