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.