2016 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 4.8 hours, the 9th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

4.8

vs prior year

▲ 166%

vs 2015

Customer-hours out

24.6M

Peak customers out

282,597

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of GA customers

Counties reporting

157

Georgia year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2016

Customer-hours without power across Georgia; October was the worst.

CSV JSON

All 157 Georgia counties, 2016

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSV JSON

#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Chatham County	72.7	10.4M	143,708	141,489	816
2	Effingham County	62.3	1.7M	27,148	27,148	813
3	Glynn County	55.9	2.3M	40,392	40,392	952
4	McIntosh County	48.1	337K	7,007	4,103	308
5	Evans County	25.0	111K	4,456	2,528	155
6	Long County	22.5	115K	5,091	2,051	95
7	Tattnall County	19.9	155K	7,806	3,552	298
8	Wayne County	16.9	271K	16,057	5,309	279
9	Liberty County	16.2	518K	32,090	10,921	431
10	Bulloch County	14.6	574K	39,331	16,727	584
11	Candler County	13.3	65K	4,883	2,061	149
12	Rabun County	13.2	133K	10,115	4,333	579
13	Bryan County	13.1	351K	26,792	5,592	268
14	Camden County	12.4	304K	24,470	11,613	491
15	Charlton County	11.2	59K	5,213	1,482	191
16	Echols County	11.0	22K	2,019	704	80
17	Gilmer County	10.3	176K	17,004	6,879	819
18	Meriwether County	6.8	66K	9,739	4,368	536
19	Ware County	6.6	141K	21,266	5,757	518
20	Hancock County	5.8	26K	4,461	1,705	242
21	McDuffie County	5.6	62K	10,984	4,865	495
22	Clinch County	5.6	23K	4,096	1,503	110
23	DeKalb County	5.6	1.0M	182,341	23,595	553
24	Calhoun County	5.3	9,086	1,709	1,409	196
25	Dade County	5.2	40K	7,648	5,422	414
26	Taylor County	5.1	22K	4,224	1,913	387
27	Glascock County	5.1	8,605	1,689	1,115	101
28	Warren County	4.6	12K	2,705	995	169
29	Putnam County	4.5	46K	10,183	3,077	357
30	Clay County	4.4	5,042	1,158	450	141
31	Pickens County	4.3	74K	17,031	2,207	621
32	Talbot County	4.1	12K	2,895	1,152	266
33	Pike County	4.1	42K	10,373	1,133	517
34	Pierce County	4.0	42K	10,427	1,891	208
35	Jefferson County	3.8	34K	8,747	2,257	522
36	Turner County	3.8	18K	4,828	2,507	173
37	Macon County	3.7	20K	5,404	2,912	543
38	Crawford County	3.5	25K	7,075	1,617	399
39	Schley County	3.5	7,568	2,185	750	106
40	Randolph County	3.3	7,694	2,312	603	188
41	Emanuel County	3.3	43K	12,876	3,068	280
42	Fulton County	3.2	1.2M	383,737	23,337	406
43	Lowndes County	3.1	222K	70,771	13,185	819
44	Lanier County	3.0	16K	5,311	1,685	132
45	Bartow County	2.9	94K	32,190	4,139	905
46	Lumpkin County	2.9	56K	19,256	1,648	584
47	Lamar County	2.8	35K	12,486	2,173	418
48	Montgomery County	2.6	12K	4,636	1,151	107
49	Wilkinson County	2.6	11K	4,059	1,088	151
50	Jasper County	2.5	23K	9,408	1,891	252
51	Berrien County	2.5	21K	8,532	1,607	208
52	Monroe County	2.3	44K	18,899	2,127	478
53	Atkinson County	2.3	10K	4,283	1,128	127
54	Jones County	2.3	25K	11,169	3,249	382
55	Polk County	2.2	42K	19,098	1,969	689
56	Greene County	2.2	26K	12,117	2,608	353
57	Floyd County	2.2	103K	47,505	3,409	899
58	Muscogee County	2.1	184K	88,804	6,674	1,111
59	Lincoln County	2.0	8,170	4,071	1,118	205
60	Decatur County	2.0	31K	15,925	1,820	485
61	Columbia County	2.0	131K	66,977	6,659	919
62	Twiggs County	1.9	6,585	3,412	484	122
63	White County	1.9	38K	19,687	2,873	545
64	Baldwin County	1.9	42K	21,849	4,805	601
65	Wilcox County	1.9	8,653	4,661	1,042	165
66	Chattooga County	1.8	22K	12,575	2,763	473
67	Murray County	1.7	36K	21,085	1,959	413
68	Clayton County	1.7	241K	140,866	14,895	1,203
69	Brooks County	1.7	13K	7,555	546	95
70	Terrell County	1.7	6,557	3,865	316	216
71	Dawson County	1.6	31K	18,801	2,983	305
