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Power Outages in Cherokee County, GA

Amicalola Electric Member Corp, Cobb Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co and Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.8 hours.

Cherokee County, GA is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Amicalola Electric Member Corp, Cobb Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co and Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Cherokee County

0.0%of this county's ~132,811 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Amicalola Electric Member Corp, Cobb Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co, Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Amicalola Electric Member CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Cobb Electric Membership CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Georgia Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Sawnee Electric Membership CorporationLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Cherokee 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.

Power-dependent
2,686
Oxygen service
535
Dialysis (facility)
189
Home health / hospice
469
By ZIP code (7)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
301145722742712
3018853418389≤11
3011548022344≤11
30102356≤11271≤11
30189257≤11180≤11
3010718312146≤11
3018367≤1148≤11

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Cherokee County, GA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Cherokee County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Cherokee County

Cherokee County has been under 29 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 17, 2026.

  • Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×9
  • Special Weather Statement ×5
  • Flood Watch ×4
  • Wind Advisory ×3
  • High Wind Warning ×3
  • Air Quality Alert ×3

Latest Cherokee County, GA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 55m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 560 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 15m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 4,615 customers out (2.6% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 810 customers out (0.5% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 55m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 543 customers out (0.3% of the county)

Outage trend · Cherokee County, GA
0customers out · peak 76
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Cherokee County, GA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 76 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.020406080Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Cherokee County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Cherokee County went about 2.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 33,595 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 2.8 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Cherokee County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.4h, 2016 0.7h, 2017 6.4h, 2018 1.2h, 2019 0.8h, 2020 5.1h, 2021 1.1h, 2022 1.7h, 2023 4.6h, 2024 2.5h, 2025 2.8h. Highlighted: 2017.024681.4h20150.7h20166.4h20171.2h20180.8h20195.1h20201.1h20211.7h20224.6h20232.5h20242.8h2025
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Worst year here was 2017 (peak 25,799 customers out) · decade average 2.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20159138,9151.4
20169566,0660.7
201796525,7996.4
20188886,0991.2
20198553,2400.8
202082433,4345.1
202178622,9391.1
202282914,9881.7
202381133,5954.6
202482819,6482.5
202576318,6932.8

Cost of power in Cherokee County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Cherokee 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.

13.6¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 24% since 2015
vs Georgia avg 16.3¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
July 20, 202333,5956d 19h
October 29, 202033,4346d 20h
December 8, 201725,7995d 20h
May 4, 202122,9391d 11h
July 29, 202419,6483d 13h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High tornadoes exposure · 2.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Cherokee County: FAQ

How often does Cherokee County, GA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Cherokee County, GA logged 763 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Cherokee County, GA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 33,595 customers without power, beginning July 20, 2023 and lasting about 6d 19h.
Is there a power outage in Cherokee County, GA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Cherokee County, GA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Cherokee County, GA?
Tracked electric providers include Amicalola Electric Member Corp, Cobb Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co, Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation.
Nearby counties
Bartow CountyCobb CountyDawson CountyForsyth County
ZIP codes in Cherokee County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Cherokee County.

30102, 30107, 30114, 30115, 30183, 30188, 30189

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Georgia Power Co4.8 hrsLive · total only
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Amicalola Electric Member Corp12.1 hrsLive · total only-
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation1.1 hrsLive · total only-
Cobb Electric Membership Corp0.8 hrsLive · total only
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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/13057 and /api/v1/counties/13057/history.