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2015 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 1.8 hours — the 33rd worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.8
Peak customers out
33,065
Rank (worst state)
33rd
Counties affected
20

Georgia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

1.8h20154.8h201614.2h20174.7h20182.5h20197.4h20202.4h20213.7h20226.6h202325.8h20244.6h2025

Hardest-hit Georgia counties in 2015

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Gwinnett County33,0652Hall County21,0173Cobb County19,7304Douglas County19,3845Chatham County18,1356Muscogee County17,2017DeKalb County11,9628Clarke County11,3389Lumpkin County11,19110Floyd County10,04911Cherokee County8,91512Bibb County8,86513White County8,52614Fulton County8,23915Habersham County7,88216Clayton County7,01217Barrow County6,77618Forsyth County5,58719Fayette County5,46120Richmond County5,099

Biggest Georgia outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Gwinnett CountyFebruary 16, 201533,065
Hall CountyFebruary 16, 201521,017
Cobb CountyJune 28, 201519,730
Douglas CountyAugust 19, 201519,384
Chatham CountyApril 25, 201518,135
Muscogee CountyJune 9, 201517,201
DeKalb CountyJuly 28, 201511,962
Clarke CountyFebruary 16, 201511,338
Lumpkin CountyFebruary 16, 201511,191
Floyd CountyDecember 27, 201510,049
Georgia by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2015:WVWANCMIRILA

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.