Generation Partners

Generate your own power through GPS Generation Partners

Homes and businesses that participate in Green Power Switch® (GPS)  are doing something good for the environment. North Georgia EMC, in partnership with TVA, offers members an additional opportunity to help protect the environment—a program called Green Power Switch Generation Partners.

GPS Generation Partners provides technical support and incentives for the installation of renewable generation systems of up to 50 kilowatts. The program makes more green power available for GPS subscribers, and it creates a market for green power generation by homeowners and businesses.

Here’s how the program works:

  • Customers should contact NGEMC to apply for participation in the program prior to purchasing a renewable generation system. 
  • A renewable generation system is installed by a residential, commercial, or industrial power customer served by a participatin g power company of TVA power. Eligible resources include solar, wind, low impact hydro, and biomass.
  • TVA will purchase all of the green energy output at a rate of 12 cents per kilowatt-hour for solar and 3 cents per kilowatt-hour for other renewable generation as a premium payment above the retail rate and any fuel cost adjustments. For example, if you pay your power company 10 cents per kWh for the electricity you use to your power your home each month, then TVA will pay you 22 cents (10 cents plus a 12 cent guaranteed premium) per kWh for 100% of the green energy generated from your solar photovoltaic system. Moreover, a 2 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) installation in the Valley averages 200 kWh per month or roughly $44 per month Generation Credit: 200kWh X $0.22/kWh (average retail rate of $0.10 + solar premium $0.12) = $44 
  • All new Generation Partners participants will receive a $1,000 incentive to help offset start-up costs. 
  • The participating power company will provide monthly statements showing the energy used and any credit due. Power bills will be reconciled either monthly or annually, at the discretion of the participating power company. Energy consumed at the home or business, whether it is generated at the site or delivered over the local power distribution system, is billed at the standard rate.
  • The customer is guaranteed payments for 10 years from the start of the agreement with the local power company.

Learn more at TVA's Green Power Switch Generation Partners Web page. If you have more questions about GPS Generation Partners, please call NGEMC and ask for Energy Services


Federal renewable energy tax credits
Federal tax credits are available on qualifying farm, residential and business solar and wind energy systems. Visit these Web sites:

Stimulus details online
  • Energy Star is the place to find details about the federal stimulus bill tax credits
  • The Database of State Incentivesfor Renewables & Efficiency offers detailed explanations of qualifying upgrades for federal residential energy-efficiency tax credits and for the federal residential renewable energy tax credit.
  • The State of Georgia Stimulus Accountability page shows stimulus spending in Georgia.
  • Official federal Web site for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
  • USAspending.gov  is where you can see where your federal funds go.