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My fellow members, Colquitt EMC employees and contractors continue working in extremely difficult conditions to restore power. As a reminder, at the height of the hurricane, Colquitt EMC lost power to approximately 67,000 meters out of our 73,000 meters. As of 9:00 AM this morning, we have approximately 7,400 meters without service. Restoration is pretty much wrapped up in Worth, Tift, Colquitt, and Brooks counties. In the remaining counties, we have the following outages: Cook –...

My fellow members, We are hoping to provide an update on our Hurricane Helene Restoration Effort. As I have previously reported, we have ramped up to 1,000 personnel, both construction and right of way, working on our system. We have 17 construction crews that will be joining us sometime before lunch today. We will allocate those resources to the most needed areas. Allow me to provide a little more detailed update on our restoration efforts by county: Colquitt, Tift & Worth...

Many of our members’ homes have sustained significant damage, including damage to electrical service entrance points. This graphic shows which portions of the service are the member's responsibility and which portions will be repaired by Colquitt EMC. If your home sustained electrical damage at the weatherhead or meter base, you’ll need to contact an electrician to have those repaired before electricity will flow to your home. Click here to view the infographic

My fellow members, We are on Day 9 of our Hurricane Helene Restoration Effort. As we have said previously, at the peak Colquitt EMC had over 67,000 of our 73,000 meters without service. I am happy to report that we have approximately 18,000 meters without service as of this morning. From my perspective, the efforts to restore service have been successful. I recognize that if you are currently one of the members without service, then you may not see success at all. I believe the numbers we...

My fellow members, Colquitt EMC continues to work diligently on restoring power to our membership. We have been working on this storm and its aftermath for one week. At its peak, we had 67,000 meters without power, and as of this update, we are down to 20,500 meters without power. Many of these meters are in Lowndes County with significant amounts in Berrien and Brooks County as well. At Colquitt EMC, we try to deploy our crews in a manner that is equal to the number of outages and work...

We see your requests for estimated restoration times. Unfortunately, it is not something Colquitt EMC can do for several reasons. As with other concerns faced during this outage, we will try to explain as best we can. For many rural electric cooperatives, providing an estimated restoration time (ERT) can be challenging. This breakdown explores the reasons behind this, highlighting the unique challenges that rural cooperatives, such as Colquitt EMC, face during major storm events. 1....

My fellow members, We are on Day 7 of our Hurricane Helene Power Outage Restoration Effort. I want to begin this update by thanking our membership for your continued support as we navigate this power outage together. We understand how difficult it is to be without electricity. Now more than ever, we rely on electricity in almost every facet of our daily lives. We understand the toll this is taking on you. Many Colquitt EMC employees are still without power to their homes as well. We have...

My fellow members, Colquitt EMC continues to work diligently to restore power to all of our affected members. I would like to provide you with some good news: As of last night, the final three substations that did not have transmission service are back online. As a reminder, at its peak, 13 substations of our 29 substations were without service. Through the combined efforts of Georgia Transmission and Georgia Power, all transmission service was restored effectively. In my 28 years of...

My fellow members, We are on day 5 of our Hurricane Helene restoration efforts. We have good news to report. Initially, we had some 13 substations out of 29 that did not have transmission service available. Currently, 3 substations do not have transmission service. Two in Brooks and one in North Lowndes County. Our ability to make progress in restoration requires that the substation have that transmission service. Our total workforce continues to work 16-hour days every day. The number...

Colquitt EMC's Moultrie Office will reopen for business tomorrow, October 1! While all other offices will remain closed, they will still be available to take phone calls. Click the link below to explore all our billing and payment options! Billing & Payment Options

We are continuing our Hurricane Helene Power Restoration Effort. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions: 1.

My fellow members, Colquitt EMC continues to work diligently in restoring power throughout our system. As previously reported our workforce has 770 personnel engaged in restoring power. As time goes on and other personnel become available, we will probably add additional personnel as well. As a reminder, these personnel work 16-hour days and get approximately 6 hours of sleep a night. I am sure by now most people have seen images of the damage and devastation in our area. If you can...