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GEORGIA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
GEORGIA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION (EIN 58-2231201)
Tax period
2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed
2016-08-10
IRS object ID
201642239349301749
Schema version
2015v2.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header ReturnHeader

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Return2016-08-10T07:22:22-07:00ReturnTs
Tax Period End2015-12-31TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type990ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin2015-01-01TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN582231201EIN

Business Name BusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1GEORGIA TRANSMISSION CORPORATIONBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name ControlGEORBusinessNameControlTxt
Phone7702707625PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line12100 East Exchange PlaceAddressLine1Txt
CityTuckerCityNm
State AbbreviationGAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP30084ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonDale CooperPersonNm
Person TitleAssistant ControllerPersonTitleTxt
Phone7702707625PhoneNum
Signature2016-08-10SignatureDt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Tax2015TaxYr
Build TS2016-12-15 16:53:06ZBuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Principal OfficerR Dale Cooper IIIPrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1Georgia Transmission CorporationAddressLine1Txt
Address Line22100 East Exchange PlaceAddressLine2Txt
CityTuckerCityNm
State AbbreviationGAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP30084ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts$281,395,035GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates0GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501cYes (X)Organization501cInd
Website Addresswww.gatrans.comWebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization CorpYes (X)TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation1996FormationYr
Legal Domicile StateGALegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or MissionTransmission of ElectricityActivityOrMissionDesc
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CY Investment Income$11,628,213CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
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CY Other Revenue$0CYOtherRevenueAmt
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CY Total Revenue$281,395,035CYTotalRevenueAmt
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CY Grants And Similar Paid$0CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
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CY Benefits Paid To Members$15,081,338CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid$23,144,808PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
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Significant Change0SignificantChangeInd
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Political Campaign Acty0PoliticalCampaignActyInd
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Conservation Easements0ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art0CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling0CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments0TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building EquipmentYes (1)ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec0ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst0ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets0ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other LiabilitiesYes (1)ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 FootnoteYes (1)IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl StmtYes (1)IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt0ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating0SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office0ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities0ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org0MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
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Professional Fundraising0ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities0FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities0GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital0OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations0GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals0GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J RequiredYes (1)ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt BondsYes (1)TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds0InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account0EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer0OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Loan Outstanding0LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person0GrantToRelatedPersonInd
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Partial Liquidation0PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity0DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity0RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent0RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
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Schedule O RequiredYes (1)ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document116IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G0IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld ComplianceYes (1)BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee311EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns FiledYes (1)EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit0UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account0ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans0ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification0TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions0NondeductibleContributionsInd
Members And Shr Gross Income$267,348,878MembersAndShrGrossIncomeAmt
Other Sources Gross Income$16,205,319OtherSourcesGrossIncomeAmt
Indoor Tanning Services0IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
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Change To Org Documents0ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse0MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or StockholdersYes (1)MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board MembersYes (1)ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To ApprovaYes (1)DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing BodyYes (1)MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of CommitteesYes (1)MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address0OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters0LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn BodyYes (1)Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest PolicyYes (1)ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered PrsnYes (1)AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring EnfrcYes (1)RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower PolicyYes (1)WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention PolicyYes (1)DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEOYes (1)CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process OtherYes (1)CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture0InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Own WebsiteYes (X)OwnWebsiteInd
Upon RequestYes (X)UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
PersonR Dale Cooper III CPAPersonNm
Phone7702707625PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Address Line22100 East Exchange PlaceAddressLine2Txt
CityTuckerCityNm
State AbbreviationGAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP300845336ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (26 entries)

