Power Outages in Brooks County, GA
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Georgia Power Co, Grady Electric Membership Corp, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (FL) and Colquitt Electric Membership Corp in Brooks County, GA. There is no live feed for City of Quitman. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.7 hours.
Brooks County, GA is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/georgia/brooks-county
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- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Brooks County, GA", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/georgia/brooks-county
No active outages are reported by Georgia Power Co, Grady Electric Membership Corp, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (FL) and Colquitt Electric Membership Corp in Brooks County.
No live feed for City of Quitman: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
12%of this county's ~8,234 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Quitman. 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 | 888 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Grady Electric Membership Corp | Live · county | 0 | 127 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (FL) | Live · county | 0 | 5 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| City of Quitman | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Georgia Power Co, Grady Electric Membership Corp, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (FL) and Colquitt Electric Membership Corp 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 Brooks 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 (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31643 | 122 | ≤11 | 76 | ≤11 |
| 31778 | 38 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 31638 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 31625 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 31720 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 31629 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Brooks County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Brooks County right now.
Brooks County has been under 19 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×8
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Tornado Watch ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
- Wind Advisory ×1
Latest Brooks County, GA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 362 customers out (4.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 36m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 188 customers out (2.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 35m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 102 customers out (1.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Brooks County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Brooks County went about 0.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,555 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 0.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 7,555 customers out) · decade average 9.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 88 | 414 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 95 | 546 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 89 | 914 | 8.6 |
| 2018 | 92 | 820 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 154 | 698 | 1.2 |
| 2020 | 81 | 405 | 0.6 |
| 2021 | 93 | 403 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 110 | 409 | 0.9 |
| 2023 | 233 | 7,555 | 58.5 |
| 2024 | 234 | 4,772 | 24.5 |
| 2025 | 116 | 202 | 0.7 |
Cost of power in Brooks County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Brooks 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
- Grady Electric Membership Corp15.0¢19,416 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 · 9.1 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 Brooks County: FAQ
- How often does Brooks County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Brooks County, GA logged 116 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Brooks County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,555 customers without power, beginning August 30, 2023 and lasting about 13d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Brooks County, GA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Brooks County, GA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Brooks County, GA?
- Tracked electric providers include Colquitt Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co, Grady Electric Membership Corp, Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (FL).
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Brooks County.
31625, 31629, 31638, 31643, 31720, 31778
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 · county | |
| Grady Electric Membership Corp | 3.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (FL) | 3.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | - | Live · county | - |
| City of Quitman | - | 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/13027 and /api/v1/counties/13027/history.