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Amicalola EMC donates $370,000 for education, economic development and local non-profits
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Dawson Fire Chief Danny Thomas (center) accepts $4,000 donation from Amicalola EMC. Shown with Penelope Marshall, Chief Financial Officer and Todd Payne, CEO. - photo by For the Dawson County News
Electric cooperatives, like Amicalola EMC, aren’t like other utilities. Cooperatives are non-profit and are owned by their consumer-members. One benefit of that ownership involves returning any monies collected as revenue, over and above operating costs, back to the members in the form of capital credits.