Testimonials

"As we were reminded by the disruption of our gas supplies after Hurricane Katrina, energy is a critical, and vulnerable, ingredient of our economy. Georgia must be proactive in developing alternative energy sources, and that is exactly what we're seeing with Green Power EMC's poultry litter-to-energy operation. If this project is successful, it has the potential to be replicated throughout the state, and could be a significant agricultural solution for Georgia's growing energy needs."
-- Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue

"We applaud your vision and commitment to renewable energy."
-- Dennis Creech, Southface Energy Institute

"I'd read about Green Power EMC in Georgia Magazine and Habersham EMC's Annual Report, which focused on energy conservation. Through Habersham EMC's Web site, I linked on to www.greenpoweremc.com to find out more and Unicoi State Park recently signed all of our 51 electric accounts as Green Power EMC participants. As part of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the mission of all state parks is to be diligent in protecting our natural resources. Participating in the green power program is one way we can help. Hopefully, Unicoi State Park can make a difference and other parks will follow our lead."
-- Jackye Cooper, Administrative Operations Coordinator, Unicoi State Park, Helen, Ga.

"Giving consumers a choice is the important thing. It provides options. It empowers consumers. It is closely aligned, in my mind, to the concept of freedom. Why shouldn't you have a choice to purchase what you want? Georgia has the resources of biomass, landfill gas, some wind, some solar, but what we didn't have before Green Power EMC was choice. This is the kind of activity we at DOE welcome, advancing our national goals of clean, reliable, and competitive energy options, but doing so as function of local initiative, local direction and local choice. I congratulate you. I applaud your initiative and thank you all for coming to celebrate the opportunities that choice will provide for Georgia's consumers and our environment."
-- David Garman, Department of Energy

"I believe in protecting the environment and just planted 30 trees to help Georgia's environment. Global warming is a fact and Green Power EMC can help alleviate some of the negative effects of that. We must save God's creation for future generations and Green Power EMC allows us an opportunity to do just that."
-- Mary Ann Hartman, Walton EMC director and Green Power EMC customer

"The EMCs have created a fantastic green power offering for their customers. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Green Power EMC is using renewable energy sources and landfill gas as a valuable part of that strategy. The landfill gas projects developed by EDI do more than just utilize green power for electricity; they also reduce the emissions of greenhouse gasses that contribute to climate change. We can cut the pollution that causes climate change and we can do it using common sense, cost-effective technologies that are already on the marketplace while we still continue to develop new, even better technologies for the future.

"So it's really a win-win situation. By linking communities with innovative ways to deal with their power needs, Georgia's EMCs and EDI contribute to the creation of livable communities that enjoy increased environmental protection, cleaner air and responsible community planning. I commend all of you for your efforts."
-- Danny Orlando, Environmental Protection Agency

"To give customers an opportunity to lessen the environmental footprint of electric power production is a very critical and important undertaking, particularly not only for our generation, but for generations in the future. I think it's totally important for the electric membership cooperatives to be on the leading edge of this. The electric cooperatives are stepping out front offering Georgia consumers the first choice, and I think that's critically important."
-- Steve Smith, Center for Resource Solutions