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Recognizing the significant impacts and hardships many of our members have experienced as the result of Hurricane Helene, Satilla EMC has made the decision to suspend disconnections, waive late fees, and pause collection activities until December 2, 2024. “We encourage all members to do everything they can to keep their bills current and avoid falling behind. However, we understand the challenges presented by this storm and want to give our members additional time and flexibility in...

We currently have 491 outages remaining, affecting 1,365 members. Our crews are working tirelessly to restore power as quickly as possible. Due to the severe damage on the west side of our service territory, miles of our distribution system are being repaired. We appreciate your patience during this challenging time. Rest assured, our teams are still in the field, and we will continue to work until we have restored power to every meter on our system.

As we enter day ten of our restoration efforts, our dedicated crews along with partner crews continue to work 16-hour days to restore power to our members. We currently have (57%) of our members without power. We are making steady progress as we rebuild sections of our distribution system. We ask for your continued patience and understanding as we work through this historic event. Please know that our crews are committed to restoring power to every member.

Last Friday, we had over 58,000 members without power. That is nearly 100% of all Satilla Members. Thanks to the work of our linemen and the support from neighboring cooperatives, right-of-way crews, and contractors, we have successfully restored power to 39% of our membership. Our crews continue to work 16–18-hour days to restore power to our members! Please continue to be patient and pray for our linemen. We have a workforce of 1,200 strong from all over the U.S. aiding us in...

Our crews along with partner crews continue to work 16-18 hour days to restore power to our members! A week ago we had over 58,000 members without power. That is nearly 100% of all Satilla Members. We currently have 41,000 (70%) of our members without power. We are committed to working until everyone of our members power is restored. Please continue to be patient and pray for our linemen. All hands are on deck!

We are currently at 27% of members restored. As of this morning, we have 637 individual outages to address. Each of these represents a unique issue that needs resolving –some of which will take a day and others potentially weeks. Our crews follow a structured process, starting at the substation, then moving to distribution feeders and tap lines, before finally addressing individual service connections, the last step in the restoration process. We can’t give you a specific time because...

Due to the widespread destruction that our area has experienced from Hurricane Helene, we have made the difficult decision to postpone Satilla’s Annual Meeting of Members until further notice. This decision was not made lightly. However, given the widespread damage to our electrical distribution system and the thousands of Satilla members that are without power, we felt strongly that we should focus 100% of our resources and efforts toward storm restoration. Thank you for your...

Our lineman along with crews from Pike Electric, Collective Strategic Resources, Sumter Utilities, Southwestern EC, Western Illinois EC, Greystone Power, Snapping Shoals EMC, Owen Electric Cooperative, Walton EMC, GEMC, Asplundh Tree Expert, and Townsend are working extremely hard to restore power. The work is challenging due to the extensive number of trees and debris that are in contact with power lines. We understand that these outages are causing hardship for most of our members. Our...

A Message from our President/CEO Saturday, September 28, 1:30 PM Without a doubt, riding out Hurricane Helene is one of the most frightening things I have experienced in my lifetime. Making landfall at 140 miles per hour, Helene moved across Georgia leaving a huge path of destruction in her wake. Yesterday morning, when the sun finally began to reveal the extent of the damage, I was quite shocked. As we began to assess the status of Satilla’s electric system, it didn’t take long...

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Satilla EMC will be performing maintenance on our phone system on Saturday, April 27th from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. During this time, we will be unable to accept phone calls. We will be monitoring our system for outages. Outages can still be reported on the Satilla app or web portal. If you have an emergency during this time, please call 911. We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause.