Carroll EMC is headquartered in Carrollton, Georgia, and serves 53,439 consumers over 5,548 miles of line in seven counties in Georgia. This loan includes $4,406,000 in smart grid technologies. Carroll Electric Membership Cooperative will receive $39,089,000 to connect 3,250 consumers and build and improve 338 miles of line.The total investment in Georgia is $313 million, other electric infrastructure investments in Georgia announced today include: Nearly half of the awards will help finance infrastructure improvements in underserved communities. Smart grid can be a catalyst for broadband and other telecommunications services in unserved and underserved rural areas in addition to improving grid security and reliability.
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The loans include $613 million to help rural utilities and cooperatives install and upgrade smart grid technologies. This funding will benefit nearly 2 million rural people and businesses in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. USDA is investing in 64 projects through the Electric Loan Program. Located on the west side of Atlanta, GreyStone Power Corporation serves portions of eight metropolitan Atlanta counties including Douglas, Paulding, Cobb, Fulton, Coweta, Fayette, Carroll, and Bartow, some of the fastest growing areas not only in the state but in the nation. Greystone Power is headquartered in Hiram, Georgia and provides service to 141,146 customers over approximately 7,355 miles of line in eight counties in Georgia. This loan includes various smart grid projects in the amount of $32,330,400 including the installation of 96.10 miles of fiber backbone specifically to provide the backhaul of data from remote substations and offices back to the corporate headquarters. Greystone is receiving $141,938,000 to connect 10,948 consumers and build and improve 502 miles of line. “USDA is proud to support rural cooperatives and utilities to make our energy more efficient, reliable and affordable and bring good-paying jobs to people in rural Georgia and across the nation.”
“The Biden-Harris Administration and USDA are partnering with communities to make critical investments in infrastructure that will create opportunities for rural people and businesses for decades to come,” Torres Small said. The announcement was made from GreyStone Power Corporation in Hiram, Georgia where USDA is investing $141,938,000. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced electric infrastructure investments in Georgia totaling $313 million to help four Georgia electric cooperatives and utilities expand and modernize the rural electric grid and increase grid security.
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