72	Butts County	1.6	24K	14,787	2,397	324
73	Screven County	1.6	16K	9,974	225	34
74	Sumter County	1.6	22K	13,979	1,317	562
75	Burke County	1.6	26K	16,403	2,774	380
76	Morgan County	1.5	25K	16,571	979	421
77	Treutlen County	1.5	5,166	3,505	420	84
78	Marion County	1.4	5,669	3,995	344	239
79	Tift County	1.4	35K	24,544	2,790	463
80	Heard County	1.4	8,126	5,960	738	93
81	Bibb County	1.3	110K	81,732	4,908	1,101
82	Gwinnett County	1.3	301K	224,403	13,147	940
83	Quitman County	1.3	1,171	888	236	60
84	Richmond County	1.3	153K	117,219	12,060	1,084
85	Webster County	1.3	1,255	988	118	43
86	Hall County	1.2	121K	97,219	3,702	965
87	Haralson County	1.2	20K	16,395	2,170	355
88	Cobb County	1.2	396K	322,249	9,465	1,000
89	Jenkins County	1.1	5,120	4,479	772	92
90	Habersham County	1.1	39K	34,189	5,169	659
91	Taliaferro County	1.1	1,022	900	196	64
92	Bleckley County	1.1	6,202	5,492	1,279	160
93	Miller County	1.1	3,579	3,209	1,198	75
94	Banks County	1.1	13K	11,560	1,494	459
95	Brantley County	1.1	8,782	8,007	715	62
96	Dodge County	1.1	8,658	7,951	1,320	151
97	Cook County	1.1	11K	9,902	904	122
98	Harris County	1.0	11K	11,153	1,231	439
99	Thomas County	1.0	36K	36,396	1,868	219
100	Johnson County	0.9	4,247	4,550	895	105
101	Peach County	0.9	17K	18,688	1,586	494
102	Stewart County	0.9	1,788	1,952	311	80
103	Appling County	0.9	9,113	9,991	950	215
104	Jackson County	0.9	54K	63,033	4,063	774
105	Gordon County	0.8	26K	31,723	1,271	330
106	Mitchell County	0.8	9,832	12,078	1,004	211
107	Laurens County	0.8	20K	24,434	2,173	494
108	Henry County	0.8	108K	137,362	7,240	970
109	Clarke County	0.8	61K	78,630	3,473	1,018
110	Douglas County	0.8	74K	97,948	2,850	1,024
111	Houston County	0.8	89K	118,038	4,938	1,143
112	Cherokee County	0.7	132K	178,437	6,066	956
113	Dooly County	0.7	4,426	6,093	286	222
114	Toombs County	0.7	12K	17,512	1,196	327
115	Carroll County	0.7	49K	70,666	1,325	607
116	Stephens County	0.7	11K	16,529	3,878	367
117	Spalding County	0.6	21K	32,004	1,365	571
118	Oglethorpe County	0.6	5,065	8,000	357	175
119	Pulaski County	0.6	3,240	5,122	648	148
120	Irwin County	0.6	3,356	5,703	348	71
121	Madison County	0.6	12K	20,879	1,383	657
122	Wheeler County	0.6	2,919	5,211	409	54
123	Whitfield County	0.6	40K	71,130	3,277	367
124	Upson County	0.5	11K	20,124	972	234
125	Barrow County	0.5	30K	61,060	2,527	799
126	Walker County	0.5	19K	39,350	5,647	185
127	Lee County	0.4	7,443	16,591	948	214
128	Coweta County	0.4	26K	62,382	4,085	473
129	Colquitt County	0.4	11K	26,516	848	182
130	Wilkes County	0.4	3,156	7,535	343	65
131	Early County	0.4	2,598	6,214	345	56
132	Bacon County	0.4	2,397	6,119	409	89
133	Oconee County	0.4	14K	36,796	2,015	155
134	Paulding County	0.4	41K	111,785	2,661	962
135	Catoosa County	0.3	12K	34,782	1,696	152
136	Washington County	0.3	3,317	10,974	169	147
137	Franklin County	0.3	5,532	18,696	593	267
138	Telfair County	0.3	2,260	8,161	1,404	168
139	Newton County	0.3	14K	49,305	1,536	160
140	Hart County	0.3	5,077	18,626	666	238
141	Worth County	0.3	2,263	8,795	659	100
142	Fayette County	0.2	21K	88,729	1,531	434
143	Seminole County	0.2	1,174	5,243	310	116
144	Jeff Davis County	0.2	1,778	8,107	704	111
145	Coffee County	0.2	5,218	27,859	1,270	169
146	Baker County	0.2	201	1,190	42	45
147	Walton County	0.2	11K	63,040	1,428	256
148	Dougherty County	0.2	9,182	60,664	528	274
149	Forsyth County	0.1	19K	134,644	3,019	327
150	Rockdale County	0.1	6,674	56,753	1,465	319
151	Elbert County	0.1	1,200	14,785	605	86
152	Troup County	0.1	2,138	31,848	163	81
153	Chattahoochee County	0.0	237	7,621	86	38
154	Fannin County	0.0	655	22,160	60	13
155	Ben Hill County	0.0	238	14,643	28	21
156	Crisp County	0.0	38	9,518	4	3
157	Grady County	0.0	50	15,452	3	8

