Georgia Code
Part 1 - Allocation of Territorial Rights to Electric Suppliers
§ 46-3-5. Assignment of Geographic Areas Within Municipal Limits as of March 29, 1973

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of Code Section 46-3-8, all geographic areas inside the corporate limits of every municipality, as such limits existed on March 29, 1973, are assigned to the primary supplier, subject to the rights and restrictions applying to electric suppliers owning lines therein, as follows: Based upon the location of all electric suppliers’ lines therein on March 29, 1973, every secondary supplier shall have the exclusive right to extend and continue furnishing service to new premises locating therein at least partially within 300 feet of its line and wholly more than 300 feet from the lines of every other electric supplier; and shall have the right, if chosen by the consumer utilizing such premises, to extend and continue furnishing service to new premises locating therein at least partially within 300 feet of both its lines and the lines of any other electric supplier; but shall not otherwise have the right, unless so agreed by the primary supplier and by any other secondary supplier whose lines are located at least partially within 300 feet thereof and the consumer utilizing such premises, to extend and continue furnishing service to any other premises locating therein, which shall be the exclusive right of the primary supplier or such other secondary supplier, if such be the case.
History. Ga. L. 1974, p. 200, § 5; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 46.

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation

Chapter 3 - Electrical Service

Article 1 - Generation and Distribution of Electricity Generally

Part 1 - Allocation of Territorial Rights to Electric Suppliers

§ 46-3-1. Short Title

§ 46-3-2. Legislative Findings and Declaration of Policy

§ 46-3-3. Definitions

§ 46-3-4. Assignment or Declaration as Unassigned Areas-B of Geographic Areas Outside Municipal Limits as of March 29, 1973

§ 46-3-5. Assignment of Geographic Areas Within Municipal Limits as of March 29, 1973

§ 46-3-6. Assignment and Unassignment of Geographic Areas Included Within Wholly New Municipalities After March 29, 1973

§ 46-3-7. Assignment and Unassignment of Geographic Areas Annexed to Municipalities After March 29, 1973

§ 46-3-8. Exceptions, Grandfather Rights, and Other Rights

§ 46-3-9. Limitation on Power of Electric Membership Corporations to Furnish Service Within Municipalities

§ 46-3-10. Limitation on Power of Electric Suppliers to Condemn Property of Other Electric Suppliers

§ 46-3-11. Application by Electric Supplier of Discriminatory Rates, Charges, or Service Rules or Regulations; Prohibited Acts by Electric Suppliers Generally

§ 46-3-12. Jurisdiction of Commission Over Electric Membership Corporations

§ 46-3-13. Enforcement of Part by Commission

§ 46-3-14. Effect of Part on Municipal Police Powers Over Erection and Maintenance of Electric Wires, Poles, and Other Facilities of Electric Suppliers in Streets, Alleys, and Public Ways

§ 46-3-15. Effect of Part on Charges of Public Utilities Owned or Operated by Counties or Municipalities