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SNOW BLANKETS AMICALOLA EMC SERVICE AREA BRINGING WIDESPREAD OUTAGES

A beautiful snowfall has blanketed the entire Amicalola EMC service area today. The heavy wet snow is weighing down trees and tree limbs and has now caused up to 369 separate power outages, for a total of 6219 members affected so far. 9 out of the 10 counties in our service area are experiencing widespread power outages. Crews are working, contract crews have been called in and all are expected to work all night.   Please report power outages to the following automated outage management system: 706-253-0359 OR 706-276-0359 OR 706-864-0359.

Lisa Pritchard

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