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2017 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 14.2 hours — the 5th worst of any US state that year, 2.0× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
14.2
Peak customers out
176,310
Rank (worst state)
5th
Counties affected
20

Georgia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2017 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Georgia counties in 2017

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

1DeKalb County176,3102Fulton County136,3203Gwinnett County101,5044Chatham County76,0435Cobb County67,1776Clayton County49,4227Hall County49,2358Glynn County46,3619Bibb County43,99810Henry County29,92911Clarke County29,28912Muscogee County28,39013Rockdale County27,69514Paulding County27,36415Carroll County26,37316Cherokee County25,79917Camden County22,83818Richmond County22,46419Houston County21,50420Lowndes County19,665

Biggest Georgia outages of 2017

CountyBeganPeak customers out
DeKalb CountySeptember 11, 2017176,310
Fulton CountySeptember 11, 2017136,320
Gwinnett CountySeptember 11, 2017101,504
Chatham CountySeptember 10, 201776,043
DeKalb CountyMarch 21, 201775,787
Cobb CountyDecember 8, 201767,177
Clayton CountySeptember 11, 201749,422
Hall CountySeptember 11, 201749,235
Glynn CountySeptember 9, 201746,361
Bibb CountySeptember 11, 201743,998
Georgia by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHRIVT

Part of the 2017 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.