It appears that the city of Covington will not have the opportunity to purchase excess power from Marietta as the other city has rethought its offer to sell some of its reserve capacity. According to a December memo to the mayor and council from Covington Utility Director Bill Meecham, the city's plan to acquire 15 megawatts of base load capacity from Marietta, a Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia member, has fallen through since Marietta rethought its future power needs. As a member of MEAG, Covington would have taken part in the negotiations along with other MEAG cities.