SR1009: SR1009 2025 Everyday Energy Heroes; congratulate

This resolution is a ceremonial measure from the Georgia Senate. It recognizes a campaign started by the Natural Gas Association of Georgia in 2025 called the Everyday Energy Heroes Campaign, meant to highlight workers in the natural gas industry who help keep gas service safe and reliable for homes and businesses. The resolution notes that the Natural Gas Association of Georgia, founded in 2015, includes more than 50 member companies and municipalities, and that over 2 million Georgia homes and businesses rely on natural gas for heating, cooking, hot water, and other uses. It then names seven specific individuals from cities, a county, and gas companies across Georgia and states that the Senate congratulates them. It directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to the honorees.

• Formally congratulates seven named individuals as the 2025 Everyday Energy Heroes on behalf of the Georgia Senate.
• States background facts about the Natural Gas Association of Georgia, including its founding year and membership size.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the honored individuals.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a symbolic recognition only.

The seven named honorees (municipal and county gas service employees and staff from two private energy companies), the Natural Gas Association of Georgia, and the Secretary of the Senate, who must prepare and distribute copies of the resolution.

The resolution has no legal or financial effect on Georgians; it is a public statement of appreciation. Its main real-world consequence is that the named individuals receive an official Senate document recognizing their work in the natural gas industry.

• The preamble describes the Natural Gas Association of Georgia's 2025 Everyday Energy Heroes Campaign and the association's founding in 2015 with over 50 member companies and municipalities.
• The preamble states that more than 2 million Georgia homes and businesses use natural gas for heating, cooking, hot water, and drying.
• The resolved clause names and congratulates seven individuals from various Georgia cities, a county, and two energy companies.
• A further resolved clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to the honorees.

1. 2026-03-25Senate Read and Adopted (Senate)
2. 2026-03-23Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Bill Cowsert (R, SD-046)Primary sponsor
• Max Burns (R, SD-023)
• Emanuel Jones (D, SD-010)
• Billy Hickman (R, SD-004)
• Frank Ginn (R, SD-047)
• Clint Dixon (R, SD-045)

• natural gas industry
• legislative recognition
• utility workers
• Georgia Senate resolutions