Power Outages in Ware County, GA
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 8 customers are without power in Ware County, GA across 1 reported incident. Georgia Power Co, Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp and Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Slash Pine Elec Member Corp, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.6 hours.
Ware County, GA is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/georgia/ware-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Ware County, GA", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/georgia/ware-county
Not counted: no live feed for Slash Pine Elec Member Corp.
0.0%of this county's ~20,322 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.
System-wide total only, no county split: Georgia Power Co, Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp, Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Slash Pine Elec Member Corp | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Ware 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 (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31503 | 349 | 12 | 297 | ≤11 |
| 31501 | 217 | ≤11 | 176 | ≤11 |
| 31552 | 14 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 31550 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Ware County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Ware County right now.
Ware County has been under 52 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on October 15, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×22
- Flood Advisory ×13
- Flood Watch ×8
- Dense Fog Advisory ×6
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Ware 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 Ware Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Ware County went about 2.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 18,194 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 2.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 18,194 customers out) · decade average 18.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 477 | 1,306 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 518 | 5,757 | 6.6 |
| 2017 | 631 | 12,798 | 16.5 |
| 2018 | 674 | 2,789 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 706 | 3,369 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 708 | 4,650 | 3.3 |
| 2021 | 697 | 3,353 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 751 | 4,900 | 2.2 |
| 2023 | 705 | 13,974 | 23.1 |
| 2024 | 691 | 18,194 | 136.2 |
| 2025 | 770 | 2,284 | 2.6 |
Cost of power in Ware County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Ware 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
- Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation14.7¢54,207 cust
- Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp14.3¢28,463 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 · 18.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Ware County: FAQ
- How often does Ware County, GA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Ware County, GA logged 770 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Ware County, GA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 18,194 customers without power, beginning September 26, 2024 and lasting about 22d.
- Is there a power outage in Ware County, GA right now?
- Yes, about 8 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Ware County, GA?
- Tracked electric providers include Georgia Power Co, Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp, Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ware County.
31501, 31503, 31550, 31552, 31564
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 | |
| Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp | 7.1 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Satilla Rural Elec Member Corporation | - | Live · total only | - |
| 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/13299 and /api/v1/counties/13299/history. Live data as of .