County annual report · FIPS 13317
2016 Wilkes County, GA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Wilkes County, GA went without power for an average of 0.4 hours, a total of 3,156 customer-hours (Georgia average 4.8 hours). That ranks 130th worst of 157 Georgia counties and 2062nd of 2,391 nationally.
Compared with GA, the US and 2015
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Georgia customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Wilkes County, 2016
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 2, 2016 21:00 | August 3, 2016 03:15 | 6h 15m | 343 | 544 |
| 2 | October 7, 2016 22:15 | October 8, 2016 01:15 | 3h | 257 | 585 |
| 3 | February 24, 2016 08:45 | February 25, 2016 04:45 | 20h | 95 | 609 |
| 4 | August 1, 2016 01:45 | August 1, 2016 09:30 | 7h 45m | 66 | 337 |
| 5 | August 18, 2016 17:30 | August 18, 2016 23:00 | 5h 30m | 66 | 363 |
| 6 | April 13, 2016 19:30 | April 13, 2016 21:30 | 2h | 65 | 130 |
| 7 | February 29, 2016 22:30 | February 29, 2016 22:45 | 15m | 44 | 11 |
| 8 | September 4, 2016 14:15 | September 4, 2016 18:00 | 3h 45m | 43 | 107 |
| 9 | July 17, 2016 02:30 | July 17, 2016 07:00 | 4h 30m | 42 | 189 |
| 10 | August 17, 2016 13:00 | August 17, 2016 14:00 | 1h | 14 | 11 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 2 reached 100+ customers, 0 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Wilkes County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2016, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | 2016 | 9.7 hrs | 1.63 | 2.3 hrs | 1.43 |
| Rayle Electric Membership Corp | 2016 | 2.5 hrs | 1.98 | 1.9 hrs | 1.71 |
| City of Washington - (GA) | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Georgia's customers in 2016; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 7,535 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Wilkes County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Wilkes County, GA annual power outage report, 2016, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2016/georgia/wilkes-county