--- title: SR 133. Georgia EMC Day; recognize February 10, 2025 collection: bills id: 2025-2026/sr133 cite_as: SR 133, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr133 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr133.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr133/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69935 date: 2025-02-06 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Georgia EMC Day; recognize February 10, 2025 ## Text Senate Resolution 133 By: Senators Gooch of the 51st, Kennedy of the 18th, Cowsert of the 46th, Beach of the 21st, Goodman of the 8th and others A RESOLUTION Congratulating the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation on 85 years of service and recognizing February 10, 2025, as Georgia EMC Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, in 1940, the Superior Court of the State of Georgia approved the charter of the Georgia Rural Power Reserve EMC (now Georgia EMC), and its seven founders held a special meeting at the Lanier Hotel in Macon wherein officers were elected and bylaws approved; and WHEREAS, EMCs are member-owned not-for-profit utilities that collectively serve approximately 4.4 million people, nearly half of Georgia's population, across 73 percent of the state's land area; and WHEREAS, Georgia EMC is the statewide trade association representing the state's 41 EMCs, Oglethorpe Power Corp., Georgia Transmission Corp., and Georgia System Operations Corp.; and WHEREAS, for the past 85 years, Georgia EMC has represented this network of member cooperatives, who are committed to providing safe, reliable, and affordable electricity to communities across the state, along with other essential services such as broadband; and WHEREAS, as a result of more than eight decades of dedicated effort to improve the quality of life in rural Georgia, many electric cooperatives enjoy a value to their communities that goes beyond their ability to simply provide reliable light, heat, and broadband services, with communities depending on them for economic development initiatives, civic leadership, commitment to local job creation, consumer advocacy, support for youth and education programs, charitable giving, and volunteerism efforts; and WHEREAS, Georgia's electric cooperatives are proud to be considered essential corporate participants in the state's responsible growth and development, and Georgia EMC looks forward to many more years of service to its member cooperatives as they continue providing essential electric and related services for Georgians. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body congratulate the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation for 85 years of service and recognize February 10, 2025, as Georgia EMC Day at the state capitol. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the public and the press. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Senate resolution recognizes February 10, 2025 as Georgia EMC Day at the state capitol, honoring 85 years of service by the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation and its member cooperatives. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution passed by the Georgia Senate, not a change to state law. It congratulates the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (Georgia EMC), the trade association representing the state's 41 electric cooperatives and related power organizations, on 85 years of service since its 1940 founding. The resolution recounts the history of EMCs as member-owned, not-for-profit utilities serving about 4.4 million Georgians, and credits them with providing electricity, broadband, economic development, and community support in rural areas. It formally designates February 10, 2025 as Georgia EMC Day at the state capitol and directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press. ### What it does - Formally recognizes February 10, 2025 as Georgia EMC Day at the Georgia state capitol. - Congratulates the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation for 85 years of service since its 1940 founding. - Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make copies of the resolution available to the public and press. - Does not create any new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a ceremonial statement by the Senate. ### Who it affects The resolution directly names the Georgia Electric Membership Corporation, its 41 member EMCs, Oglethorpe Power Corp., Georgia Transmission Corp., and Georgia System Operations Corp. It also references the roughly 4.4 million Georgians served by electric cooperatives across the state. ### Why it matters The resolution carries no legal or financial effect; it does not change any Georgia law, create funding, or impose requirements. Its practical impact is symbolic, giving official Senate recognition to the role electric cooperatives play in providing power and broadband to much of rural Georgia. ### Key provisions - The resolution's 'WHEREAS' clauses recount the 1940 founding of Georgia Rural Power Reserve EMC and describe Georgia EMC's current role representing 41 cooperatives and related power entities. - The resolved clause formally congratulates Georgia EMC and designates February 10, 2025 as Georgia EMC Day at the state capitol. - A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-02-06) - Last action: Senate Read and Adopted (2025-02-06) - Sponsors: Steve Gooch, John Kennedy, Bill Cowsert, Brandon Beach, Russ Goodman, Chuck Payne, Billy Hickman, Sam Watson, Lee Anderson, Colton Moore, Drew Echols, Kay Kirkpatrick, Randal Mangham, Donzella James, Kenya Wicks, Ricky Williams, Ed Harbison - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69935 > The history, votes, and amendments (94 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/sr133.md?full=1