The Georgia Power Heritage Preservation Club
Georgia Power has already responded several times this winter to restore power during winter weather events.
Heritage Preservation Club to hear about birth of storm restoration
Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 — Ken Cormany, who chaired the early 1970s committee that drew the blueprints for Georgia Power's Storm Evaluation and Restoration Procedures (SERP) program, will speak to the Feb. 15 quarterly meeting of the Georgia Power Heritage Preservation Club.
 Ken Cormany |
| 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15 Arkwright Auditorium 241 Ralph McGill |
Cormany joined Georgia Power as a clerk in Summerville in 1950 after a tour in the military, completing a degree at Georgia Tech, and stints as a radio engineer, disc jockey and briefly as a TVA employee. Some of his career milestones include being the first employee assigned full-time to employee training, serving as Rome Division manager, and general manager of transmission, distribution and telecommunications. He also served as vice president of the unit that became Southern Electric International and was later spun off as Mirant.
Cormany recalls a January 1973 ice storm that left customers in much of Atlanta and north Georgia without power for as much as three weeks. As a result, he was assigned to chair a committee that would study overall storm procedures for both Georgia Power and other utilities. The result was a report that set the framework for the company's present-day SERP response.
Cormany retired in 1987 after 37 years with Georgia Power and now lives in Rome, where he recently celebrated his 61st anniversary with his wife, Susan.
The Georgia Power Heritage Preservation Club Luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 15, in the Arkwright Auditorium at 241 Ralph McGill. Lunch will be provided to the first 80 guests.
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