Kennesaw, Ga. – Town Center Mall was forced to close its doors after becoming “highly delinquent” on its Georgia Power bills, according to the service provider.
What we know:
Georgia Power says Town Center Mall hasn’t paid its bills in months and hasn’t taken advantage of “numerous solutions to assist them” from being disconnected from their services.
The Cobb County mall was closed Tuesday as a result.
Georgia Power issued the following statement to FOX 5 Atlanta:
“We work with Georgia Power customers every day to address past due bills and make payment arrangements to avoid disconnection, which is always a last resort for our company. In this case, we’ve tried to work with Town Center Mall for many months and have provided numerous solutions to assist them in avoiding disconnection. Unfortunately, any customer that is highly delinquent in paying their bills ultimately has a negative impact for all of our customers so, while we will continue to work with the customer and are hopeful a payment will be made, we can no longer continue to extend the grace period. We provided advance notice regarding this disconnection to mall management, as well as tenants, by delivering letters in person and placing signage onsite. We also made key community leaders aware.”