Welcome to CobbEMCWatch.org, an initiative of the Cobb Alliance for Smart Energy. Our goal is to help customers of Cobb EMC and the public at large stay informed and engaged in the issues facing the co-op. Please register with our site to receive automatic Cobb EMC election updates. (We’re on Facebook, too.) CASE meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM at the Spaghetti Warehouse, 2475 Delk Rd., Marietta 30067.

Another OUTRAGE from Cobb EMC: Bylaw Changes Bypass Members - Embattled Directors Entrench Positions as Elections Approach and Investigations Continue. See our NEWS Bulletin for Details - and seven other reasons not to like Cobb EMC.   

 Keep reading the NEWS for the latest on:

• Growing opposition throughout Georgia to Cobb EMC’s plans for new coal plants.
• Developments that could turn the plants into an economic boondoggle, with risks for co-op members.
• The continuing limbo in Cobb EMC elections. Where’s the accountability?
• Did you know that all 10 members of the Board of Directors are scheduled for re-election this year?

Cobb EMC Elections: The Path Out of the Morass

Electing new members to the Cobb EMC Board of Directors offers the best way for members to change the direction of the troubled co-op. Members will have the opportunity to vote for reform candidates running for six local Area seats that are for election, when the elections are finally held.  See our Elections Page for details on what you need to do to seize this opportunity.

 Why We Oppose Cobb EMC's Proposed Plant Washington

A new coal-fired power plant would produce air-borne pollution that threatens our health, add poisonous mercury to Georgia's watersheds that already have too much, and contribute to climate change that every expert analysis says threatens our future.  The plant is not economically viable, and it is not needed.  Check out our Plant Washington section for details on the environmental destruction and economic boondoggle Plant Washington could produce--and the overwhelming public opposition to building it.

 Georgia Tech Study Says New Coal Plants Not Needed

According to media reports, a comprehensive study released by Georgia Tech in August 2009 found that an aggressive strategy to replace aging equipment with more energy efficient products throughout the South would reduce the need to build more coal-fired power plants in the region through 2020.  A Georgia Tech professor who co-authored the report said:  "We don't need to build for an expanded demand if the Southern states would begin to launch energy efficient programs."  The only reason to build new plants, the study found, would be to replace old clunkers for new, less polluting ones.

Study Casts Doubt on Cobb EMC Claim It Kept Rates Low

Despite all the travails Cobb EMC has faced in recent years--lost civil lawsuits, court-ordered suspended elections, and raids on the homes and offices of the CEO and some Directors--Cobb EMC has vigorously asserted that its rates have remained low, compared to other utilities. Now, a new study says it ain't necessarily so. See our NEWS page for a study refuting that claim.