Billy Helton

Sawnee Electric Membership Corp. distributes electrical power and other energy related product and services to residential, commercial and industrial meters. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Cumming, GA.

Georgia Transmission Corp. provides electric transmission services to power producers and distribution utilities. It constructs and maintains facilities necessary to provide transmission services. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Tucker, GA.

Green Power Electric Membership Corp. is a non-profit cooperative founded in 2001 to support Georgia's electric cooperatives in their search for renewable resources. The private company is based in Tucker, GA and has a hydroelectric facility at Tallassee Shoals near Athens, GA. The company sources renewable energy and provides education programs to help member-consumers learn about utilizing renewable energy. The facility burns forestry by-products to generate electricity and uses an electrostatic precipitator to remove particulate matter from the boiler exhaust. The company also offers a standards-based curriculum called SPARK for middle and high school students to provide a unique, hands-on learning experience. The program has more than 200 participating schools, trained approximately 650 teachers, and reached more than 10,000 students across Georgia.

Georgia Electric Membership Corp. operates as a governing body for electric cooperatives. Its association enables Georgia's electric membership corporations to pool its resources to gain strength and efficiency on issues common to the EMCs. The firm is a not-for-profit 501 (C)(6), member-owned organization controlled by a board of directors elected from the member cooperatives and corporations. The company was founded on December 16, 1940 and is headquartered in Tucker, GA.