Habersham EMC

Specialties

Habersham EMC is an innovative, member-​owned electric cooperative and community leader serving Northeast Georgia with clean, reliable, affordable energy and providing solutions for efficiency, convenience and security.

History

Established in 1938.

A group of citizens met on July 25, 1938 to form Habersham Electric Membership Cooperative, a non-​profit member-​owned cooperative, in order to bring electricity to the rural areas of Habersham, Hall, White, Stephens, Rabun and Lumpkin counties. Forming a cooperative was necessary as the investor-​owned power suppliers didn’t believe it was profitable to build power lines to the farm families spread out in the rural areas. Habersham EMC now serves over 33,000 members with more than 3,702 miles of line.