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Power outage history
Georgia
6.7hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 19th of 51.
Electricity customers 5,418,067 Across 159 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2024 24 hours without power, average customer
County by county
Where Georgia goes dark
Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.
Fewer hours64+ h / yr
Year by year
Hours in the dark, statewide
The record
Georgia's largest outages
Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2017 | Hurricane Irma | 1,291,216 | 23.8% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Hurricane Helene | 1,068,636 | 19.7% |
| Oct 29, 2020 | Hurricane Zeta | 948,799 | 17.5% |
| Jun 25, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 299,403 | 5.5% |
| Oct 10, 2018 | Hurricane Michael | 298,191 | 5.5% |
| Aug 30, 2023 | Hurricane Idalia | 295,492 | 5.5% |
| Oct 7, 2016 | Hurricane Matthew | 281,915 | 5.2% |
| Feb 16, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 273,607 | 5.1% |
| Dec 8, 2017 | Winter storm | 258,358 | 4.8% |
| Jul 20, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 252,520 | 4.7% |
| Jun 7, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 247,702 | 4.6% |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 222,969 | 4.1% |
| Jan 3, 2022 | Windstorm | 211,527 | 3.9% |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 211,395 | 3.9% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 190,846 | 3.5% |
| Apr 13, 2020 | Tornadoes | 184,910 | 3.4% |
| Jan 12, 2023 | Tornadoes | 126,910 | 2.3% |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Winter storm | 125,057 | 2.3% |
| Feb 17, 2015 | Ice storm | 122,761 | 2.3% |
| Jan 10, 2025 | Winter storm | 120,849 | 2.2% |
Every county
All 159 counties
| County | Hours / yr | Major outages since 2018 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson | 59 | 121 | 4,283 |
| Jeff Davis | 45 | 28 | 8,107 |
| Appling | 40 | 49 | 9,991 |
| Taliaferro | 38 | 106 | 900 |
| Clay | 36 | 95 | 1,158 |
| Rabun | 35 | 70 | 10,115 |
| Johnson | 35 | 45 | 4,550 |
| Glascock | 35 | 55 | 1,689 |
| Jefferson | 34 | 21 | 8,747 |
| Gilmer | 33 | 89 | 17,004 |
| Warren | 33 | 68 | 2,705 |
| Lincoln | 33 | 73 | 4,071 |
| Tattnall | 31 | 53 | 7,806 |
| Evans | 30 | 65 | 4,456 |
| Pierce | 28 | 42 | 10,427 |
| Long | 28 | 79 | 5,091 |
| Lowndes | 27 | 5 | 70,771 |
| Bacon | 27 | 33 | 6,119 |
| Candler | 27 | 28 | 4,883 |
| Treutlen | 27 | 31 | 3,505 |
| Emanuel | 27 | 18 | 12,876 |
| Calhoun | 26 | 61 | 1,709 |
| McDuffie | 26 | 19 | 10,984 |
| Hancock | 25 | 101 | 4,461 |
| Tift | 25 | 16 | 24,544 |
| Montgomery | 24 | 21 | 4,636 |
| Coffee | 24 | 9 | 27,859 |
| Columbia | 23 | 9 | 66,977 |
| Baker | 23 | 163 | 1,190 |
| Irwin | 22 | 48 | 5,703 |
| Ware | 22 | 11 | 21,266 |
| Randolph | 21 | 46 | 2,312 |
| Berrien | 20 | 13 | 8,532 |
| Decatur | 19 | 28 | 15,925 |
| Toombs | 19 | 13 | 17,512 |
| Wayne | 18 | 18 | 16,057 |
| Quitman | 18 | 75 | 888 |
| McIntosh | 18 | 37 | 7,007 |
| Richmond | 17 | 1 | 117,219 |
| Pickens | 16 | 27 | 17,031 |
| Terrell | 16 | 45 | 3,865 |
| Washington | 15 | 28 | 10,974 |
| Webster | 15 | 85 | 988 |
| Charlton | 15 | 34 | 5,213 |
| Bulloch | 15 | 9 | 39,331 |
| Wilcox | 15 | 67 | 4,661 |
| Glynn | 15 | 13 | 40,392 |
| Echols | 15 | 22 | 2,019 |
