MEAG Power, Participant & Public Power News

Spring 2026

Participant News & Information

SYLVANIA

Preciball USA plans to invest $17.6 million in a new production facility in Sylvania, creating 65 new jobs over the next several years. The company designs and manufactures precision and industrial balls for industrial use. Its products are used in applications such as bearings, pumps, valves, swivel joints, and more.

ACWORTH

Wellstar Health System plans a new 230-bed hospital in Acworth. The proposed Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center at Acworth would be an eight-story, 675,000-square-foot facility with 70 emergency department bays and eight operating rooms. The proposed $1 billion hospital would also create more than 1,500 healthcare and related jobs.

THOMASVILLE

Plantation Pine Products, a Georgia-based, family-owned sawmill company is investing $22 million in a facility in Thomasville. The facility is scheduled to open in 2027 and generate up to 100 jobs.

LAGRANGE

LaGrange is the #1 micropolitan in Georgia and 16th in the country. The city offers excellent benefits, including no city tax, highly skilled labor, competitive utilities, generous incentives and a history of local cooperation that has attracted a diversity of domestic and international enterprises intent on locating in a growing, business-friendly community.

Did You Know?

On average, public power customers pay between $100 and $320 less per year for electricity than customers served by investor-owned utilities.

MEAG Power Delivered Energy

  • 58% Nuclear
  • 4% Hydro
  • 16% Gas
  • 12% Coal
  • 10% Net Purchases

62% Non-Emitting*

*12-month rolling average, as of March 2026

Pineview Solar Update

The facility is generating test energy and working towards a commercial operation date in the near future.