Power Outages in Telfair County, GA
Georgia Power Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Little Ocmulgee El Member Corp and Ocmulgee Electric Member Corp. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.8 hours.
Telfair County, GA is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/georgia/telfair-county
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- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Telfair County, GA". https://massoutage.com/georgia/telfair-county
Georgia Power Co publishes no county-level figures.
No live feed for Little Ocmulgee El Member Corp and Ocmulgee Electric Member Corp: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~10,404 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Little Ocmulgee El Member Corp, Ocmulgee Electric Member Corp. 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.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Little Ocmulgee El Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ocmulgee Electric Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Telfair 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31055 | 58 | ≤11 | 42 | ≤11 |
| 31037 | 33 | ≤11 | 29 | ≤11 |
| 31549 | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 31060 | 17 | 0 | 13 | ≤11 |
| 31544 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 31083 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 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 Telfair County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Telfair County right now.
Telfair County has been under 18 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 10, 2026.
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×8
- Flood Watch ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
Latest Telfair County, GA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 10m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 102 customers out (1.2% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Telfair County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Telfair County went about 1.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,934 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 2024 (peak 3,458 customers out) · decade average 10.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 165 | 1,303 | 0.4 |
| 2016 | 168 | 1,404 | 0.3 |
| 2017 | 169 | 3,934 | 20.0 |
| 2018 | 193 | 2,966 | 15.5 |
| 2019 | 169 | 1,817 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 189 | 2,968 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | 211 | 1,330 | 0.9 |
| 2022 | 217 | 1,447 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 188 | 1,169 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 275 | 3,458 | 67.4 |
| 2025 | 282 | 1,312 | 1.8 |
Cost of power in Telfair County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Telfair 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
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 · 10.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Telfair County: FAQ
- How often does Telfair County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Telfair County, GA logged 282 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Telfair County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,934 customers without power, beginning September 11, 2017 and lasting about 5d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Telfair County, GA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Telfair County, GA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Telfair County, GA?
- Tracked electric providers include Georgia Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Telfair County.
31037, 31055, 31060, 31083, 31544, 31549
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 | |
| Ocmulgee Electric Member Corp | - | No live feed | - |
| Little Ocmulgee El 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/13271 and /api/v1/counties/13271/history.