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2018 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 4.6 hours, the 21st worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
4.6
vs prior year
▼ 68%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
23.4M
Peak customers out
298,882
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
90%
of GA customers
Counties reporting
157

Georgia year over year

Georgia: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 1.8h; 2016: 4.8h; 2017: 14.2h; 2018: 4.6h, coverage 90%; 2019: 2.5h, coverage 86%; 2020: 7.4h, coverage 88%; 2021: 2.4h, coverage 90%; 2022: 3.7h, coverage 91%; 2023: 6.6h; 2024: 25.3h; 2025: 4.6h01020300%50%100%1.8h20154.8h201614.2h20174.6h20182.5h20197.4h20202.4h20213.7h20226.6h202325.3h20244.6h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2018

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

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Georgia customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 877K, Feb 334K, Mar 871K, Apr 736K, May 752K, Jun 2.0M, Jul 2.0M, Aug 1.1M, Sep 712K, Oct 12.2M, Nov 661K, Dec 1.2M05M10M15M877KJan334KFeb871KMar736KApr752KMay2.0MJun2.0MJul1.1MAug712KSep12.2MOct661KNov1.2MDec
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All 157 Georgia counties, 2018

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Calhoun County152.8261K1,7091,709244
2Clay County124.0144K1,1581,158197
3Randolph County118.2273K2,3122,312279
4Decatur County109.61.7M15,92513,136630
5Terrell County84.3326K3,8653,865330
6Grady County79.71.2M15,4529,059608
7Quitman County69.762K888888126
8Stewart County52.6103K1,9521,952183
9Turner County51.7250K4,8284,828295
10Seminole County48.5255K5,2431,692205
11Webster County47.347K988988109
12Miller County47.1151K3,2091,135108
13Johnson County41.1187K4,5504,550351
14Sumter County38.3535K13,97913,270633
15Wilcox County37.3174K4,6612,529204
16Baker County36.243K1,19036250
17Lee County36.2600K16,59113,330480
18Gilmer County35.8608K17,00411,796849
19Macon County32.8178K5,4045,404483
20Rabun County27.4278K10,1157,078686
21Pulaski County25.4130K5,1222,277147
22Irwin County22.9130K5,7034,715355
23Dooly County21.8133K6,0933,139219
24Mitchell County20.1242K12,0782,810261
25Hancock County19.185K4,4612,751476
26Bleckley County17.696K5,4922,824141
27Dodge County17.3138K7,9513,440163
28Schley County15.835K2,1851,168155
29Telfair County15.5127K8,1612,966193
30Laurens County15.5378K24,43410,021546
31Washington County15.3168K10,9744,737602
32Candler County14.872K4,8834,883451
33Taliaferro County14.413K900541175
34Glascock County14.224K1,6891,419129
35Thomas County13.8503K36,3968,661502
36Ben Hill County12.6184K14,6433,146240
37Tift County12.6308K24,54410,161533
38Taylor County12.553K4,2242,899315
39Warren County12.433K2,7051,227241
40Charlton County12.063K5,2133,309368
41Emanuel County11.7150K12,8766,297527
42Tattnall County11.288K7,8065,379722
43Jones County11.2125K11,1695,005558
44Early County10.967K6,21449679
45Berrien County10.892K8,5323,377248
46Montgomery County10.649K4,6361,442104
47Evans County10.145K4,4562,442394
48Worth County10.188K8,7951,389130
49Pickens County9.9168K17,0312,731723
50Jefferson County9.886K8,7475,197485
51McIntosh County9.466K7,0072,591286
52Marion County9.437K3,9951,241268
53Putnam County9.192K10,1833,057559
54Jeff Davis County7.964K8,1074,447512
55Lincoln County7.531K4,0712,628315
56Talbot County7.422K2,895950244
57Crawford County7.251K7,0751,851378
58Dade County7.054K7,6483,155347
59Twiggs County7.024K3,412919136
60Atkinson County6.930K4,2831,945433
61Glynn County6.9279K40,39217,1481,053
62Dougherty County6.8413K60,6644,667291
63Murray County6.7141K21,0855,668775
64Baldwin County6.5143K21,8495,809711
65Greene County6.477K12,1171,873516
66Appling County6.262K9,9911,830693
67Meriwether County6.260K9,7392,733610
68Camden County6.1150K24,4706,802696
69Haralson County6.1100K16,3953,340639
70Chattooga County6.177K12,5757,844628
71Wilkes County5.844K7,5351,483252
72Wheeler County5.629K5,21179763
73Lumpkin County5.6108K19,2566,478709
74Long County5.628K5,0912,499782
75Wilkinson County5.522K4,0591,108171
76Bulloch County5.2205K39,3319,3451,003
77Harris County5.157K11,1532,722591
78Coffee County4.9136K27,8597,662807
79Toombs County4.985K17,5126,363396
80Colquitt County4.7126K26,5162,161198
81Gwinnett County4.61.0M224,40379,773638
82DeKalb County4.5826K182,34112,528549
83Bibb County4.1338K81,73213,056983
84Burke County4.167K16,4034,311346
85Monroe County4.076K18,8996,562650
86Brantley County4.032K8,0073,455487
87Jasper County3.835K9,4083,535485
88Pike County3.738K10,3732,082493
89White County3.670K19,6873,737795
90Polk County3.567K19,0981,743777
91Oglethorpe County3.427K8,0001,356348
92Lamar County3.443K12,4861,878554
93Fulton County3.41.3M383,73717,870355
94Pierce County3.435K10,4271,411628
95Chattahoochee County3.325K7,6211,38085
96Habersham County3.2109K34,1894,843918
97Heard County3.119K5,960853360
98Bartow County3.098K32,1902,900904
99Peach County3.055K18,6882,130432
100Wayne County2.947K16,0571,479732
101Morgan County2.847K16,5711,870600
102Floyd County2.8135K47,5054,082915
103Gordon County2.889K31,7232,215799
104Effingham County2.875K27,1482,730781
105Dawson County2.852K18,8016,478618
106Chatham County2.7392K143,7087,761818
107Banks County2.731K11,5601,266556
108Jenkins County2.612K4,4791,511107
109Treutlen County2.69,0593,50532660
110Bacon County2.515K6,119788513
111Coweta County2.3146K62,3824,811889
112Houston County2.3272K118,03816,7361,023
113Catoosa County2.278K34,7823,379915
114Walker County2.287K39,3503,430835
115Ware County2.247K21,2662,789674
116Clayton County2.1298K140,8666,6701,045
117Muscogee County2.1187K88,8046,353988
118Richmond County2.1243K117,21910,3731,082
119Columbia County2.1138K66,9776,813891
120Clarke County2.0161K78,63010,4321,025
121McDuffie County2.022K10,9841,814499
122Brooks County2.015K7,55582092
123Stephens County1.829K16,5291,563570
124Carroll County1.7123K70,6664,0781,059
125Upson County1.735K20,1242,181255
126Lanier County1.79,1115,31182076
127Walton County1.7107K63,0405,368890
128Cook County1.717K9,902697116
129Echols County1.73,3872,01955740
130Liberty County1.650K32,0904,330976
131Hall County1.6152K97,2198,071952
132Lowndes County1.6110K70,7715,362783
133Oconee County1.556K36,7962,460658
134Butts County1.522K14,7871,183561
135Douglas County1.4142K97,9487,3311,132
136Franklin County1.426K18,6963,061559
137Whitfield County1.396K71,1302,856896
138Cobb County1.2399K322,2498,651842
139Cherokee County1.2214K178,4376,099888
140Spalding County1.238K32,0042,088682
141Henry County1.1156K137,36211,297972
142Fayette County1.090K88,7292,329847
143Hart County1.018K18,6261,299536
144Madison County1.020K20,8791,738784
145Bryan County1.026K26,7922,026467
146Clinch County1.03,9064,0961,353102
147Barrow County0.953K61,0607,251835
148Troup County0.827K31,8482,573527
149Rockdale County0.847K56,75313,038748
150Elbert County0.812K14,7851,856296
151Paulding County0.886K111,7857,1171,090
152Jackson County0.848K63,0331,326858
153Newton County0.736K49,3054,121583
154Forsyth County0.795K134,6443,562880
155Fannin County0.12,76522,16012022
156Screven County0.16609,97414911
157Crisp County0.04329,518512

