Power Outages in Tift County, GA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 4 customers are without power in Tift County, GA across 3 reported incidents. Colquitt Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co and Mitchell Electric Member Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Adel- (GA) and Irwin Electric Membership Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 11.6 hours.
Tift County, GA is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/georgia/tift-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Tift County, GA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/georgia/tift-county
Not counted: no live feed for City of Adel- (GA) and Irwin Electric Membership Corp.
0.0%of this county's ~27,394 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Adel- (GA), Irwin Electric Membership 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, Mitchell Electric Member Corp.
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mitchell Electric Member Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Adel- (GA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Irwin Electric Membership Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Tift 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31794 | 378 | ≤11 | 262 | ≤11 |
| 31793 | 133 | ≤11 | 95 | ≤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 Tift County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Tift County right now.
Tift County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 10, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×8
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Flood Advisory ×3
- Wind Advisory ×1
Latest Tift County, GA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,095 customers out (4.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 35m
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,247 customers out (5.1% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 570 customers out (2.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 46m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,200 customers out (4.9% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 5m
Hardest-hit cities in Tift 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 Tift Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Tift County went about 11.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 24,544 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 11.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 24,544 customers out) · decade average 19.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 480 | 1,560 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | 463 | 2,790 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 505 | 10,285 | 12.1 |
| 2018 | 533 | 10,161 | 12.6 |
| 2019 | 478 | 1,469 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 495 | 1,706 | 1.2 |
| 2021 | 543 | 1,042 | 0.7 |
| 2022 | 530 | 2,479 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 587 | 17,213 | 17.3 |
| 2024 | 403 | 24,544 | 157.6 |
| 2025 | 191 | 6,714 | 11.6 |
Cost of power in Tift County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Tift 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
- Mitchell Electric Member Corp17.1¢21,350 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 hurricanes exposure · 19.7 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 Tift County: FAQ
- How often does Tift County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Tift County, GA logged 191 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 11.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Tift County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 24,544 customers without power, beginning September 26, 2024 and lasting about 33d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Tift County, GA right now?
- Yes, about 4 customers are currently without power across 3 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Tift County, GA?
- Tracked electric providers include Colquitt Electric Membership Corp, Georgia Power Co, Mitchell Electric Member Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Tift County.
31727, 31793, 31794
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 | |
| Mitchell Electric Member Corp | - | Live · total only | - |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | - | Live · total only | - |
| Irwin Electric Membership Corp | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Adel- (GA) | - | 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/13277 and /api/v1/counties/13277/history. Live data as of .