Beginning December 1, 2020, Amicalola EMC will be accepting applications for scholarships (online only). High school seniors within our service area may apply, if they live in a household whose electricity is provided by Amicalola EMC. Please go to www.amicalolaemc.com>MyCommunity>Scholarships to apply. Note: The test score requirement for SAT or ACT is waived this year. For more information, please email Stacey Fields, Director of Public Relations at staceyf@amicalolaemc.com
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It’s time to apply for scholarships!
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Don’t fall victim to scams!
Unfortunately, in today’s world, scams are inevitable. Scammers can threaten you with everything from legal action involving the IRS to turning off power to your home.
Utility scams often involve an individual or group posing as an employee of your utility company. The scammer may use threatening language in order to frighten you into offering your credit card or bank account information. Don’t fall victim to these types of scams. If someone calls your home or cell phone demanding you pay your electric bill, hang up immediately. If you have any doubts about your utility bill, contact our member payment center at 706-253-5200.
Amicalola EMC will never ask you to provide personal financial information over the phone. In fact, to comply with stricter payment card industry guidelines, Amicalola EMC stopped accepting verbal credit card numbers over the phone in 2018. Members can pay their bill using a credit card, but must do it using the automated telephone system or through the bill paying option on the website.
Amicalola EMC wants to make sure you avoid any and all types of scams that could put you or your financial information in jeopardy. -
Amicalola EMC & ETC announce partnership to expand broadband access
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Power Restoration Update – Crews expected to finish by noon
Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020 8:30 am – 70 members without power at 29 separate locations
“We expect to be finished by noon.” Very encouraging words for the remaining members without power were spoken this morning at the Amicalola EMC headquarters, in our Dispatch Center. There is still a lot of work to be done, including a section that had up to 10 spans of power lines torn down, but we are optimistic that all members will be restored today, and this could happen by noon unless something unforeseen happens.
After a long hard battle that began with close to 40,000 members out of power, which included 28 circuits being out of service, and is ending after 6 1/2 straight days of very hard work by 350+ outside crew members and dozens of inside employees and a broken pole count exceeding 113, (whew!) we are almost at the end of power restoration following Tropical Storm Zeta.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to finish up what will go down in our history books as one of the most destructive storms and related outages in our 80 year history.
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Power Restoration Update – Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020
We currently have 1,758 Amicalola EMC members without power. These members are separated into 214 different areas. Our broken pole count is now at 113, and we expect that number to rise. It’s important to remember that many of these poles are in remote areas, sometimes in mountainous terrain, and replacing them is labor and time intensive. It’s also important to remember that while there may be no visible indicator of the reason your power is out, it can often be something down the line (of the circuit that supplies electricity to your area) that needs repair.
Today, our crews are working in the following locations and surrounding areas. We continue to be thankful for the clear weather and are expecting to make good progress. Further updates will be given as information becomes available. We thank you for your patience as we continue to battle to restore all power as soon as is safely possible.
Cherokee/Pickens
Waleska
Talona Rd
Burris Rd
Amicalola Church
Amicalola Forest
Steve TateGilmer
Northridge Rd Area
Village Park
Eagle Mtn
Shady Grove
Clear Creek Rd
Tails Creek Ch
Old Clear Creek
Cataula
Buck town
Hills Lake
Dover Chapel
Big Creek
Bates Rd
Rogers Creek
Carson Cove
Big BuckDawson/Lumpkin
Cleave Wright
Prim Rose
Nimble will
Falcon Dr
Buckhorn Tavern
Fawn Dr
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Tropical Storm Zeta – Update
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Power Restoration Update – Monday, Nov. 2, 11:00 am
Currently we have 4418 members without power. Crews are working in the following areas today:
Pickens/Cherokee
Pleasant Union
Dowda Mill
Hill City
Harmony School
Waleska
Tate
Clayton
Lake Arrowhead
Yellow Creek
Etowah
Westside of Henderson Mtn
Talking RockGilmer
Round Top
Talona
HWY 282
Tails Creek
Burnt Mountain
Cherry Log
Cherry Lake
Fort Mtn
Chatsworth HWY
Conasaga
Big Buck
Rodgers Creek
Rock Crock
Pleasant GroveDawson/Lumpkin
Mill Creek
Siloam Church
Sweet Water Juno
Juno
Etowah
Afton Road
Burnt Mtn
Oak Grove
Ben Higgins
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Power Restoration Update – Sunday, Nov 1, 2:30 pm
Our service area covers 1100 square miles. We serve primarily in Gilmer, Pickens, north Cherokee, Dawson and Lumpkin counties. Our largest number of meters is in Gilmer, followed by Pickens, Cherokee, Lumpkin and Dawson. We touch on the borders of Bartow, Gordon, Fannin, Murray and Forsyth counties. When outages occur like we are experiencing now, that are so widespread and so destructive, power restoration takes far longer that it does if in one concentrated area.
Next, take our current outage map and visualize it laid over the service area map above, and you will see the outages are spread across our entire service area. We are currently down to 7679 outages, having restored approximately 3000 already today. Our broken pole count is nearing 75. We are working hard to restore all power, just as soon as is safely possible. We thank you for your patience.
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Power Restoration Update for Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020 9:00am
We are currently at 10,208 consumers without power, this is down from a high of approx. 38,000. All our circuits coming out of substations have been restored, which is a big accomplishment, but there are 505 separate locations with power outages. So far, we have found 62 broken poles, but we expect that number to keep rising.
Out of the approx. 10,000 still without power, our estimate is that around 60% of these locations will be restored within the next 24 hours. The balance of the areas will be restored during the following 24-48 hours. This estimated timeline puts restoration for some areas into Tuesday and possibly Wednesday on the hardest hit places. More information on the timeline will be given as soon as it becomes available.
It is important to remember, this is just an estimate. There are many unforeseen things that can happen during power restoration work, that can cause a delay. It is also important to remember that in many areas, these crews are having to cut and remove downed trees, before they can access the area and begin the restoration work.
Here is a listing of the general area crews are currently working in.
County and General Area of Work
Bartow/Cherokee Hwy. 20 / Stamp Creek Road
Cherokee Lake Arrowhead
Cherokee Clayton
Cherokee Reinhardt College Parkway
Dawson/Pickens Yellow Creek
Pickens Bent Tree
Pickens / Gordon West Pickens
Pickens Jasper area
Pickens / Gilmer Roundtop / Old Hwy. 5
Pickens Kent’s Store / Yellow Creek
Cherokee Waleska / Sam Nelson / Rampley Trail
Pickens Talking RockCounty and General Area of Work
Gilmer Blue Ridge Hwy.
Gilmer Hwy. 52 E
Gilmer Roy Road
Gilmer River Lane / Yukon
Gilmer Pleasant Gap
Gilmer Goose Island – 515
Gilmer Gunstock Rd.
Gilmer Floating
Gilmer Rock Creek
Gilmer Big Creek
Gilmer Big Buck
Gilmer Double Knob / Then Tower Road
Gilmer Damage Assessment – Pleasant HillCounty and General Area of Work
Lumpkin Copper Mines
Lumpkin Pumpkin Farm / New Hope / Monument
Lumpkin Auraria Road
Lumpkin Wesley Lee Road
Dawson Mill Creek
Lumpkin Floating
Dawson Hwy. 53 – Atlanta Motorsports
Lumpkin Tobacco Pouch CreekPlease remember to stay away from any downed power outages.