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Raphael Brumbeloe
Director10Yes (X)$0$0$8,100
Gary Drake
Director0.50Yes (X)$0$0$8,100
David Dunaway
Director10Yes (X)$0$0$6,900
Charles Fendley
Director50Yes (X)$0$0$17,640
Michael Goodroe
Director20Yes (X)$0$0$8,900
Otis Jones
Director30Yes (X)$0$0$10,700
Ronnie Lee
Director20Yes (X)$0$0$8,200
Robert L Lewis
Director20Yes (X)$0$0$9,300
Steve Rawl
Director20Yes (X)$0$0$11,400
Jill Tietjen
Director40Yes (X)$0$0$26,400
Tony Tucker
Director30Yes (X)$0$0$8,200
Jack Waters
Director50Yes (X)$0$0$10,000
Everett Williams
Director20Yes (X)$0$0$9,300
Jerry Donovan
President, CEO400$431,126$0$91,017Yes (X)
Keith Daniel
Vice President400$265,797$0$83,734Yes (X)
Barbara Hampton
CFO400$382,715$0$96,513Yes (X)
Thomas Parker
Vice President400$234,463$0$91,214Yes (X)
Russ Schussler
Vice President400$231,696$0$91,008Yes (X)
David Van Winkle
Vice President400$235,993$0$83,504Yes (X)
John Raese
Vice President400$233,273$0$84,734Yes (X)
Angela Sheffield
Vice President400$221,059$0$82,053Yes (X)
Anne Hicks
General Counsel400$221,027$0$70,817Yes (X)Yes (X)
Lynn Huffines
Controller400$222,750$0$72,546Yes (X)Yes (X)
Angela Farsee
Manager, Human Resources400$202,238$0$69,030Yes (X)Yes (X)
David Revill
Manager, Cyber Security400$205,765$0$51,045Yes (X)Yes (X)
Angela Battle
Manager, Transmission Projects400$193,107$0$51,191Yes (X)Yes (X)
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Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K147IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed0FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 KYes (1)TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs0CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

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Georgia System Operations Corporation
2100 East Exchange PlaceTuckerGA30084Shared Services and Control Center Operations$30,390,450
Aubrey Silvey Construction
371 Hamp Jones RdCarrolltonGA30117Construction Services$7,619,335
Pike Electric Inc
PO Box 1000 Dept 517MemphisTN381480517Construction Services$6,628,303
Irby Construction Co
817 S State StJacksonMS39201Engineering Services$3,543,948
Service Electric Company
PO Box 3656ChattanoogaTN37404Maintenance Services$2,585,6181631 East 25th Street
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K213CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Total Contributions$0TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

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Transmission Rental Income221000$28,646,499$28,646,499$0$0
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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue$269,766,822TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

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Total Revenue Column$11,628,213TotalRevenueColumnAmt
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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt

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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt

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Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

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Real$0RealAmt
Personal$0PersonalAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

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Securities$0SecuritiesAmt
Other$0OtherAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total$0OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Unrelated Business Revenue$0UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion$0ExclusionAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$15,081,338TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,663,117TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$16,199,945TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$4,888,244TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,275,299TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$346,149TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$13,658,782TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$990,369TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$3,398,087TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$2,006,746TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$199,765TotalAmt

Interest InterestGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$71,515,146TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$67,759,172TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,037,839TotalAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDescTotalTotalAmt
Transmission Reservations/Control Center Expenses$12,502,244
Property/Income Taxes$19,840,254
Parity Expense$22,752,527
GSOC SS/OPS charges$23,952,795

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$1,327,217TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$281,395,035TotalAmt
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Management And General$0ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising$0FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$40,610,878BOYAmt
EOY$44,251,682EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

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BOY$28,456,455BOYAmt
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Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$15,117,533BOYAmt
EOY$14,171,768EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$243,183,160BOYAmt
EOY$263,970,075EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss$2,879,010,409LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec$843,528,272LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,921,497,998BOYAmt
EOY$2,035,482,137EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

