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Power Outages in Oconee County, GA

Georgia Power Co, Rayle Electric Membership Corp and Walton Electric Member Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Jackson Electric Member Corp - (GA). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.9 hours.

Oconee County, GA is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Georgia Power Co, Rayle Electric Membership Corp and Walton Electric Member Corp publish no county-level figures.

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Live status by utility · Oconee County

0.0%of this county's ~20,233 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

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We can't see outages for: Jackson Electric Member Corp - (GA). 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, Rayle Electric Membership Corp, Walton Electric Member Corp.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Georgia Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Rayle Electric Membership CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Walton Electric Member CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Jackson Electric Member Corp - (GA)No live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Oconee 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.

Power-dependent
311
Oxygen service
73
Dialysis (facility)
34
Home health / hospice
90
By ZIP code (3)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
30677156≤1198≤11
3062283≤1153≤11
3062140≤11280

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Oconee County, GA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Oconee County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Oconee County

Oconee County has been under 25 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a High Wind Warning on October 10, 2026.

  • Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×9
  • Flood Watch ×5
  • Special Weather Statement ×3
  • High Wind Warning ×3
  • High Wind Watch ×2
  • Dense Fog Advisory ×2

Latest Oconee County, GA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 34m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 472 customers out (1.3% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,836 customers out (5.0% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 25m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,818 customers out (4.9% of the county)

Outage trend · Oconee County, GA
0customers out · peak 10
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Oconee County, GA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 10 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.02.557.510Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Oconee County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Oconee County went about 2.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 8,409 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 2.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Oconee County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.4h, 2016 0.4h, 2017 4.6h, 2018 1.5h, 2019 1.2h, 2020 1.5h, 2021 2.7h, 2022 2.2h, 2023 2.4h, 2024 2.5h, 2025 2.9h. Highlighted: 2017.02460.4h20150.4h20164.6h20171.5h20181.2h20191.5h20202.7h20212.2h20222.4h20232.5h20242.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2017 (peak 8,372 customers out) · decade average 2.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151771,2930.4
20161552,0150.4
20173218,3724.6
20186582,4601.5
20196385,3591.2
20206103,7341.5
20215975,2792.7
20226563,8722.2
20236158,4092.4
20246863,8202.5
20256914,7682.9

Cost of power in Oconee County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Oconee 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.

13.5¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 26% since 2015
vs Georgia avg 16.3¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
August 7, 20238,4091d 7h
December 25, 20178,3727h
September 11, 20176,7065d 7h
July 17, 20195,3595h
June 7, 20215,27920h 30m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
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Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 2.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

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Power outages in Oconee County: FAQ

How often does Oconee County, GA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Oconee County, GA logged 691 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Oconee County, GA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 8,409 customers without power, beginning August 7, 2023 and lasting about 1d 7h.
Is there a power outage in Oconee County, GA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Oconee County, GA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Oconee County, GA?
Tracked electric providers include Georgia Power Co, Rayle Electric Membership Corp, Walton Electric Member Corp.
Nearby counties
Barrow CountyClarke CountyGreene CountyJackson County
ZIP codes in Oconee County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Oconee County.

30621, 30622, 30677

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Georgia Power Co4.8 hrsLive · total only
☎ 888-891-0938Report ↗Map ↗
Jackson Electric Member Corp - (GA)3.6 hrsNo live feed-
Rayle Electric Membership Corp7.9 hrsLive · total only-
Walton Electric Member Corp5.1 hrsLive · 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/13219 and /api/v1/counties/13219/history.