WALTON ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY (Two Cases)

320 Ga. 740

FINAL COPY S24G0314. WALTON ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION et al. v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY. S24G0318. NESTLE PURINA PETCARE COMPANY et al. v. GEORGIA POWER COMPANY. MCMILLIAN, Justice. In 2019, Nestle Purina Petcare Company attempted to switch its electric supplier for its wet-food manufacturing and distribution facility in Hartwell, Georgia from Georgia Power Company to Walton Electric Membership Corporation. Georgia Power objected under the Territorial Electric Service Act, OCGA § 46-3-1 et seq. (“Territorial Act”), asserting that it had the right to continue servicing the…