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GA HR1308
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/8/2016
Primary Sponsor
Karla Drenner
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AI Summary
- Recognizes Green Power EMC and Silicon Ranch Corporation for constructing a 20 MW AC solar facility in Jeff Davis County near Hazlehurst, with an adjacent 52 MW facility expected to come online in 2016, together spanning 270 acres with approximately 87,514 solar panels
- The 20 MW facility was built over five months, employed 230 skilled workers, and is expected to generate more than 43 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity annually while offsetting 30,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions
- Full energy output is sold under a 25-year contract to Green Power EMC for distribution to 27 electric membership cooperatives serving more than 1.1 million members across rural Georgia
- Georgia's electric cooperatives and Green Power EMC have collectively invested in more solar power than cooperatives in any other state, with a total of 220 MW expected online by December 2016
- Commends Green Power EMC, incorporated in 2001 as the state's first and largest green energy utility with 39 Georgia EMC participants, for its delivery of green energy to Georgia homes and businesses
Legislative Description
Georgia's electric cooperatives and Green Power EMC; partnership with Silicon Ranch Corporation; building and operate 20 megawatt solar power facility; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
2/8/2016
Full Bill Text
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