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Georgia’s energy outlook
Georgia’s EMCs focus on saving energy
Efficiency, conservation and demand side management efforts continue to grow
Georgia’s electric membership corporations (EMCs) remain on the leading edge of energy conservation, energy efficiency and demand side management (DSM) programs, increasing energy savings over 2008 figures. The recently released “EMC Demand Side Management, Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency Report,” the fourth annual statewide report of EMC efforts, records how the electric co-ops and their members strive to save electricity and use it wisely. Georgia’s EMCs offer a variety of efficiency and conservation services and programs to residential, commercial and industrial customers. Approximately 89.9 percent of Georgia EMCs’ consumers are residential. Residential programs offered include home energy audits, compact fluorescent lightbulbs, electric water heater incentives, heat pump incentives, energy-efficient new home programs, Energy Star appliance promotions, loans or financing options, air-conditioning direct load control, water heater direct load control, ceiling insulation, weatherization, programmable thermostats and green power. Georgia EMCs also offer DSM, energy efficiency and conservation services to commercial and industrial customers, including energy audits, lighting programs and plan review services. Active load-management programs avoid the need for a medium-size, peaking power plant. More than 160,000 load-management switches have been installed on customer air conditioners, water heaters and irrigation systems, an increase of 10 percent over the previous year; 8.4 percent of Georgia’s EMC customers have a load control switch. Georgia EMCs have invested
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more than $16 million in their load-management systems, which can reduce summer peak load by approximately 162 megawatts (MW). Automatic meter reading (AMR) and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) benefit nearly 1 million EMC consumers. Thirtytwo EMCs have AMR/AMI installed, and the remaining EMCs are investigating AMR/AMI systems. This technology provides co-op members with more detailed billing information and allows EMCs to offer more rate-based options such as time-of-use, curtailable, interruptible and real-time pricing. Large commercial/industrial customers currently have the most rate options available, including curtailable and interruptible rates, which are both designed to reduce demand during peak times. Georgia’s EMCs actively promote DSM, energy conservation and efficiency programs. EMCs spent approximately $18.6 million in 2009 on these initiatives. DSM, energy efficiency and conservation are promoted through EMC websites, newsletters and GEORGIA Magazine. Georgia’s EMCs represent the first and largest voluntary green
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power program in Georgia, with a total output of 24.3 MW. Statewide 39 of 42 EMCs participate in Green Power EMC, a nonprofit cooperative formed in 2001 to promote green power from Georgiabased renewable resources. The other three EMCs participate in a similar program through Tennessee Valley Authority. Green generation resources include landfill gas-toenergy projects, a low-impact hydro facility, a wood waste plant, a biomass generation plant and several solar demonstration projects. Many of the Georgia EMCs offer a green power rate option to their members, while others include their green power resources in their overall generation mix. Education plays a vital role in Green Power EMC. The Sun Power for Schools Program has facilitated the installation of solar photovoltaic educational demonstration projects at local middle and high schools across the state, and a Go Green Power curriculum is available to elementary and middle schools. For more information or to see a copy of the full report, please click on www.georgiaemc.com.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Georgia Magazine - August 2010
Georgia Magazine - August 2010
Contents
Viewpoint
Mailbox
Picture This?
Georgia News
Calendar
Festival Guide
Currents
Warner Robins Hits a Home Run
More Little League Action
For the Birds
Around Georgia
My Georgia
Georgia Gardens
Georgia Cooks
Cookbook of the Month
Snapshot
Additional Snapshot Photos
Bonus Recipe of the Month
Georgia Magazine - August 2010
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Georgia Magazine - August 2010 (Page Cover1)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Georgia Magazine - August 2010 (Page Cover2)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Georgia Magazine - August 2010 (Page 3)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Contents (Page 4)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Viewpoint (Page 5)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Mailbox (Page 6)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Picture This? (Page 7)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Georgia News (Page 8)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Georgia News (Page 9)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Calendar (Page 10)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Festival Guide (Page 11)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Festival Guide (Page 12)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Festival Guide (Page 13)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Currents (Page 14)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Currents (Page 15)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Warner Robins Hits a Home Run (Page 16)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Warner Robins Hits a Home Run (Page 17)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Warner Robins Hits a Home Run (Page 18)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - More Little League Action (Page 18A)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - More Little League Action (Page 18B)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - For the Birds (Page 19)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - For the Birds (Page 20)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - For the Birds (Page 21)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Around Georgia (Page 22)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Around Georgia (Page 23)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - My Georgia (Page 24)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - My Georgia (Page 25)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Georgia Gardens (Page 26)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Georgia Gardens (Page 27)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Georgia Cooks (Page 28)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Georgia Cooks (Page 29)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Georgia Cooks (Page 30)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Georgia Cooks (Page 31)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Cookbook of the Month (Page 32)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Cookbook of the Month (Page 33)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Snapshot (Page 34)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Additional Snapshot Photos (Page 34A)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Bonus Recipe of the Month (Page 34B)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Bonus Recipe of the Month (Page Cover3)
Georgia Magazine - August 2010 - Bonus Recipe of the Month (Page Cover4)
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