Georgia EMC is the statewide trade association representing the state's 42 EMCs, Oglethorpe Power Corp., Georgia Transmission Corp. The crews, trucks and equipment are being coordinated by Georgia EMC, the statewide association, which works from an emergency plan that coordinates crews during emergencies such as ice storms, tornadoes and hurricanes. Wright says EMCs may send additional workers and equipment after the Storm moves through and the local electric cooperatives survey the distribution system and complete their damage assessments. Participating EMC's are: Altamaha EMC in Lyons, Carroll EMC in Carrollton, Central Georgia EMC in Jackson, Diverse Power in Lagrange, Flint Energies in Reynolds, Hart EMC in Hartwell, Irwin EMC in Ocilla, Jackson EMC in Jefferson, Jefferson Energy in Wrens, Middle Georgia EMC in Vienna, Mitchell EMC in Camilla, Snapping Shoals EMC in Covington, Southern Rivers in Barnesville, Tri-County EMC in Gray, Walton EMC in Monroe and Washington EMC in Sandersville. "Going up before Sandy makes landfall gives our crews the opportunity to work closely with the local electric cooperative to review road maps, scope critical locations and familiarize themselves with the electric distribution systems in these areas," says Georgia EMC Training, Safety and Education Vice President Jim Wright. But, they were glad to see all the help from Georgia arrive." This coop has 150,000 customers and less than 10,000 without power. Fortunately, this area was a little south of the major brunt of the storm, and our crews may be moving northward to areas that had more devastation. "Although it has been raining and is very cold, fortunately they are in an area that has not had ice, and they are hoping the temperatures will not continue to drop. Moye, VP of Marketing & Member Services for Mitchell EMC. "Our crews are helping Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative and are working near St. They took a pickup truck, two material handler bucket trucks, and one digger derrick.
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