Georgia Power

won the bid to provide electricity to Sarah Harp Minter Elementary School,

as the Fayette County Board of Education Monday passed the measure 3-to-0

with one abstention.

Greg Powers

abstained from voting because, he said, his company deals with Georgia

Power on a regular basis.

The school,

located on Goza Road in the south-center part of the county, got to choose

their service provider because it will use more than the 900 kilowatt

threshold. Facilities Services received bids from Coweta Fayette EMC and

Georgia Power and elected to go with the latter. The school board studied

previous billings at existing schools to get an idea of what the usage

and cost would be each month.

Georgia Power

will also be the service provider for the new high school. Much like the

South Complex, Minter Elementary and the new high school at the Goza Road

complex will eventually share the same meter. Schools in the South Complex

also use Georgia Power as their service provider. In a previous meeting

the board decided that Coweta Fayette EMC will provide the service for

Cleveland Elementary School on Lester Road on Fayetteville's west side.