| Grady | 14 | 17 | 15,452 |
| Effingham | 13 | 16 | 27,148 |
| Turner | 13 | 21 | 4,828 |
| Macon | 13 | 54 | 5,404 |
| Talbot | 12 | 87 | 2,895 |
| Brantley | 12 | 43 | 8,007 |
| Stewart | 12 | 55 | 1,952 |
| Chatham | 12 | 3 | 143,708 |
| Meriwether | 12 | 59 | 9,739 |
| Telfair | 11 | 11 | 8,161 |
| White | 11 | 16 | 19,687 |
| Brooks | 11 | 9 | 7,555 |
| Wilkes | 11 | 22 | 7,535 |
| Burke | 11 | 6 | 16,403 |
| Dade | 11 | 50 | 7,648 |
| Harris | 11 | 55 | 11,153 |
| Lumpkin | 10 | 19 | 19,256 |
| Clinch | 10 | 12 | 4,096 |
| Union | 9.8 | 56 | 12,567 |
| Bryan | 9.5 | 10 | 26,792 |
| Sumter | 9.2 | 13 | 13,979 |
| Camden | 9.1 | 12 | 24,470 |
| Colquitt | 9.1 | 10 | 26,516 |
| Lanier | 9.0 | 7 | 5,311 |
| Laurens | 9.0 | 5 | 24,434 |
| Mitchell | 8.9 | 20 | 12,078 |
| Liberty | 8.9 | 9 | 32,090 |
| Chattooga | 8.9 | 68 | 12,575 |
| Oglethorpe | 8.8 | 30 | 8,000 |
| Miller | 8.7 | 31 | 3,209 |
| Haralson | 8.4 | 15 | 16,395 |
| Dooly | 8.4 | 27 | 6,093 |
| Jones | 8.3 | 33 | 11,169 |
| Towns | 8.3 | 54 | 6,374 |
| Pulaski | 8.2 | 32 | 5,122 |
| Putnam | 8.1 | 53 | 10,183 |
| Wheeler | 8.1 | 4 | 5,211 |
| Polk | 8.0 | 17 | 19,098 |
| Cook | 7.9 | 7 | 9,902 |
| Seminole | 7.8 | 7 | 5,243 |
| Heard | 7.8 | 34 | 5,960 |
| Schley | 7.8 | 44 | 2,185 |
| Greene | 7.3 | 28 | 12,117 |
| Stephens | 7.1 | 9 | 16,529 |
| Banks | 6.8 | 10 | 11,560 |
| Bartow | 6.7 | 10 | 32,190 |
| Taylor | 6.6 | 36 | 4,224 |
| Marion | 6.5 | 45 | 3,995 |
| Habersham | 6.5 | 14 | 34,189 |
| Worth | 6.4 | 22 | 8,795 |
| Lee | 6.4 | 17 | 16,591 |
| Dawson | 6.2 | 10 | 18,801 |
| Fulton | 6.2 | 2 | 383,737 |
| Crawford | 6.2 | 37 | 7,075 |
| Ben Hill | 6.2 | 7 | 14,643 |
| Floyd | 6.1 | 9 | 47,505 |
| Pike | 6.0 | 40 | 10,373 |
| Twiggs | 5.8 | 29 | 3,412 |
| Murray | 5.7 | 21 | 21,085 |
| Jasper | 5.7 | 21 | 9,408 |
| DeKalb | 5.5 | 4 | 361,541 |
| Jenkins | 5.5 | 13 | 4,479 |
| Dodge | 5.4 | 11 | 7,951 |
| Fannin | 5.3 | 17 | 22,160 |
| Baldwin | 5.0 | 16 | 21,849 |
| Lamar | 5.0 | 25 | 12,486 |
| Bleckley | 4.9 | 11 | 5,492 |
| Gordon | 4.7 | 12 | 31,723 |
| Morgan | 4.7 | 20 | 16,571 |
| Coweta | 4.7 | 11 | 62,382 |
| Monroe | 4.6 | 22 | 18,899 |
| Hall | 4.0 | 6 | 97,219 |
| Clayton | 4.0 | 6 | 140,866 |
| Thomas | 4.0 | 5 | 36,396 |
| Wilkinson | 4.0 | 24 | 4,059 |
| Franklin | 3.8 | 7 | 18,696 |
| Butts | 3.7 | 13 | 14,787 |
| Catoosa | 3.7 | 8 | 34,782 |
| Elbert | 3.6 | 6 | 14,785 |
| Bibb | 3.5 | 8 | 81,732 |
| Madison | 3.3 | 12 | 20,879 |
| Hart | 3.3 | 8 | 18,626 |
| Gwinnett | 3.3 | 2 | 344,972 |
| Carroll | 3.2 | 3 | 70,666 |
| Clarke | 3.0 | 7 | 78,630 |
| Walker | 2.9 | 5 | 39,350 |
| Upson | 2.9 | 10 | 20,124 |
| Muscogee | 2.8 | 5 | 88,804 |
| Early | 2.8 | 1 | 6,214 |
| Peach | 2.6 | 9 | 18,688 |
| Douglas | 2.6 | 3 | 97,948 |
| Henry | 2.5 | 7 | 137,362 |
| Troup | 2.5 | 5 | 31,848 |
| Cherokee | 2.4 | 4 | 178,437 |
| Spalding | 2.3 | 3 | 32,004 |
| Rockdale | 2.3 | 5 | 56,753 |
| Newton | 2.2 | 8 | 49,305 |
| Cobb | 2.2 | 1 | 322,249 |
| Oconee | 2.1 | 10 | 36,796 |
| Paulding | 2.1 | 2 | 111,785 |
| Walton | 2.1 | 2 | 63,040 |
| Fayette | 2.1 | 7 | 88,729 |
| Whitfield | 2.0 | 4 | 71,130 |
| Jackson | 1.7 | 2 | 63,033 |
| Forsyth | 1.5 | 3 | 134,644 |
| Barrow | 1.5 | 1 | 61,060 |
| Dougherty | 1.5 | 0 | 60,664 |
| Chattahoochee | 1.3 | 6 | 7,621 |
| Houston | 1.0 | 1 | 118,038 |
| Crisp | – | 0 | 9,518 |
