CONNECTIONS | The Official Newsletter of Cobb Electric Membership Corporation | NOVEMBER 2023
TIS THE SEASON FOR HOLIDAY LIGHTS Every year, Cobb EMC welcomes the holiday season with a kickoff event for the tour of lights. Join us at our Holiday Lights kickoff event, Thursday, Nov. 30 at our Solar Flower Garden from 6-8 p.m. for fun family activities like visiting Mr. and Mrs. Claus and enjoying warm cookies and hot chocolate. To learn more about our event, visit our website at cobbemc.com/holiday.
BRIGHTENING OUR COMMUNITY
PINK POWER INITIATIVE
MUTUAL AID DURING HURRICANE IDALIA Our crews took to the road to work with Excelsior EMC in South Georgia to assist with power restoration efforts where more than 11,000 homes lost power after Hurricane Idalia. The cooperative difference is providing mutual aid to other EMCs when natural disasters bring down power lines in their service areas. Mutual aid is one way we demonstrate the seven cooperative principles — helping co-ops out when it’s needed most. cobbemc.com/community
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Each October, to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Cobb EMC and Northside Hospital partner to flock the yards of our community with a small army of flamingos. When you see the flamingos, we want you to remember the thousands of brave and resilient women who are impacted by breast cancer every year. Statistics show that one in eight U.S. women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and 85% will not have a family history of the disease. Early detection is the key for all cancers, and we hope that our flight-hearted flamingos can serve as a reminder to make that appointment. cobbemc.com/pinkpower
COBB EMC MICROGRID WINS GLOBAL AWARD NRECA, Cobb EMC and three national laboratories have won global recognition from R&D World for their work on microgrid control modeling software that can boost grid reliability by using distributed assets to mitigate power outages. The software helps distribution operators evaluate a grid’s resilience against extreme events and plan for recovery and restoration using every asset available — distribution automation, microgrids, and other distributed generators and controls. cobbemc.com/sustainability
