Power Outages in Lanier County, GA
Colquitt Electric Membership Corp and Georgia Power Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Slash Pine Elec Member Corp. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.6 hours.
Lanier County, GA is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/georgia/lanier-county
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- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lanier County, GA". https://massoutage.com/georgia/lanier-county
Colquitt Electric Membership Corp and Georgia Power Co publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for Slash Pine Elec Member Corp: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~5,251 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.
System-wide total only, no county split: Colquitt Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Georgia Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slash Pine Elec Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Lanier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31635 | 72 | ≤11 | 50 | ≤11 |
| 31649 | 15 | ≤11 | 12 | 0 |
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 Lanier County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Lanier County right now.
Lanier County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Wind Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Lanier County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lanier County went about 0.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,761 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 0.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 1,761 customers out) · decade average 8.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 106 | 912 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 132 | 1,685 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 85 | 1,543 | 11.1 |
| 2018 | 76 | 820 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 168 | 498 | 0.7 |
| 2020 | 108 | 1,726 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 84 | 178 | 0.4 |
| 2022 | 90 | 504 | 0.5 |
| 2023 | 136 | 1,738 | 11.3 |
| 2024 | 177 | 1,761 | 56.0 |
| 2025 | 157 | 170 | 0.6 |
Cost of power in Lanier County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lanier 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.
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 8.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Lanier County: FAQ
- How often does Lanier County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lanier County, GA logged 157 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lanier County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,761 customers without power, beginning September 27, 2024 and lasting about 11d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in Lanier County, GA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lanier County, GA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Lanier County, GA?
- Tracked electric providers include Georgia Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lanier County.
31635, 31649
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 | |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | - | Live · total only | - |
| 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/13173 and /api/v1/counties/13173/history.