Power Outages in Ben Hill County, GA
Is there a power outage in Ben Hill County, GA right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 15:20 UTC, no outages are reported by Georgia Power Co and Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation in Ben Hill County, GA. There is no live feed for Fitzgerald Wtr Lgt & Bond Comm, Irwin Electric Membership Corp and Middle Georgia El Member Corp.
Ben Hill County, GA is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.8 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 15:20 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Ben Hill County, GA", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:20 UTC. https://massoutage.com/georgia/ben-hill-county
No active outages are reported by Georgia Power Co and Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation in Ben Hill County.
No live feed for Fitzgerald Wtr Lgt & Bond Comm, Irwin Electric Membership Corp and Middle Georgia El Member Corp: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Ben Hill County, GA
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No outage contact on file for Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation, Irwin Electric Membership Corp, Middle Georgia El Member Corp and Fitzgerald Wtr Lgt & Bond Comm; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.6%of this county's ~11,622 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Fitzgerald Wtr Lgt & Bond Comm, Irwin Electric Membership Corp, Middle Georgia El Member Corp. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 66 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation | Live · county | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Fitzgerald Wtr Lgt & Bond Comm | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Irwin Electric Membership Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middle Georgia El Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Georgia Power Co and Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Ben Hill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31750 | 273 | ≤11 | 199 | ≤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 Ben Hill County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Ben Hill County right now.
Ben Hill County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 10, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×8
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
- Wind Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Ben Hill County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Ben Hill County went about 0.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,143 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 0.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 4,143 customers out) · decade average 5.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 21 | 27 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 21 | 28 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 157 | 3,204 | 10.4 |
| 2018 | 240 | 3,146 | 12.6 |
| 2019 | 267 | 1,703 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 236 | 791 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 248 | 1,043 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | 262 | 823 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 372 | 2,048 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 299 | 4,143 | 26.4 |
| 2025 | 276 | 695 | 0.8 |
Cost of power in Ben Hill County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Ben Hill 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 5.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Ben Hill County: FAQ
- How often does Ben Hill County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Ben Hill County, GA logged 276 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Ben Hill County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,143 customers without power, beginning September 27, 2024 and lasting about 10d 17h.
- Is there a power outage in Ben Hill County, GA right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 15:20 UTC, no outages are reported by Georgia Power Co and Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation in Ben Hill County, GA. There is no live feed for Fitzgerald Wtr Lgt & Bond Comm, Irwin Electric Membership Corp and Middle Georgia El Member Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ben Hill County.
31750
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Ben Hill County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Georgia →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | 4.8 hrs | Live · county | ☎ 888-891-0938Report online ↗Outage map ↗ |
| Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation | - | Live · county | - |
| Irwin Electric Membership Corp | - | No live feed | - |
| Middle Georgia El Member Corp | - | No live feed | - |
| Fitzgerald Wtr Lgt & Bond Comm | - | No live feed | - |
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/13017 and /api/v1/counties/13017/history.