Middle Georgia Electric, Inc.

Middle Georgia Electric, Inc. is an electrician in Macon, GA. The company is a not-for-profit electric cooperative delivering electricity to members across Dooly, Pulaski, Wilcox, Houston, Turner, Macon and Ben Hill counties. It is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. Members can apply for service, pay bills, and use payment options including Advance Pay, Automatic Bank Draft Program, and Levelized Billing. The co-op also offers a GATE Application and Metered Energy Form, and maintains service rules and regulations.

Member services include the Co-op Connections Card, the Together We Save program, and access to generators. The cooperative provides a residential solar assessment and follows a Solar / Member Generation Policy. It publishes Georgia Magazine and runs People Behind Your Power. Community involvement includes a wiring contest, economic development, the Middle Georgia EMC and Walter Harrison Scholarship, and the Washington Youth Tour. The co-op's leadership includes President/CEO Randy Nichols, along with staff overseeing accounting, member relations and broadband services, engineering services, billing, and communications and administration.

Middle Georgia Electric sits on Gray Hwy, about 0.2 miles from Gray Highway. Dry Bone Creek is roughly half a mile away, Graham Road about 0.8 miles, Lake Tonowanda about 0.9 miles, and Smith Lake about 1.1 miles. Clifton Ridge Middle School is about 1.2 miles from the location.

As a member-owned cooperative, Middle Georgia EMC allocates operating margins to members in the form of capital credits based on the amount of electricity purchased. The co-op issued its first general retirement of capital credits. After completing a cost-of-service study in 2024, its Board of Directors approved a balanced rate approach with a reduced power cost adjustment. Middle Georgia EMC also partnered with Conexon Connect to expand broadband in Central Georgia, delivering Gigabit-speed internet access and phone services in seven counties.