Sawnee EMC

Sawnee EMC (SEMC; founded as Forsyth County EMC) is an electrical generation and transmission cooperative founded in July 1938 and based in Cumming, Georgia. As of 2022, Sawnee EMC is the third-largest electric co-op in Georgia and the eighth-largest in the United States, operating 11,982 miles[1] of power lines in seven counties: Cherokee, Dawson, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, and Lumpkin. It is a member of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Touchstone Energy.

Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation
FormerlyForsyth County Electric Membership Corporation
TypeUtility cooperative (501(c)(12))
IndustryElectricity
FoundedJuly 16, 1938 (1938-07-16)[1]
Headquarters
543 Atlanta Road
Cumming, Georgia
,
United States
Area served
Northern Georgia
Key people
Michael A. Goodroe, president and CEO
ProductsElectricity
Revenue$399,589,616 (2021)[2]
Members193,491 (2022)[2]
Number of employees
357 (2022)[2]
Websitesawnee.com

Michael Goodroe is the president and CEO of Sawnee EMC.

History

After the Rural Electrification Administration was created in 1935, the Forsyth County Electric Membership Corporation was incorporated on July 16, 1938, and the co-op began providing electricity to about 750 homes via 163 miles of power lines on June 22, 1939. Forsyth County EMC changed its name to Sawnee EMC in August 1950, taking its name from nearby Sawnee Mountain. In 1974, Sawnee EMC was one of the dozens of Georgia-based EMCs that founded Oglethorpe Power,[3] and Sawnee was similarly a founding member of the renewables-focused Green Power EMC in 2001.

Board of directors

Sawnee EMC's board of directors is composed of nine elected members:[2]

Name District and position
Marshall Millwood District 2
Bill Barnett District 3
Gary Porter District 4; chairman
Tim Heard District 6; secretary-treasurer
Rodney Reese District 9
Terry Mathis District 7
Donna Yost District 8
Larry Evans District 5
Roger Coker District 1; vice-chairman

Foundation

Sawnee EMC operates the Sawnee Electric Membership Foundation, which donates to schools and charities in its service area.[4] Since 2003, the foundation has given out $3.8 million.[4]

References
  1. Jones, Erica (July 13, 2022). "Sawnee EMC celebrates 84th anniversary". Dawson County News. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  2. "Sawnee EMC 2021 Annual Report" (PDF). Sawnee EMC. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  3. "Our Company". Georgia Transmission. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  4. "Sawnee EMC Foundation donates $1K for books for kids in Cherokee". Cherokee Tribune and Ledger-News. September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
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