HR 80: Georgia Electric Membership Corporation; 85 years of service and recognizing 02/10/25, as Georgia EMC Day at the state capitol; recognize

This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honoring the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (Georgia EMC), the statewide trade association for the state's electric cooperatives, on its 85th anniversary. The resolution recounts the organization's founding in 1940 and describes the role of electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) in serving about 4.4 million Georgians, nearly half the state's population, across most of the state's land area. The resolution does not change any Georgia law. It formally congratulates Georgia EMC and its member cooperatives for providing electricity, broadband, and community services, and it names February 10, 2025, as Georgia EMC Day at the state capitol. It also directs the Clerk of the House to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to the public and the press.

• Congratulates the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation on 85 years of service on behalf of the House of Representatives.
• Officially recognizes February 10, 2025, as Georgia EMC Day at the state capitol.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to the public and press.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a symbolic statement rather than an operative statute.

The resolution directly names the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation and its member cooperatives, including the state's 41 EMCs, Oglethorpe Power Corp., Georgia Transmission Corp., and Georgia System Operations Corp. It also touches the roughly 4.4 million Georgians served by these electric cooperatives statewide.

The resolution carries no legal or financial effect and changes no Georgia law. Its significance is symbolic: it publicly acknowledges the role electric cooperatives play in providing power and broadband across much of rural Georgia and sets aside a day of recognition at the capitol.

• The resolution recounts the 1940 founding of Georgia EMC's predecessor, approved by the Superior Court of Georgia, at a meeting in Macon.
• States that EMCs collectively serve about 4.4 million people across 73 percent of Georgia's land area.
• Identifies Georgia EMC as the trade association representing the state's 41 EMCs plus three related power and transmission corporations.
• Formally resolves that the House congratulates Georgia EMC and recognizes February 10, 2025, as Georgia EMC Day at the state capitol.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available to the public and the press.

1. 2025-01-28House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-01-28House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-01-28House Hopper (House)

• Robert Dickey (R, HD-134)Primary sponsor
• Rick Jasperse (R, HD-011)
• David Huddleston (R, HD-072)
• Rob Leverett (R, HD-123)
• Jaclyn Ford (R, HD-170)
• Jutt Howard (R, HD-071)

• electric cooperatives
• Georgia EMC
• rural electrification
• ceremonial resolution