Today is National 811 Day. Play it safe! If you’re planning any projects that require digging, remember to contact 811 at least five days before the work begins.
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August 11 is National 811 Day
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Outage Update – 637 members out of power at 32 separate locations
Our crews are still working hard and we are now down to 637 members out of power at 32 separate locations. Thank you for your patience and we’ll keep working hard to get the lights back on!
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Outage Update – 2026 members out as of 8:35am
Following a rough 24 hours that included multiple storms passing through our service area, we currently have 2026 members out of power at 59 separate locations. Over 1300 of these are in Gilmer County, 400+ in Cherokee County and the rest are scattered throughout.
Our broken pole count is at 12+ and we expect that number to continue to rise. We understand there is the possibility of more storms later today and flooding is a possibility in some areas.
Our crews responded as soon as the first storm passed and are still working to restore all power as soon as is safely possible. It is extremely important to be cautious and stay away from any downed power lines. Always assume they are still energized.
Here is a screen shot of our current outage map, and you may view it in real-time at www.amicalolaemc.com . Please report outages to 706-253-0359 OR 706-276-0359 OR 706-864-7979. If you have additional information to share, you will be given the opportunity to record a message.
Thank you for your patience and again we urge you to exercise extreme caution today in the affected areas.
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Outages from afternoon storms
As the heavy rains and wind passed through this afternoon, it left 1146 members out of power at 67 separate locations. Crews are assessing the damages now to begin the restoration process. Please remember to stay away from any downed power lines and always assume they are still energized.
You may view outages in real-time at www.amicalolaemc.com . All power will be restored as soon as is safely possible.
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Ceiling Fan Energy Tip
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Power outage in Pickens County – Pickens High affected
A power outage occurred early this morning in Pickens County, when a very large tree fell and brought down power lines resulting in three broken poles on Hopkins Lane, just off Hwy 53 East. Originally over 1300 members were affected, but crews were able to restore power to everyone quickly with the exception of the affected section of line. That section has now also been restored.
One of the locations in the affected section of line was Pickens High School…not what you’d order up on the first day of school following summer break. Our crews were rapidly on the scene to assess damages, restore what they could and replace the three poles and rebuild the lines.
All power was restored as soon as was safely possible. We apologize for this convenience, we know this made for a difficult first day for educators and the affected students at PHS. We hope everyone can get back on track and enjoy the rest of their day. Here are some photos from the work site.
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It’s back to school time!
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It’s Bright Ideas Time!
It’s the beginning of the school year and you know what that means! It’s time for teachers within the Amicalola EMC service area to apply for a Bright Ideas teacher grant! Do you have an idea for a classroom project but just can’t find a way to fund it? Go to https://www.amicalolaemc.com/my-community/bright-ideas/ and complete the online application and you just might receive the funding you need.
We’ve set aside $50,000 for teachers at 30 schools across our service area. If you are a Georgia certified teacher at one of the participating schools, you can apply for a grant of up to $1,000. For more information, use the link above or call Stacey Fields, Director of Public Relations at 706-253-5287. *Funding is in compliance with Georgia’s unclaimed property laws.
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Restoration Update, Tuesday, July 25 9:30am
There are just over 100 members still out from the storm. Our broken pole count is approximately 120 poles. We have crews working on every outage. We anticipate all power will be restored by the end of the day if not sooner.
The storm was brutal and left a wide path of destruction as it went through. We know being without electricity is inconvenient and difficult – everyone, including us, depends on it for almost every aspect of our home and work life.
We’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our members, from the employees, staff and management of Amicalola EMC. You guys have been great offering words of encouragement, giving support both on facebook and in the field when you’ve encountered our crews, offering food and drinks, and just overall being supportive and understanding of how bad the storm was and how hard all the crews have worked to get the lights back on.
Restaurants in Jasper and Ellijay have stepped up to prepare meals to feed this army of line workers we’ve had here working. Area hotels have housed them and other businesses have helped us obtain needed supplies.
We are blessed to live in a community like this. All Amicalola EMC employees are local and live in the communities we serve, so the same folks you might see at church or in the grocery store are the ones out working on the lines, in our Dispatch control center, in our warehouse, truck shop, and in our offices.
We sincerely hope everyone can get back to their normal routines very soon and we are thankful that there were no major injuries to any line worker or any of our members as far as we know.
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Restoration Update, July 24, 9:45pm
We are getting so close! We currently have 193 members out at 61 separate locations. At these 61 locations, a fairly small number of members are affected at each location, so the total count will be going down slower.
We know it’s been a long 4 days and we thank you for your patience and support during this difficult time. We do realize how much we’ve all come to depend upon electricity and we know how inconvenient it is to be without it. Again, we are very thankful for all the assistance we were able to secure from EMCs across our state, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee and contractor crews from Pike, Tree Line Services and Real Tree, Inc.
We continue to ask for your support and patience as we work hard to bring this massive restoration effort to a close.