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title: O.C.G.A. § 46-3-200. Purposes of electric membership corporations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 46-3-200. Purposes of electric membership corporations.

An electric membership corporation may serve any one or more of the following purposes:

(1) Furnish electrical energy and service;

(2) Assist its members in the efficient and economical use of energy;

(3) Engage in research and promote and develop energy conservation and sources and methods of conserving, producing, converting, and delivering energy;

(4) Provide and operate broadband facilities and provide and use the broadband services described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (8.1) of Code Section 46-3-171;

(5) Furnish on a nondiscriminatory basis the broadband services described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (8.1) of Code Section 46-3-171;

(6) Form, fund, support, and operate a broadband affiliate, directly or indirectly, contingent upon compliance with Code Sections 46-5-163 and 46-3-200.2; and

(7) Engage in any lawful act or activity necessary or convenient to effect the foregoing purposes.

## History

Ga. L. 1937, p. 644, § 3; Code 1933, § 34C-201, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 226, § 2/SB 2.