Deeming it

a major milestone, Coweta-Fayette EMC president and CEO Michael Whiteside

announced that the company sold over one billion kilowatt hours of electricity

during 2000.

Attributing

the growth to both his team of professionals and the area's booming popularity,

Whiteside went on to say that EMC has more than doubled its annual sales

for each of the past two decades.

"This

type of growth is good for our economy, and it will continue; it's also

good for our member/owners. As with any business, volume helps to hold

prices down," he said.

Coweta-fayette

EMC serviced 16,094 meters by the end of 1980 and had sold more than 209

million kilowatt hours of electricity that year. Just 10 years later,

the utility serviced 34,184 meters and sold more than 483 million kilowatt

hours. Today, EMC has doubled sales again.

"I've

watched this are grow and thrive over the past 25 years; I'm not at all

surprised that we've hit this milestone, but I fully expect the trend

to continue," Whiteside said.

Today, 27 percent

of the company's total sales is attributed to commercial customers. Ten

years ago, only 13 percent could be traced to commercial accounts.

Coweta-Fayette

EMC provides electric power to members in Coweta, Fayette Heard, Meriwether

and parts of South Fulton and Spalding counties.