Historic Cobb EMC settlement approved
Cobb County Superior Court Judge Steve Schuster signed a historic $100 million settlement Tuesday morning between the Cobb Electric Membership Corporation and hundreds of thousands of members, both past and present.
The settlement brings to rest a lawsuit that started in 2010 and alleged that the EMC had not paid its members dividends in about 40 years. The settlement payments to members ranges from the Cobb County School Board’s $1.8 million to individual residents who receive $15 or $20.
All members were given the choice of taking a larger amount spread over 20 years, or a single payout.
“Whoever thought this day would come,” Schuster said before signing the settlement.
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Dan Klepal is editor of the local government team, supervising nine reporters covering county and municipal governments and metro Atlanta. Klepal came to the AJC in 2012, after a long career covering city halls in Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky. He has covered Gwinnett and Cobb counties before spending three years on the investigative team.
