Power Out Map
– 0% of Marion out 0 customers out in Georgia

Power outage history

Marion County Georgia

6.5hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025

95th most of 156 in Georgia close to the national median

Worst outage on record Hurricane Irma · Sep 11, 2017 52% of customers out · 90% back in 39 hours
Hours without power, average customer per year 6.5h / yr State average 6.7 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 5.6 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 2hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 3.0days Hurricane Irma, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 33% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2018 9.3 hours without power, average customer
Electricity customers 3,995 ORNL customer model · 8 well-covered years

Every day since 2015

Eleven years, one night at a time

Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Marion's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
0%100% of customers out

Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

2018 was the worst well-recorded year, at 9.3 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Marion, hours without power per customer

MarionUS median countyGeorgia average
0 10 20 30 2.2 ’15 1.4 ’16 24 ’17 9.3 ’18 3.7 ’19 8.0 ’20 3.5 ’21 5.0 ’22 7.4 ’23 9.1 ’24 5.7 ’25 GA 6.7 US 6.6

The record

The biggest outages since 2015

Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.

Began Storm Peak out Share Lasted 90% restored Customer-hours
Sep 11, 2017 Hurricane Irma 2,076 52% 3.0 d 39 h 81k
Oct 10, 2018 Hurricane Michael 1,222 31% 45 h 29 h 22k
Dec 18, 2023 No storm report 2,283 57% 3.5 h 2.8 h 4.8k
Sep 20, 2020 No storm report 1,110 28% 8.2 h 8.2 h 4.7k
Jan 9, 2024 Thunderstorms 1,228 31% 12 h 4.5 h 4.6k
Jun 23, 2017 No storm report 1,503 38% 2.8 h 2.5 h 4.0k
Jun 25, 2023 No storm report 625 16% 10 h 9.0 h 3.8k
Aug 18, 2024 Thunderstorms 663 17% 10 h 10 h 3.7k
May 22, 2020 No storm report 1,068 27% 6.8 h 4.0 h 3.7k
Feb 12, 2019 Thunderstorms 652 16% 11 h 8.8 h 3.6k
Sep 16, 2020 Hurricane Sally 906 23% 16 h 4.0 h 3.1k
May 18, 2024 No storm report 1,694 42% 2.8 h 2.5 h 3.1k

After the peak

How fast the lights come back

Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% peak+24h+48h+72h+96h half back by +4h 90% by +10h

When it happens

The outage clock

Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.

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What was happening

Weather behind the outages

Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Marion from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • No storm on record 67%
  • Tropical storm 17%
  • Thunderstorms 16%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Marion

As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Georgia territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.

Utility Type Outage min / yr Excl. major storms Outages / yr Residential ¢/kWh Customers
Georgia Power Co Investor Owned 287 155 1.83 16.3 2.5M
Flint Electric Membership Corp Cooperative 151 101 1.22 13.4 85k
Sumter Electric Member Corp Cooperative 159 134 – 14.6 15k

EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.

Next door

Neighbouring counties

Across Georgia

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

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About these numbers

Notes

Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 3,995 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →