County annual report · FIPS 13237
2018 Putnam County, GA Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Putnam County, GA went without power for an average of 9.1 hours, a total of 92K customer-hours (Georgia average 4.7 hours). That ranks 53rd worst of 157 Georgia counties and 624th of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with GA, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Georgia customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Putnam County, 2018
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 10, 2018 23:45 | October 12, 2018 23:45 | 2d | 3,057 | 48K |
| 2 | March 12, 2018 22:00 | March 13, 2018 00:15 | 2h 15m | 2,479 | 4,373 |
| 3 | March 1, 2018 18:00 | March 2, 2018 00:45 | 6h 45m | 1,242 | 2,567 |
| 4 | September 27, 2018 21:15 | September 28, 2018 05:00 | 7h 45m | 1,150 | 3,033 |
| 5 | April 30, 2018 19:30 | April 30, 2018 20:30 | 1h | 1,125 | 1,125 |
| 6 | June 17, 2018 01:00 | June 17, 2018 09:45 | 8h 45m | 888 | 4,565 |
| 7 | December 28, 2018 17:00 | December 28, 2018 20:45 | 3h 45m | 852 | 1,546 |
| 8 | January 14, 2018 00:00 | January 14, 2018 01:30 | 1h 30m | 811 | 493 |
| 9 | January 24, 2018 03:45 | January 24, 2018 05:30 | 1h 45m | 803 | 1,207 |
| 10 | May 15, 2018 16:45 | May 15, 2018 20:00 | 3h 15m | 762 | 957 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 44 reached 100+ customers, 5 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 Putnam County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2018, 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 | 2018 | 3.8 hrs | 1.48 | 2.1 hrs | 1.21 |
| Central Georgia El Member Corp | 2018 | 1.8 hrs | 1.28 | 89 min | 1.13 |
| Tri-County Elec Member Corp (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 90% of Georgia's customers in 2018; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 10,183 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. Putnam County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Putnam County, GA annual power outage report, 2018, 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/2018/georgia/putnam-county