The Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG Power) is an organization that provides electricity generation and power transmission to municipal electric utilities in the U.S. State of Georgia. [1] MEAG is a nonprofit entity established in 1975, and 49 member communities distribute power produced by MEAG or procured on wholesale markets. [2] [3]
It owns 17.7% of Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Power Plant and 22.7% of Vogtle Electric Generating Plant; [4] 15.1% of the coal-fired Plant Scherer; and one combined-cycle gas-fired unit of Hal B. Wansley Power Plant. It also provides transmission of hydropower from dams operated by the Southeastern Power Administration. [5]
The Integrated Transmission System includes 17,800 miles of transmission lines across Georgia, and is jointly owned by MEAG, Georgia Transmission Corporation, Dalton Utilities and Georgia Power. [6] In 2022, MEAG joined the Southeat Energy Exchange Market, which facilitates energy trading across the region. [7]
It delivers approximately 11 million megawatt-hours to its participating utilities annually.
References
- ^ "Understanding the Electricity System in Georgia" (PDF). Southface. May 2018.
- ^ "About MEAG Power | MEAG Power 2021 Annual Report". ar.meagpower.org. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "Covington, Georgia | Official Website". www.cityofcovington.org. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "Georgia Power, MEAG settle Plant Vogtle-related lawsuit |". capitol-beat.org. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "Generation – MEAG Power". Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "Joint Ownership of Transmission" (PDF). Department of Energy. February 2009.
- ^ Ciampoli, Paul (January 18, 2022). "MEAG Power Formally Joins Southeast Energy Exchange Market". American Public Power Association.