Georgia power lines down. If your vehicle comes in contact with a downed power line follow these safety rules. Georgia power is dedicated to giving back to the communities we serve. Additionally after having allowed the utility company onto their property to trim trees near power lines the property owner may be required to dispose of and pay for the disposal of trees branches andor foliage or vegetation that has been trimmed and cut down by the utility.
Not working for me. Preference is given to georgia based organizations with goals to improve the quality of life of georgias residents. Georgia powers rates remain well below the national average.
Whether working on the ground or from the air our focus is on making sure georgias communities have access to power when they need it. Tree limbs that come in contact with power lines are a major cause of electrical outages and limbs that touch electric power lines can become energized or even break and fall bringing the lines down with them. To reduce outages caused by tree contact georgia power prunes trees away from its power lines on a planned cycle.
Stay inside your car. With new power lines being built or upgraded all the time our team completes nearly one hundred projects every year. Outage history jun jul aug.
Georgia power is the largest subsidiary of southern company one of the nations largest generators of electricity. Keep children and pets away from downed lines. Do not attempt to remove tree limbs or any other object from a downed line.
The company is an investor owned tax paying utility serving 23 million customers in 155 of 159 counties in georgia. Sound the horn roll down your window and call. Impersonateimpersonatedfirstname impersonateimpersonatedlastname last logged in.
Avoid driving over a fallen power line. Reports dynamics edt gmt 0400 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 500 am 800 am 1100 am 200 pm 500 pm 800 pm 1100 pm 200 am. Building new lines and substations.
Call 9 1 1 immediately to report a fallen power line. Stay safe if a fallen power line touches your car. Reports in last 20 minutes.
Find out if you qualify. Georgia power outage map. The ground around your car may be energized.
Thats why certain 501c3 organizations can apply for a georgia power grant. Call 911 for help. If you see a downed line call georgia power at 1 888 891 0938 or your police or fire department to have the downed line barricaded until.
Georgia power is dedicated to giving back to the communities we serve. Find out if you qualify.