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BOY$0BOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$24,787,246BOYAmt
EOY$24,928,173EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,273,653,270BOYAmt
EOY$2,411,972,779EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$260,997,687BOYAmt
EOY$281,951,859EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$78,158BOYAmt
EOY$65,132EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$94,465,000BOYAmt
EOY$94,465,000EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$1,657,268,428BOYAmt
EOY$1,760,178,206EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$6,728,208BOYAmt
EOY$6,115,455EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,019,537,481BOYAmt
EOY$2,142,775,652EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$254,115,789BOYAmt
EOY$269,197,127EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$0BOYAmt
EOY$0EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$254,115,789BOYAmt
EOY$269,197,127EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
BOY$2,273,653,270BOYAmt
EOY$2,411,972,779EOYAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XIYes (X)InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss$0ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst$0NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense$0InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments$0PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets$15,081,338OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting AccrualYes (X)MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review0AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Land LandGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$345,888,960InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value$345,888,960BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$134,094,227InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$54,497,103DepreciationAmt
Book Value$79,597,124BookValueAmt

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$0InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$0DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$2,276,291,212InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$786,152,002DepreciationAmt
Book Value$1,490,139,210BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis$122,736,010InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis$0OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$2,879,167DepreciationAmt
Book Value$119,856,843BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$2,035,482,137TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (3 entries)

DescDescAmtAmt
Accumulated Provision for Benefits$1,564,032
Deferred Hedge Settlement$3,830,695
Gain on Bonds$720,728
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Liability$6,115,455TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$281,395,035TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst$0NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Recoveries Prior Year Grants$0RecoveriesPriorYearGrantsAmt
Other Revenue$0OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$0RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$281,395,035RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$0InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included$0OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$281,395,035TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$266,313,697TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$0DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Prior Year Adjustments$0PriorYearAdjustmentsAmt
Losses Reported$0LossesReportedAmt
Other Expenses Included$0OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$0ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$266,313,697ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$0InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included$15,081,338OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$15,081,338ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$281,395,035TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule D, Part X, Line 2Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 - Schedule D, Part X, Line 2 - The FASB issued new guidance on Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. GTC adopted this new guidance for the year ended December 31, 2009. Management has examined GTC's tax positions and concluded that GTC has taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustments to the financial statements to comply with the provisions of this guidance. GTC is generally not subject to income tax examinations by federal, state or local tax authorities for years before 2012.
Schedule D, Part XII, Line 4bThe amount represents the financial reporting net income that is reflected as patronage capital "paid" for 2015. The amount represents the financial reporting net income that is reflected as patronage capital "paid" for 2015.