Biggest Georgia outages of 2016

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSV JSON

#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Chatham County, GA	October 7, 2016 03:00	October 8, 2016 17:45	1d 14h	141,489	1.9M
2	Chatham County, GA	October 8, 2016 22:30	October 28, 2016 06:15	19d 7h	114,943	7.1M
3	Chatham County, GA	September 1, 2016 22:30	September 7, 2016 01:00	5d 2h	47,986	1.0M
4	Glynn County, GA	October 7, 2016 03:30	October 8, 2016 17:45	1d 14h	40,392	774K
5	Glynn County, GA	October 8, 2016 22:30	October 15, 2016 06:00	6d 7h	35,693	1.1M
6	Effingham County, GA	October 7, 2016 12:00	October 8, 2016 17:45	1d 5h	27,148	326K
7	DeKalb County, GA	July 5, 2016 12:45	July 8, 2016 09:00	2d 20h	23,595	109K
8	Fulton County, GA	April 28, 2016 12:00	May 2, 2016 18:30	4d 6h	23,337	244K
9	DeKalb County, GA	March 24, 2016 12:45	March 26, 2016 02:30	1d 13h	22,352	34K
10	Effingham County, GA	October 8, 2016 22:30	October 15, 2016 04:00	6d 5h	22,313	1.3M
11	Glynn County, GA	September 2, 2016 00:00	September 4, 2016 20:30	2d 20h	20,196	330K
12	DeKalb County, GA	August 18, 2016 04:45	August 20, 2016 10:00	2d 5h	18,318	109K
13	DeKalb County, GA	July 10, 2016 16:30	July 13, 2016 09:00	2d 16h	18,224	59K
14	Fulton County, GA	August 25, 2016 11:30	August 28, 2016 00:30	2d 13h	16,865	25K
15	Bulloch County, GA	October 7, 2016 21:30	October 8, 2016 17:45	20h 15m	16,727	198K
16	Clayton County, GA	July 11, 2016 21:45	July 12, 2016 23:15	1d 1h	14,895	70K
17	Fulton County, GA	July 5, 2016 12:45	July 9, 2016 07:30	3d 18h	14,070	86K
18	DeKalb County, GA	February 3, 2016 06:15	February 6, 2016 05:30	2d 23h	13,659	18K
19	Chatham County, GA	June 17, 2016 11:15	June 20, 2016 00:00	2d 12h	13,350	53K
20	Lowndes County, GA	September 2, 2016 04:15	September 4, 2016 04:00	1d 23h	13,185	195K
21	Gwinnett County, GA	July 5, 2016 19:45	July 7, 2016 05:45	1d 10h	13,147	27K
22	Richmond County, GA	February 24, 2016 09:45	February 26, 2016 02:00	1d 16h	12,060	34K
23	Bulloch County, GA	October 8, 2016 22:30	October 13, 2016 10:00	4d 11h	12,038	320K
24	Chatham County, GA	July 17, 2016 07:30	July 19, 2016 21:30	2d 14h	11,748	47K
25	Camden County, GA	October 7, 2016 07:30	October 8, 2016 17:45	1d 10h	11,613	212K

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Georgia's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

Georgia by year:2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2015

Other states in 2016:NC WV SC VA ME FL LA AR

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.