Electric Department

The City of Quitman owns and operates its own electric system, which makes Quitman a public power community. The city buys wholesale power through MEAG Power, a joint action agency that serves Georgia’s public power cities, and the Electric Department delivers that power to homes and businesses across our service area. City crews build and maintain the power lines, poles, transformers, and meters, restore service after outages and storms, connect new service, and look after the city’s street lights. Because the system belongs to the city, the people who answer your outage call live and work right here in Quitman, and electric revenue stays local to support city services.

Electrical Tips and Safety

• Use outlets with Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters in bathrooms, garages, near kitchen sinks and outdoors
• Keep appliances away from bathtubs, puddles, sinks and wet hands.  Always unplug an appliance before cleaning.
• Never overload an outlet with multiple appliances
• If small children are present, put safety covers on all electrical outlets within their reach.
• Pull-on the plug head, never the cord.
• Never carry an appliance by its cord.
• Don’t run cords under rugs or furniture.