{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-3-200","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 46-3-200","heading":"Purposes of electric membership corporations.","body":"An electric membership corporation may serve any one or more of the following purposes:\n(1) Furnish electrical energy and service;\n(2) Assist its members in the efficient and economical use of energy;\n(3) Engage in research and promote and develop energy conservation and sources and methods of conserving, producing, converting, and delivering energy;\n(4) Provide and operate broadband facilities and provide and use the broadband services described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (8.1) of Code Section 46-3-171;\n(5) Furnish on a nondiscriminatory basis the broadband services described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (8.1) of Code Section 46-3-171;\n(6) Form, fund, support, and operate a broadband affiliate, directly or indirectly, contingent upon compliance with Code Sections 46-5-163 and 46-3-200.2; and\n(7) Engage in any lawful act or activity necessary or convenient to effect the foregoing purposes.","path":["TITLE 46 Public Utilities and Public Transportation","CHAPTER 3 Electrical Service","Article 4 Electric Membership Corporations and Foreign Electric Cooperatives","PART 2 Corporate Purposes and Powers"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.46.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"7c411b8f6698534cb84e76618fd414bb7b1ae7755be3ea95be0b9936b231b568","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-3-182","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-46-3-200.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}