Power Outages in Dougherty County, GA
Diverse Power Incorporated, Georgia Power Co, Mitchell Electric Member Corp and Sumter Electric Member Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Albany Utility Board. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.7 hours.
Dougherty County, GA is served by 5 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Dougherty County, GA". https://massoutage.com/georgia/dougherty-county
Diverse Power Incorporated, Georgia Power Co, Mitchell Electric Member Corp and Sumter Electric Member Corp publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for Albany Utility Board: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~50,498 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Albany Utility Board. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Diverse Power Incorporated, Georgia Power Co, Mitchell Electric Member Corp, Sumter Electric Member Corp.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diverse Power Incorporated | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Georgia Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mitchell Electric Member Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sumter Electric Member Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Albany Utility Board | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Dougherty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31705 | 377 | ≤11 | 285 | ≤11 |
| 31707 | 254 | ≤11 | 173 | ≤11 |
| 31721 | 237 | 13 | 163 | ≤11 |
| 31701 | 236 | ≤11 | 162 | 14 |
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 Dougherty County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Dougherty County right now.
Dougherty County has been under 27 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Tropical Cyclone Local Statement on October 10, 2026.
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×10
- Flood Watch ×6
- Tropical Storm Watch ×5
- Tropical Storm Warning ×4
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Dougherty County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Albanyno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Dougherty County went about 0.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,667 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 2018 (peak 4,667 customers out) · decade average 1.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 264 | 984 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 274 | 528 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 314 | 2,472 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 291 | 4,667 | 6.8 |
| 2019 | 448 | 1,932 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 523 | 4,064 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | 424 | 1,072 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | 525 | 829 | 0.5 |
| 2023 | 526 | 2,256 | 1.2 |
| 2024 | 583 | 2,786 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 510 | 1,013 | 0.7 |
Cost of power in Dougherty County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Dougherty 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
- Diverse Power Incorporated17.2¢32,557 cust
- Albany Utility Board13.5¢31,706 cust
- Mitchell Electric Member Corp17.1¢21,350 cust
- Sumter Electric Member Corp14.6¢15,145 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 · 1.3 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 Dougherty County: FAQ
- How often does Dougherty County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Dougherty County, GA logged 510 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Dougherty County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,667 customers without power, beginning October 10, 2018 and lasting about 9d 22h.
- Is there a power outage in Dougherty County, GA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Dougherty County, GA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Dougherty County, GA?
- Tracked electric providers include Georgia Power Co, Mitchell Electric Member Corp.
Albany. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Dougherty County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Dougherty County.
31701, 31704, 31705, 31707, 31721
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 | |
| Diverse Power Incorporated | 8.6 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Sumter Electric Member Corp | 2.7 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Albany Utility Board | 3.3 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Mitchell Electric Member Corp | - | Live · total only | - |
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/13095 and /api/v1/counties/13095/history.