Power Outages in Bleckley County, GA
Georgia Power Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Ocmulgee Electric Member Corp and Oconee Electric Member Corp. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.0 hours.
Bleckley County, GA is served by 3 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Bleckley County, GA". https://massoutage.com/georgia/bleckley-county
Georgia Power Co publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for Ocmulgee Electric Member Corp and Oconee Electric Member Corp: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~6,558 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Ocmulgee Electric Member Corp, Oconee Electric Member Corp. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Georgia Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ocmulgee Electric Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oconee Electric Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Bleckley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31014 | 143 | ≤11 | 119 | ≤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 Bleckley County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Bleckley County right now.
Bleckley County has been under 20 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 10, 2026.
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×8
- Flood Watch ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
- Wind Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Bleckley County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bleckley County went about 1.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,891 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 2017 (peak 2,864 customers out) · decade average 5.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 129 | 358 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 160 | 1,279 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 114 | 2,864 | 18.4 |
| 2018 | 141 | 2,824 | 17.6 |
| 2019 | 191 | 668 | 1.2 |
| 2020 | 129 | 2,891 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 153 | 372 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 207 | 2,561 | 6.7 |
| 2023 | 155 | 924 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 149 | 2,034 | 8.3 |
| 2025 | 152 | 941 | 1.0 |
Cost of power in Bleckley County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Bleckley 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
- Oconee Electric Member Corp15.6¢10,868 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 Low hurricanes exposure · 5.4 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 Bleckley County: FAQ
- How often does Bleckley County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bleckley County, GA logged 152 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bleckley County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,891 customers without power, beginning April 19, 2020 and lasting about 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Bleckley County, GA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Bleckley County, GA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bleckley County.
31014
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 | |
| Oconee Electric Member Corp | - | No live feed | - |
| Ocmulgee Electric 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/13023 and /api/v1/counties/13023/history.