Canoochee EMC

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Canoochee EMC has implemented another program aimed at helping our senior citizens and our disabled members.

At Canoochee, we do not have control over when you receive your retirement, or assistance income, but we are now able to control when you receive your electricity bill.
Your meter will be read approximately every 30 days, like normal, but you will be receiving your bill around the 27th of the month. By changing your billing, you will have a new due date. This due date will be printed on your electricity bill.

Green Power EMC and Canoochee EMC have partnered together to install a six panel, 1 kW solar panel that generates electricity for a classroom at Tattnall High School in Reidsville, Georgia. The pole mounted solar array is located just behind the science department and near the football stadium with communications equipment, DC/AC power inverter, and meter placed inside the classroom. If the classroom is not being used or the solar panel generates excess power, the electricity is fed onto Planters EMC's power grid.
The system works by collecting the sun's energy through six photovoltaic array panels and generates Direct Current (DC) that is fed into a power inverter. The inverter converts the DC power into Alternating Current (AC) that can be used to power lights, computers or other classroom electrical devices.
The data collection system monitors DC and AC current, voltage, and power output; ambient and cell temperature; and solar irradiation in the plane of the array. Students and teachers use system data as part classroom studies of math, science, and the environment.
Green Power EMC is a partnership of 38 Georgia electric membership cooperatives who through working together have given Georgia residents the state's first choice of "green" electricity. EMCs are consumer-owned electric cooperatives that provide energy and other value-added services to their members at cost. The Green Power EMC members represent more than three million Georgia homes, businesses, factories and farms. The Sun Power for School initiative represents the first statewide academic program to showcase the benefits of solar energy. Click on the picture for more information.

Canoochee EMC is currently accepting applications for the $1,000 scholarship which can be applied to academic expenses at any accredited two- or four-year university, college or vocational-technical institute in Georgia.
In 2011, Walter Harrison Scholarships will be awarded to eight students who demonstrate exceptional academic performance. Grade point average, SAT scores, academic standing, scholastic honors, and financial need are considered when determining eligibility. A scholarship committee comprised of directors and managers of Georgia's EMCs seek to award scholarships to remarkable students who struggle with the high costs associated with attending college.
Students applying for the scholarship must be accepted or enrolled in an accredited undergraduate degree program, complete an application, and write a biographical sketch with a glimpse into his or her future plans.
The scholarship is available to any college level student.
Created in 1985 by the board of directors of Georgia EMC, the trade association representing the 42 electric cooperatives of Georgia, the Scholarship pays tribute to the late Walter Harrison, a pioneer in the rural electricity movement and a leader at local, state and national levels in the electric cooperative program.
Since 1985, Georgia's electric cooperatives have awarded more than $133,500 to 145 students via the Walter Harrison Scholarship program.