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The Official Newsletter of Cobb Electric Membership Corporation | JULY 2025
Pictured above are the 2025 Cobb EMC Foundation Scholarship recipients.
NOTICE OF 2024 PATRONAGE CAPITAL ALLOCATION Each member who received electric service in 2024 is hereby notified that for year 2024, Cobb EMC’s excess margins totaled $6,201,974. Each member can calculate the amount of assigned 2024 Patronage Capital by multiplying the total amount billed for electric service in 2024 by 0.013870599. Capital credits are your individual portion of the cooperative’s profits beyond the costs of providing electricity. As a not-for-profit business, we exist to provide you reliable electricity–not to make a profit. When we have a good year and earn profits, or margins, we allocate capital credits to our members until the board approves them to be distributed. *Excludes taxes, Operation Round Up and other ancillary services.
CELEBRATING EXCEPTIONAL STUDENTS The Cobb EMC Foundation awarded 14 scholarships to students in our service area. The Cobb EMC Foundation Scholarship awards 14 scholarships every year in the amount of $5,000 each to eligible students with a primary residence served by Cobb EMC. There are two types of scholarships available: College/University and Vocational/Technical College. The annual scholarships are funded and administered by the Cobb EMC Foundation Board. This year, more than 230 students applied for the scholarship. Members of the Selection Committee reviewed each application and invited 23 finalists for an in-person interview. As a result, the Cobb EMC Foundation congratulates the following recipients starting their college journey in the fall of 2025: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Ananya Tadepalli–Stanford University Andrew Boetig–University of Georgia Caroline Abney–University of Alabama at Birmingham Caroline Werner–Perdue University Emily Jemison–Duke University Hannah Owens–Kennesaw State University Jack Williams–University of Georgia Jose Arteaga–Kennesaw State University Kaushik Valiveti–Duke University Lillian Meredith–Brigham Young University Mayla Merhai–Georgia Institute of Technology Meerub Dar–Chattahoochee Technical College Mfreke Johnson–Georgia Institute of Technology William Clark–Georgia Institute of Technology
cobbemc.com/Scholarships
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