Power Outages in Lowndes County, GA
Is there a power outage in Lowndes County, GA right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:25 UTC, about 20 customers are without power in Lowndes County, GA across 5 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Slash Pine Elec Member Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Lowndes County, GA is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.0 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/georgia/lowndes-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:25 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lowndes County, GA", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:25 UTC. https://massoutage.com/georgia/lowndes-county
Not counted: no live feed for Slash Pine Elec Member Corp.
Report an outage in Lowndes 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.
43%of this county's ~75,786 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 | 32,756 | 0.0% | +1 small outage (below reporting minimum) | 1 | October 19, 2026 16:15 UTC | |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | Live · county | 20 | - | - | - | 5 | - | |
| 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.
Active outages in Lowndes County5
Individual outages as listed by Colquitt Electric Membership Corp, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Manual | - | - | Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | |
| 4 | Manual | - | - | Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | |
| 2 | Manual | - | - | Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | |
| 2 | Manual | - | - | Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | |
| 1 | Manual | - | - | Colquitt Electric Membership Corp |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Lowndes 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 (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31601 | 353 | 15 | 246 | ≤11 |
| 31602 | 314 | 13 | 193 | ≤11 |
| 31605 | 186 | 12 | 110 | ≤11 |
| 31632 | 137 | ≤11 | 98 | ≤11 |
| 31606 | 46 | ≤11 | 33 | 0 |
| 31641 | 18 | 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 Lowndes County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Lowndes County right now.
Lowndes County has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Tornado Watch ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
- Wind Advisory ×1
Latest Lowndes County, GA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 55m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 513 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 530 customers out (0.7% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Lowndes County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Lowndes Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lowndes County went about 4.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 61,947 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 4.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 61,947 customers out) · decade average 21.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 769 | 4,573 | 0.6 |
| 2016 | 819 | 13,185 | 3.1 |
| 2017 | 730 | 19,665 | 9.1 |
| 2018 | 783 | 5,362 | 1.6 |
| 2019 | 693 | 1,375 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | 758 | 2,490 | 0.8 |
| 2021 | 796 | 2,533 | 0.7 |
| 2022 | 825 | 1,969 | 0.7 |
| 2023 | 725 | 60,581 | 55.0 |
| 2024 | 556 | 61,947 | 154.6 |
| 2025 | 495 | 6,868 | 4.0 |
Cost of power in Lowndes County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lowndes 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 Moderate hurricanes exposure · 21.0 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 Lowndes County: FAQ
- How often does Lowndes County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lowndes County, GA logged 495 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lowndes County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 61,947 customers without power, beginning September 26, 2024 and lasting about 28d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Lowndes County, GA right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:25 UTC, about 20 customers are without power in Lowndes County, GA across 5 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Slash Pine Elec Member Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Lowndes County, GA?
- Tracked electric providers include Colquitt Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co.
Valdosta. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Lowndes County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lowndes County.
31601, 31602, 31605, 31606, 31632, 31641, 31698, 31699
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 Lowndes 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/13185 and /api/v1/counties/13185/history. Live data as of .