Sawnee EMC Celebrates 83rd Anniversary Of Powering North Georgia

CUMMING, GA — Sawnee EMC marked its 83rd anniversary on July 16.

Established in 1938, Sawnee EMC, then Forsyth County Electric Cooperative, was created as community leaders joined together to bring electricity to what was then a rural area. The electric cooperative began by serving 750 members along 163 miles of distribution line. Sawnee EMC has now evolved into what it is today, a modern electric utility with more than 360 employees serving over 166,000 member-owners over 11,700 miles of distribution lines throughout a seven-county service area in north Georgia. Today, Sawnee EMC is the third-largest electric cooperative in the state of Georgia and the ninth largest in the United States.

With a commitment to providing a “world-class” customer service experience for its member-owners, the two-time J.D. Power award recipient in the past three years stands positioned to provide electricity to its member-owners for years to come and is prepared to meet the electricity needs of the future for a rapidly growing service area.

“Sawnee EMC’s long and rich history is grounded in the communities we serve and while technology and times have changed, our core principles of being good stewards of our members assets remain the same," Sawnee EMC President and CEO Michael Goodroe said in a news release. "We are an electric membership corporation led by the energy needs of our members and created by and for the communities we serve. It is with great pride that I know when our staff walks through the doors of Sawnee EMC each day their sole mission is to serve the energy needs our members with distinction.”

To learn more about Sawnee EMC, visit its website.