Biggest Georgia outages of 2018

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Gwinnett County, GAJuly 21, 2018 10:30July 24, 2018 11:303d 1h79,773126K
2Gwinnett County, GAJanuary 5, 2018 12:45January 5, 2018 20:007h 15m35,88125K
3Gwinnett County, GAMay 31, 2018 04:15June 4, 2018 07:454d 3h27,328249K
4Fulton County, GAMarch 20, 2018 01:30March 22, 2018 05:002d 3h17,870108K
5Glynn County, GAJanuary 3, 2018 13:00January 6, 2018 03:152d 14h17,148203K
6Houston County, GAOctober 10, 2018 22:30October 13, 2018 19:452d 21h16,736190K
7Lee County, GAOctober 10, 2018 20:00October 18, 2018 19:157d 23h13,330561K
8Sumter County, GAOctober 10, 2018 17:15October 16, 2018 02:305d 9h13,270502K
9Decatur County, GAOctober 10, 2018 13:15October 24, 2018 00:4513d 11h13,1361.7M
10Bibb County, GAOctober 10, 2018 17:15October 14, 2018 03:453d 10h13,056185K
11Rockdale County, GAMay 8, 2018 15:30May 8, 2018 18:002h 30m13,0389,896
12DeKalb County, GAJuly 21, 2018 08:30July 26, 2018 01:004d 16h12,52867K
13DeKalb County, GAAugust 27, 2018 12:30August 28, 2018 03:0014h 30m12,4543,918
14Gilmer County, GAJuly 21, 2018 07:00July 26, 2018 03:004d 20h11,796413K
15Henry County, GASeptember 27, 2018 12:45September 28, 2018 06:1517h 30m11,29715K
16DeKalb County, GAJanuary 1, 2018 00:00January 9, 2018 04:458d 4h11,23235K
17DeKalb County, GAOctober 10, 2018 07:00October 13, 2018 01:152d 18h10,60331K
18Clarke County, GAJuly 22, 2018 00:45July 24, 2018 00:001d 23h10,43279K
19Richmond County, GAOctober 11, 2018 06:00October 13, 2018 03:301d 21h10,373107K
20Tift County, GAOctober 10, 2018 19:15October 15, 2018 00:304d 5h10,161287K
21DeKalb County, GAJuly 31, 2018 12:15August 11, 2018 06:4510d 18h10,057101K
22Laurens County, GAOctober 11, 2018 01:30October 14, 2018 06:153d 4h10,021357K
23Fulton County, GAOctober 9, 2018 12:45October 13, 2018 03:003d 14h9,96163K
24Fulton County, GAAugust 7, 2018 09:00August 12, 2018 19:155d 10h9,92168K
25Gwinnett County, GAAugust 9, 2018 06:00August 12, 2018 04:302d 22h9,68631K
EAGLE-I tracked about 90% of Georgia's electricity customers in 2018; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Georgia by year:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVTMEMI

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

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