Power Outages in Berrien County, GA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Berrien County, GA across 2 reported incidents. Colquitt Electric Membership Corp and Georgia Power Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Irwin Electric Membership Corp and Slash Pine Elec Member Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.0 hours.
Berrien County, GA is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/georgia/berrien-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Berrien County, GA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/georgia/berrien-county
Not counted: no live feed for Irwin Electric Membership Corp and Slash Pine Elec Member Corp.
0.0%of this county's ~12,967 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Irwin Electric Membership Corp, Slash Pine Elec Member Corp. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Colquitt Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Georgia Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Irwin Electric Membership Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slash Pine Elec Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Berrien 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 (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31639 | 181 | ≤11 | 132 | 0 |
| 31645 | 73 | ≤11 | 60 | 0 |
| 31749 | 47 | 0 | 38 | ≤11 |
| 31622 | 39 | ≤11 | 33 | 0 |
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 Berrien County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Berrien County right now.
Berrien County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
- Wind Advisory ×1
Latest Berrien County, GA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 6m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 105 customers out (1.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 36m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 298 customers out (3.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 52m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 192 customers out (2.3% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Berrien County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Berrien Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Berrien County went about 1.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,532 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 1.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 4,103 customers out) · decade average 16.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 209 | 963 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 208 | 1,607 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 235 | 3,456 | 16.4 |
| 2018 | 248 | 3,377 | 10.8 |
| 2019 | 298 | 950 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 227 | 679 | 2.2 |
| 2021 | 190 | 960 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 250 | 506 | 0.8 |
| 2023 | 308 | 8,532 | 69.9 |
| 2024 | 298 | 4,103 | 73.6 |
| 2025 | 363 | 951 | 1.0 |
Cost of power in Berrien County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Berrien 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
- Colquitt Electric Membership Corp14.0¢66,177 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 · 16.5 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 Berrien County: FAQ
- How often does Berrien County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Berrien County, GA logged 363 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Berrien County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,532 customers without power, beginning August 30, 2023 and lasting about 5d 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Berrien County, GA right now?
- Yes, about 2 customers are currently without power across 2 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Berrien County, GA?
- Tracked electric providers include Colquitt Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Berrien County.
31622, 31639, 31645, 31749
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 | |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | - | Live · total only | - |
| Irwin Electric Membership Corp | - | No live feed | - |
| Slash Pine Elec Member Corp | - | 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/13019 and /api/v1/counties/13019/history. Live data as of .