UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

December 3, 2007

Oglethorpe Power Corporation

(An Electric Membership Corporation)

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

GEORGIA
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

33-7591
(Commission
File Number)

58-1211925
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

2100 East Exchange Place
Tucker, Georgia
(Address of principal executive offices)

30084-5336
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(770) 270-7600

None

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02. Appointment of Certain Officers.

On December 3, 2007, Oglethorpe appointed Brian Prevost, age 51, as Oglethorpe’s Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer). Mr. Prevost will begin serving in that capacity in January 2008. For the last seven years, Mr. Prevost has been the Manager of Audit & Consulting for Georgia System Operations Corporation (“GSOC”), the corporation which provides system operation services and certain administrative support services, including internal audit services, to Oglethorpe. Oglethorpe, Georgia Transmission Corporation and the 38 members of Oglethorpe are members of GSOC.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


		OGLETHORPE POWER CORPORATION
		(AN ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION)



Date:	December 6, 2007	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Smith
			Thomas A. Smith
			President and Chief Executive Officer