![]() Some utilities set these rates higher to ensure excess margins throughout the year however, at Grady EMC we actively manage our power costs and pass on any savings we have through our wholesale power bills to our members. This allows the cooperative to incrementally increase or decrease our retail rates with the changes in our wholesale power costs. One way we ensure these costs are low is by passing on savings through our Power Cost Adjustment. Since Grady EMC is a private, not-forprofit electric distribution cooperative, we strive to ensure our costs are as low as possible throughout the year while providing safe, reliable service. For any questions or further information regarding your bill please call Grady EMC at 229.377.4182 (select option 2) or e-mail us at Power Cost Adjustment is directly linked to our wholesale cost of power. Accounts that remain unpaid ten days after the due date are subject to disconnection. Payments received after the identified due date are subject to an additional service charge. The state of Georgia imposes a seven percent tax on your electric service, so your total bill is the charge for the amount of electricity used plus a customer charge, which represents the minimum cost to provide service regardless of electric sales, and the state tax. Any additional meters connected to the account, which would include any yard lights, a detail of the kilowatt hours (kwh) of usage and, if you have net metering, any buyback kwh as well as the cost of those services (reimbursements) would be shown on the bill. Also included is a bar graph of usage over the previous 12 months. This bill includes account information, the account holder’s name and address and the date the bill is due. If an irrigation user decides to opt out of load management, the higher rate will stand for the entire billing cycle and we must have a 24-hour notice before the change is effective.Grady EMC provides monthly bills to all of our members. The rates comparing a load management rate versus a non-load management rate are listed below with the annual service charge. ![]() Of course, large irrigation accounts have the option to opt out of load management. ![]() By managing peak demand from our members, our co-op will be able to reduce wholesale power purchases to save money and resources. Smaller utilities like Irwin EMC that buy power instead of generating our own can benefit greatly from a load management system. It improves power reliability tremendously. Load management is an indispensable tool to avoid blackouts and high costs incurred when demand spikes or supply unexpectedly shuts down. ![]() Our hope is to avoid load management on the weekends or 2 days in a row, however, weather patterns and load required us to do both this past year.īy using a radio-controlled switch, we are able to cut power to our highest electricity users during the times of peak demand. Irrigation users will receive notice of load management through text message. ![]() From June through August, we will need to manage load, on average, six to 10 days a season. Irwin EMC participates in active load management during the summer months, turning power off to our larger irrigation accounts for a few hours to control the electric load.Ĭontrol takes place during our time of highest electricity use, typically 3-7 p.m. ![]()
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