The 2020 Amicalola EMC scholarship winners were notified earlier this year of their award. Now, it’s time to claim the money. Please go to www.amicalolaemc.com, My Community, Scholarships and complete the online form. Scholarships funds will be mailed to the college by September 10, 2020.

A Nominating Committee was appointed by the Board of Directors of Amicalola EMC at its June meeting to make nominations for directors whose terms expire at the Annual Meeting to be held October 3, 2020.  This Nominating Committee made up of Lillie Puckett (representing Bartow/Cherokee Counties); Lee Lowman (representing Dawson/Forsyth Counties); Grady Evans (representing  Gordon/Pickens Counties); Doug Caldwell (representing Lumpkin County); and Freddie Vick, (representing Fannin/Gilmer/Murray Counties) shall meet at the headquarters office in Jasper on July 1, 2020.

Amicalola EMC is pleased to announce our 2020 scholarship winners.   Congratulations to this list of hardworking and very deserving high school seniors in our service area!  Each student will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship, which will be sent to the school of their choice this fall. Students will receive information later this summer on how to claim their scholarship. Please join us in congratulating them!

Amicalola EMC continues to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by taking steps to protect employees and members, while maintaining reliable and affordable electric service. In an effort to ease the stress and financial burden for our members, we have extended the suspension of disconnection of service due to nonpayment through June 1, 2020.

No late fees will be accrued during this time. It is important to note, these disconnect suspensions are not bill waivers. For those members who cannot pay the full balance of their bill, Amicalola EMC stands ready to work with members on deferred payment plans to ease the transition once the pandemic has passed. Our lobby will remain closed during this time. Our drive through will remain open during normal business hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Our night deposit will continue to operate as usual. Other than the lobby closings, we will proceed with normal business operations.

We encourage our members to use our digital resources as much as possible.
Bill payment – pay your bill using one of the following options
• credit card draft (call 706-253-5200 to set up)
• website customer portal at www.amicalolaemc.com
• automated telephone system at 706-253-5200
• mobile app (download on the app store or through Google Play).
New account activation – Applications for service are available:
• online at www.amicalolaemc.com
• in person at the drive through
• by email – send request to memberservice@amicalolaemc.com or request by phone 706-253-5200
• by regular mail – send request to: 544 Hwy 515 South, Jasper, GA  30143 or request by phone 706-253-5200
If you have questions or need information, we may be reached by phone at 706-253-5200 or by email memberservice@amicalolaemc.com. Thank you for your patience as we work to maintain a healthy workforce to keep the lights on and provide you will excellent customer service.

Amicalola EMC continues to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by taking steps to protect employees and members, while maintaining reliable and affordable electric service. In an effort to ease the stress and financial burden for our members, we have extended the suspension of disconnection of service due to nonpayment through May 13, 2020. No late fees will be accrued during this time. It is important to note, these disconnect suspensions are not bill waivers. For those members who cannot pay the full balance of their bill, Amicalola EMC stands ready to work with members on deferred payment plans to ease the transition once the pandemic has passed.

Our drive through will remain open during normal business hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.  Our night deposit will continue to operate as usual. Other than the lobby closings, we will proceed with normal business operations. We encourage our members to use our digital resources as much as possible.

Bill payment – pay your bill using one of the following options
• credit card draft (call 706-253-5200 to set up)
• website customer portal at www.amicalolaemc.com
• automated telephone system at 706-253-5200
• mobile app (download on the app store or through Google Play).
New account activation – Applications for service are available:
• online at www.amicalolaemc.com
• in person at the drive through
• by email – send request to memberservice@amicalolaemc.com or request by phone 706-253-5200
• by regular mail – send request to memberservice@amicalolaemc.com or request by phone 706-253-5200

If you have questions or need information, we may be reached by phone at 706-253-5200 or by email memberservice@amicalolaemc.com. Thank you for your patience as we work to maintain a healthy workforce to keep the lights on and provide you will excellent customer service.

Strong winds brought trees down on power lines this morning.  Currently over 1900 members are without power, primarily in northern Gilmer County where trees have brought a three phase line down in two places, resulting in 1484 members out in that county. Other outages are scattered throughout our service area, including Pickens County where 200 members are without power near the Pickens/Gilmer county line.

Crews are working and all power will be restored as soon as is safely possible. Remember: never go near a downed power line and always assume they are still energized. To report a power outage, please call 706-253-0359 OR 706-276-0359 OR 706-864-0359. Please remember our social media sites are not monitored for outage reporting and you must call through the automated outage response system to have your call documented and included in our data count. Thank you for your patience.

We are thankful for a beautiful day with good weather so our crews can get all power restored. We do still have approx. 432 members without service in an area of Gilmer County where several poles are having to be replaced. We also have a few scattered outages in other counties, but crews are assigned and making progress. As you may know, when a storm or outage of this magnitude happens, assessments have to be made, plans formed and work begins. In cases like this, where they are so many trees down, these have to be cut and/or cleared away, which many times includes clearing them out of the roadways so crews can get in. Our right of way crews are extremely skillful and do this work as quickly as can safely be done. Once this step is complete, the line crews can get in locations and begin to rebuild the lines. Our service area is 1100 square miles of territory, in many cases over mountainous terrain that is not easily accessible. The mountains we call home are beautiful but they do pose unique challenges during power restoration.  Thank you all for your patience as we work hard to restore all power as soon as is safely possible.