Since 1902, the City of Covington has been providing electricity to the homes and businesses of our community. In addition to standard electric services, such as security lighting, we also offer services such as energy audits and surge protection. For more details on our products and services call Customer Service at 770-385-2075.
      The City of Covington is a member of MEAG (Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia) Power, a joint action agency comprised of 48 municipalities across the state that generate and distributes electricity to publicly owned systems.       The City sells electricity at competitive rates and because we are here in the community, we can respond trouble calls and outages quickly. Revenue generated from the utility department is used to upgrade and expand
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the entire City's services, thus keeping the tax rate low. We have no stockholders to pay dividends to, so the revenue is reinvested back into Covington and Newton County.

Surge Protectors
   The City of Covington offers a varity of home surge protection including meter base protection. For more infomation on       these products and other products we offer please contact us at (770) 385-2075.
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Residential Basic Rates are as follows:
Residential service (Schedule "R500", 120/240 volts, single phase).
Availability:
Available within the city's electrical service territory in areas not within the service corridors of any other electrical utility.
    Applicability:
Applicable only to service used for residential lighting, heating, refrigeration, and incidental power, when supplied through one (1) meter to each individual residence or apartment unit.
Rate:
June through September billing cycle
Base charge--------------------------------------------$8.45
First 300 kWh per billing cycle--------------5.831 cents/kWh
Next 700 kWh per billing cycle---------------8.759 cents/kWh
Over 1000 kWh per billing cycle-------------10.018 cents/kWh
October through May billing cycle
Base charge--------------------------------------------$8.45
First 300 kWh per billing cycle---------------5.831 cents/kWh
Next 700 kWh per billing cycle----------------7.506 cents/kWh
Over 1000 kWh per billing cycle---------------5.665 cents/kWh
      To the bill will be added a power cost adjustment (PCA) charge per kWh, which will be equal to the budgeted cost of power from all sources as determined by the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG) for the current year, less the base amount of 4.8343 cents per kWh, multiplied by the kWh used during the current billing period.
     For additional information on these rates as well as commercial and industrial rates please contact us at (770) 385-2075.