Power Outages in Bacon County, GA
Georgia Power Co and Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.7 hours.
Bacon County, GA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/georgia/bacon-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Bacon County, GA". https://massoutage.com/georgia/bacon-county
Georgia Power Co and Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation publish no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~7,147 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Georgia Power Co, Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Bacon Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (1)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31510 | 176 | ≤11 | 136 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Bacon County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Bacon County right now.
Bacon County has been under 34 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×12
- Flood Advisory ×9
- Flood Watch ×8
- Dense Fog Advisory ×5
Latest Bacon County, GA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 14m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,424 customers out (20% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Bacon County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bacon County went about 3.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,119 customers.
The US EIA reports Georgia utilities averaged 4.5 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 3.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 6,119 customers out) · decade average 21.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 86 | 1,623 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 89 | 409 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 364 | 3,711 | 17.0 |
| 2018 | 513 | 788 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 578 | 4,711 | 5.3 |
| 2020 | 592 | 3,209 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 617 | 1,662 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 599 | 5,389 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 570 | 2,265 | 9.9 |
| 2024 | 570 | 6,119 | 185.5 |
| 2025 | 581 | 2,654 | 3.7 |
Cost of power in Bacon County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Bacon County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Georgia Power Co16.3¢2,480,484 cust
- Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation14.7¢54,207 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 21.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Bacon County: FAQ
- How often does Bacon County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bacon County, GA logged 581 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bacon County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,119 customers without power, beginning September 27, 2024 and lasting about 21d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in Bacon County, GA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Bacon County, GA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Bacon County, GA?
- Tracked electric providers include Georgia Power Co, Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bacon County.
31510
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | 4.8 hrs | Live · total only | |
| Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation | - | Live · total only | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Georgia customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/13005 and /api/v1/counties/13005/history.