Power Outages in Echols County, GA
Is there a power outage in Echols County, GA right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 15:20 UTC, no outages are reported by Georgia Power Co and Colquitt Electric Membership Corp in Echols County, GA. There is no live feed for Slash Pine Elec Member Corp.
Echols County, GA is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.5 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/georgia/echols-county
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- October 19, 2026 15:20 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Echols County, GA", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:20 UTC. https://massoutage.com/georgia/echols-county
No active outages are reported by Georgia Power Co and Colquitt Electric Membership Corp in Echols County.
No live feed for Slash Pine Elec Member Corp: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Echols County, GA
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Colquitt Electric Membership Corp and Slash Pine Elec Member Corp; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
34%of this county's ~2,033 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Slash Pine Elec Member Corp. 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 | 694 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Slash Pine Elec Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Georgia Power Co 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 Echols 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 (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31636 | 117 | ≤11 | 87 | ≤11 |
| 31648 | 12 | 0 | ≤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 Echols County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Echols County right now.
Echols County has been under 38 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×18
- Flood Watch ×8
- Dense Fog Advisory ×5
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Tornado Watch ×3
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Echols County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Echols County went about 1.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 704 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 1.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 670 customers out) · decade average 12.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 61 | 592 | 3.3 |
| 2016 | 80 | 704 | 11.0 |
| 2017 | 46 | 653 | 22.5 |
| 2018 | 40 | 557 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 88 | 569 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 102 | 211 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 57 | 598 | 2.1 |
| 2022 | 196 | 614 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 102 | 669 | 22.9 |
| 2024 | 68 | 670 | 65.7 |
| 2025 | 97 | 612 | 1.5 |
Cost of power in Echols County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Echols 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 12.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Echols County: FAQ
- How often does Echols County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Echols County, GA logged 97 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Echols County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 704 customers without power, beginning September 2, 2016 and lasting about 1d 15h.
- Is there a power outage in Echols County, GA right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 15:20 UTC, no outages are reported by Georgia Power Co and Colquitt Electric Membership Corp in Echols County, GA. There is no live feed for Slash Pine Elec Member Corp.
- Which utilities serve Echols County, GA?
- Tracked electric providers include Georgia Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Echols County.
31631, 31636, 31648
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Echols County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Georgia →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | 4.8 hrs | Live · county | ☎ 888-891-0938Report online ↗Outage map ↗ |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | - | Live · county | - |
| 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/13101 and /api/v1/counties/13101/history.