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Discretionary Spending AcctYes (X)DiscretionarySpendingAcctInd
Written Policy Ref T And E ExpnssYes (1)WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation RequiredYes (1)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Severance Payment0SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan0SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm0EquityBasedCompArrngmInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (26 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtBonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmountBonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmtOther Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmtOther Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmtDeferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmtDeferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmtComp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmtComp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
Raphael Brumbeloe
Director$8,100$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$8,100$0$0$0
Gary Drake
Director$8,100$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$8,100$0$0$0
David Dunaway
Director$6,900$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$6,900$0$0$0
Charles Fendley
Director$17,640$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$17,640$0$0$0
Michael Goodroe
Director$8,900$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$8,900$0$0$0
Otis Jones
Director$10,700$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$10,700$0$0$0
Ronnie Lee
Director$8,200$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$8,200$0$0$0
Robert L Lewis
Director$9,300$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$9,300$0$0$0
Steve Rawl
Director$11,400$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$11,400$0$0$0
Jill Tietjen
Director$26,400$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$26,400$0$0$0
Tony Tucker
Director$8,200$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$8,200$0$0$0
Jack Waters
Director$10,000$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$10,000$0$0$0
Everett Williams
Director$9,300$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$9,300$0$0$0
Jerry Donovan
President, CEO$382,174$0$15,000$0$33,953$0$68,165$0$22,852$0$522,144$0$0$0
Keith Daniel
Vice President$253,013$0$0$0$12,784$0$50,772$0$32,962$0$349,531$0$0$0
Barbara Hampton
CFO$359,946$0$0$0$22,769$0$65,320$0$31,194$0$479,229$0$0$0
Thomas Parker
Vice President$221,347$0$0$0$13,116$0$50,741$0$22,474$0$307,678$0$0$0
Russ Schussler
Vice President$222,655$0$0$0$9,041$0$50,919$0$31,089$0$313,704$0$0$0
David Van Winkle
Vice President$226,543$0$0$0$9,450$0$50,723$0$32,781$0$319,497$0$0$0
John Raese
Vice President$223,044$0$0$0$10,228$0$51,761$0$32,973$0$318,006$0$0$0
Angela Sheffield
Vice President$213,065$0$0$0$7,994$0$51,551$0$30,502$0$303,112$0$0$0
Anne Hicks
General Counsel$219,366$0$0$0$1,661$0$41,150$0$29,668$0$291,845$0$0$0
Lynn Huffines
Controller$218,698$0$0$0$4,052$0$50,139$0$22,407$0$295,296$0$0$0
Angela Farsee
Manager, Human Resources$197,008$0$0$0$5,230$0$46,035$0$22,995$0$271,268$0$0$0
David Revill
Manager, Cyber Security$165,662$0$8,150$0$31,952$0$39,865$0$11,181$0$256,810$0$0$0
Angela Battle
Manager, Transmission Projects$175,254$0$0$0$17,853$0$40,309$0$10,881$0$244,297$0$0$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1aAll Georgia Transmission Corporation officers and qualifying associates are eligible to receive a car allowance. The amount ranges from $6000 to $12000. Amounts received are not grossed up for income tax purposes and the respective amount is reflected in box 1, Form W-2 for each individual receiving an allowance. Car allowances are reviewed annually. With respect to the actual car allowance, no documentation is required to be presented to receive the allowance other than required Board approval. Mileage reimbursement is, however, required to be substantiated prior to receipt of funds. Reimbursement is obtained through submission of an authorized Expense Report.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 3Georgia Transmission Corporation ("GTC") has a compensation committee that is a subset of the Board of Directors. GTC's CEO salary is market reviewed annually and submitted by Human Resources to the committee for approval. The committee would then present the salary increase recommendation to the Board of Directors for final approval.

Schedule K IRS990ScheduleK

Tax Exempt Bonds Issues TaxExemptBondsIssuesGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Bond ReferenceABondReferenceCd

Issuer Name IssuerName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1Development Authority of Burke CountyBusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2Georgia Transmission Corporation Vogtle ProjectBusinessNameLine2Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
CUSIP121342NL9CUSIPNum
Bond Issued2012-04-01BondIssuedDt
Issue Price$94,465,000IssuePriceAmt
PurposePollution Control Revenue BondsPurposeDesc
Defeased0DefeasedInd
On Behalf Of Issuer0OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Pool Financing0PoolFinancingInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Proceeds TaxExemptBondsProceedsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Bond ReferenceABondReferenceCd
Retired$0RetiredAmt
Bond Defeased$0BondDefeasedAmt
Total Proceeds$94,465,000TotalProceedsAmt
In Reserve Fund$0InReserveFundAmt
Capitalized Interest$0CapitalizedInterestAmt
Refunding Escrow$0RefundingEscrowAmt
Issuance Costs From Proceeds$0IssuanceCostsFromProceedsAmt
Credit Enhancement$0CreditEnhancementAmt
Working Capital Expenditures$0WorkingCapitalExpendituresAmt
Capital Expenditures$0CapitalExpendituresAmt
Other Spent Proceeds$0OtherSpentProceedsAmt
Unspent$0UnspentAmt
Current RefundingYes (1)CurrentRefundingInd
Advance Refunding0AdvanceRefundingInd
Final Allocation MadeYes (1)FinalAllocationMadeInd
Adequate Books And Rec MaintYes (1)AdequateBooksAndRecMaintInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Private Bus Use TaxExemptBondsPrivateBusUseGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Bond ReferenceABondReferenceCd
Owning Bond Financed Property0OwningBondFinancedPropertyInd
Any Lease Arrangements0AnyLeaseArrangementsInd
Mgmt Contract Bond Fincd Prop0MgmtContractBondFincdPropInd
Any Research Agreements0AnyResearchAgreementsInd
Private Bus Use By Others0PrivateBusUseByOthersPct
Private Bus Concerning UBI0PrivateBusConcerningUBIPct
Total Private Business Use0TotalPrivateBusinessUsePct
Bond Iss Meet Prvt Sec Pymt Test0BondIssMeetPrvtSecPymtTestInd
Change In Use Bond Financed Prop0ChangeInUseBondFinancedPropInd
Procs Nonqualified Bond Remdtd0ProcsNonqualifiedBondRemdtdInd