| Screven | – | 0 | 9,974 |
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities in Georgia
Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | Investor Owned | 287 | 155 | 16.3 | 2.5M |
| Jackson Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 217 | 74 | 11.9 | 246k |
| Cobb Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | 48 | 32 | 11.6 | 203k |
| Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation | Cooperative | 66 | 31 | 12.8 | 183k |
| GreyStone Power Corporation | Cooperative | 241 | 81 | 12.6 | 143k |
| Walton Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 307 | 164 | 14.1 | 134k |
| Snapping Shoals El Member Corp | Cooperative | 175 | 100 | 13.0 | 106k |
| North Georgia Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 215 | 176 | 12.9 | 91k |
| Flint Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | 151 | 101 | 13.4 | 85k |
| Coweta-Fayette El Member Corp | Cooperative | 333 | 119 | 13.2 | 84k |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | – | – | 13.9 | 66k |
| Central Georgia El Member Corp | Cooperative | 168 | 77 | 13.1 | 63k |
| Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation | Cooperative | – | – | 14.7 | 54k |
| Carroll Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 360 | 137 | 13.9 | 54k |
| Amicalola Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 728 | 531 | 13.7 | 52k |
| City of Marietta | Municipal | 106 | 106 | 11.9 | 36k |
| Habersham Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | 387 | 185 | 14.0 | 36k |
| Jefferson Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 163 | 143 | 14.6 | 35k |
| Diverse Power Incorporated | Cooperative | 504 | 116 | 17.2 | 33k |
| Albany Utility Board | Municipal | 199 | 141 | 13.4 | 32k |
| Blue Ridge Mountain EMC | Cooperative | 519 | 289 | 14.8 | 31k |
| Hart Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 306 | 83 | 13.1 | 31k |
| Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp | Cooperative | 407 | 180 | 14.3 | 28k |
| Canoochee Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | – | – | 14.2 | 25k |
| Excelsior Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 347 | 259 | 13.9 | 24k |
| Coastal Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 228 | 199 | 14.4 | 21k |
| Mitchell Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 410 | 349 | 17.1 | 21k |
| Tri-County Elec Member Corp (GA) | Cooperative | 227 | 177 | 15.8 | 21k |
| Southern Rivers Energy | Cooperative | 774 | 251 | 16.4 | 21k |
| Altamaha Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 375 | 260 | 16.3 | 20k |
| Grady Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | 234 | 234 | 15.0 | 19k |
| Rayle Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | 474 | 303 | 14.6 | 16k |
| Planters Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | – | – | 14.8 | 16k |
| City of East Point | Municipal | – | – | 12.0 | 16k |
| Washington Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 1,789 | 1,789 | 15.4 | 15k |
| Sumter Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 159 | 134 | 14.6 | 15k |
| City of Lawrenceville | Municipal | – | – | 15.0 | 15k |
| City of Thomasville | Municipal | 161 | 126 | 13.6 | 14k |
| Three Notch Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 236 | 128 | 16.9 | 14k |
| City of Griffin | Municipal | – | – | 14.9 | 14k |