Gary Dawson

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.

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.

Irwin Electric Membership Corp. provides electrical services. It offers products and services such as cooperative connections, marathon water heaters, and security lights. The company was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Ocilla, GA.

Cooperative Response Center, Inc. provides telephone answering services. It provides verbal prompts, custom messages and greetings to callers and interfaces with customer data. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Austin, MN.

Oglethorpe Power Corp. operates as a non-profit organization which engages in the provision of wholesale electric power services. It also offers wholesale electric power to retail electric distribution cooperative members. The company was founded on August 8, 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.