Tax Exempt Bonds Arbitrage TaxExemptBondsArbitrageGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Bond ReferenceABondReferenceCd
Form8038 T Filed0Form8038TFiledInd
Rebate Not Due Yet0RebateNotDueYetInd
Exception To Rebate0ExceptionToRebateInd
No Rebate Due0NoRebateDueInd
Variable Rate IssueYes (1)VariableRateIssueInd
Hedge Identified In Bks And Rec0HedgeIdentifiedInBksAndRecInd
Gross Proceeds Invested In GIC0GrossProceedsInvestedInGICInd
Gross Proceeds Invested0GrossProceedsInvestedInd
Written Proc To Monitor Reqs0WrittenProcToMonitorReqsInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6Georgia Transmission Corporation ("GTC") is a tax exempt 501(c)(12) entity whose membership consists of 38 EMCs in the state of Georgia and Oglethorpe Power Corporation, a Not for Profit Electric Membership Corporation.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7aThe corporation has members who elect members of the governing body as provided for in its bylaws
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7bCertain decisions of the governing body are subject to approval by members as provided for in its bylaws
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11bThe preparer is a licensed CPA in the state of Georgia. Information is accumulated from the GTC financial statements and supporting detail for the respective tax year. Form 990 is prepared and documented accordingly. A draft of form 990 is reviewed by two additional CPA's, one internal to GTC and one external to GTC. All comments from the review process are documented, addressed and if appropriate, any necessary changes are made to the Form 990. Once changes are made, the draft form 990 is discussed with the reviewer to ensure all review points are cleared. A draft copy of the Form 990 is also submitted to and discussed with the Board. Any subsequent comments and requested changes will be reviewed and addressed accordingly. The final version of the Form 990 will be e-filed.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12cGeorgia Transmission Corporation ("GTC") maintains a corporate policy that provides guidelines and standards for the employees and directors of GTC to avoid conflicts of interest or any appearance of conflicts of interest, so that the affairs of GTC may be carried out in a businesslike and ethical manner. At time of hiring, all employees are required to review this policy and sign an acknowledgement that they have received and understand the policy. To ensure continued compliance with this policy, GTC Internal Audit coordinates the mail out and receipt of questionnaires annually to all associates and board members, which require these individuals to disclose any potential conflicts of interest. An audit is performed of all disclosures to determine whether an actual conflict of interests exists and what actions need to be taken, Results of the audit are reported to the Audit committee of the Board.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15Georgia Transmission Corporation ("GTC") has a compensation committee that is a subset of the Board of Directors. GTC's CEO salary is market reviewed annually and submitted by Human Resources to the committee for approval. The committee would then present the salary increase recommendation to the Board of Directors for final approval.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19Currently, Georgia Transmission Corporation publishes its financial statements in pdf format on its website, www.gatrans.com Any governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available on the intercompany document retrieval system, but are available upon request by the general public.
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9amount represents the financial reporting net income that is reflected as patronage capital "paid" for 2015 to the members. For financial reporting purposes, the amount is not yet distributed.