Power Outages in Lee County, GA
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 1.8 hours.
Lee County, GA is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/georgia/lee-county
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- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lee County, GA". https://massoutage.com/georgia/lee-county
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 ~19,798 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: Georgia Power Co, Mitchell Electric Member Corp, Sumter Electric Member Corp.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31763 | 290 | 14 | 225 | 12 |
| 31787 | 25 | ≤11 | 20 | 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 Lee County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Lee County right now.
Lee County has been under 30 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
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
Latest Lee County, GA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 4m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 101 customers out
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,506 customers out (9.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 14m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 744 customers out (4.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Lee County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lee County went about 1.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 13,330 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 1.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 13,330 customers out) · decade average 5.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 226 | 569 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 214 | 948 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 351 | 4,409 | 7.4 |
| 2018 | 480 | 13,330 | 36.2 |
| 2019 | 511 | 2,953 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 408 | 4,059 | 2.7 |
| 2021 | 416 | 2,709 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 387 | 1,679 | 0.8 |
| 2023 | 418 | 3,108 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 485 | 2,661 | 1.9 |
| 2025 | 539 | 3,502 | 1.8 |
Cost of power in Lee County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lee 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
- 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 tornadoes exposure · 5.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Lee County: FAQ
- How often does Lee County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lee County, GA logged 539 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lee County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 13,330 customers without power, beginning October 10, 2018 and lasting about 7d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in Lee County, GA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lee County, GA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Lee County, GA?
- Tracked electric providers include Georgia Power Co, Sumter Electric Member Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lee County.
31743, 31763, 31787
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 | |
| 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/13177 and /api/v1/counties/13177/history.