2019 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 34th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

2.5

vs prior year

▼ 46%

vs 2018

Customer-hours out

12.7M

Peak customers out

65,442

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

86%

of GA customers

Counties reporting

159

Georgia year over year

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

Month by month, 2019

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

CSV JSON

All 159 Georgia counties, 2019

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	Baker County	21.5	26K	1,190	1,190	268
2	Talbot County	18.9	55K	2,895	1,231	342
3	Harris County	18.9	210K	11,153	9,271	651
4	Gilmer County	18.7	317K	17,004	6,276	874
5	Clay County	18.0	21K	1,158	1,158	186
6	Taliaferro County	17.0	15K	900	749	207
7	Webster County	14.4	14K	988	361	181
8	Quitman County	14.3	13K	888	888	136
9	Meriwether County	12.4	120K	9,739	5,118	614
10	Rabun County	11.8	119K	10,115	7,868	676
11	Pickens County	11.7	200K	17,031	5,270	783
12	Glascock County	10.6	18K	1,689	1,689	185
13	Dade County	10.3	78K	7,648	5,048	431
14	Hancock County	8.3	37K	4,461	892	533
15	Jones County	8.0	90K	11,169	4,518	592
16	Long County	8.0	41K	5,091	1,364	691
17	Appling County	7.9	78K	9,991	7,641	841
18	Calhoun County	7.3	12K	1,709	589	295
19	Chattooga County	7.2	90K	12,575	1,840	623
20	Atkinson County	7.0	30K	4,283	1,172	511
21	Macon County	7.0	38K	5,404	2,143	501
22	DeKalb County	6.7	1.2M	182,341	14,839	344
23	Irwin County	6.3	36K	5,703	1,220	389
24	Stewart County	6.1	12K	1,952	435	197
25	Tattnall County	6.0	47K	7,806	2,312	604
26	Crawford County	5.3	38K	7,075	2,492	385
27	Bacon County	5.3	32K	6,119	4,711	578
28	Charlton County	5.3	28K	5,213	2,543	313
29	Terrell County	5.3	20K	3,865	1,422	355
30	Taylor County	5.1	22K	4,224	1,706	328
31	Warren County	5.1	14K	2,705	493	300
32	Evans County	4.9	22K	4,456	1,087	489
33	Lincoln County	4.8	20K	4,071	1,555	328
34	Worth County	4.6	41K	8,795	2,292	367
35	Schley County	4.5	9,792	2,185	746	172
36	Monroe County	4.4	84K	18,899	3,513	680
37	Bartow County	4.4	142K	32,190	2,186	873
38	Lumpkin County	4.4	84K	19,256	7,040	754
39	Twiggs County	4.3	15K	3,412	587	247
40	Haralson County	4.2	69K	16,395	1,375	686
41	McIntosh County	4.2	30K	7,007	1,679	505
42	White County	4.2	83K	19,687	3,570	861
43	Wayne County	4.2	68K	16,057	3,033	751
44	Fulton County	4.2	1.6M	383,737	20,125	210
45	Polk County	4.2	80K	19,098	2,514	767
46	Oglethorpe County	4.2	33K	8,000	880	335
47	Washington County	4.1	45K	10,974	2,052	650
48	Candler County	4.1	20K	4,883	780	466
49	Murray County	4.0	84K	21,085	3,371	894
50	Marion County	3.9	16K	3,995	2,544	275
51	Pierce County	3.9	41K	10,427	2,098	730
52	Putnam County	3.8	39K	10,183	3,902	595
53	Decatur County	3.7	59K	15,925	1,719	657
54	Johnson County	3.7	17K	4,550	887	426
55	Chatham County	3.5	507K	143,708	15,373	756
56	Effingham County	3.5	95K	27,148	6,404	842
57	Turner County	3.4	16K	4,828	981	343
58	Heard County	3.4	20K	5,960	798	377
59	Banks County	3.4	39K	11,560	1,496	465
60	Dooly County	3.3	20K	6,093	1,100	304
61	Gordon County	3.3	103K	31,723	2,697	833
62	Wilcox County	3.2	15K	4,661	547	281
63	Sumter County	3.1	44K	13,979	1,807	616
64	Jeff Davis County	3.1	25K	8,107	1,589	639
65	Mitchell County	3.1	38K	12,078	1,443	474
66	Gwinnett County	3.1	696K	224,403	11,514	658
67	Morgan County	3.1	51K	16,571	2,030	582
68	Floyd County	3.0	145K	47,505	4,026	930
69	Greene County	3.0	37K	12,117	982	557
70	Coweta County	3.0	187K	62,382	3,206	902
71	Muscogee County	3.0	266K	88,804	9,798	996
72	Brantley County	3.0	24K	8,007	1,165	573
73	Randolph County	2.9	6,808	2,312	1,158	261
74	Clayton County	2.9	407K	140,866	10,529	827
75	Pike County	2.9	30K	10,373	835	503
76	Dawson County	2.8	53K	18,801	3,677	734
77	Liberty County	2.7	88K	32,090	2,487	887
78	Camden County	2.7	67K	24,470	5,226	739
79	Troup County	2.7	84K	31,848	6,061	546
80	Bulloch County	2.6	103K	39,331	3,689	997
81	Echols County	2.6	5,254	2,019	569	88
82	Glynn County	2.6	104K	40,392	4,076	1,050
83	Catoosa County	2.6	89K	34,782	3,110	871
84	Baldwin County	2.5	55K	21,849	2,447	740
85	Ware County	2.5	52K	21,266	3,369	706
86	Lee County	2.4	40K	16,591	2,953	511
87	Jasper County	2.4	22K	9,408	1,550	459
88	Lamar County	2.2	28K	12,486	1,325	603
89	Grady County	2.2	34K	15,452	1,203	526
90	Jefferson County	2.2	19K	8,747	1,079	553
91	Hart County	2.2	41K	18,626	3,407	574
92	McDuffie County	2.2	24K	10,984	1,120	507
93	Coffee County	2.2	61K	27,859	1,901	882
94	Habersham County	2.2	74K	34,189	2,546	906
95	Fannin County	2.1	48K	22,160	4,142	475
96	Pulaski County	1.9	9,785	5,122	661	224
97	Union County	1.9	49K	25,706	3,068	403
98	Berrien County	1.9	16K	8,532	950	298
99	Peach County	1.8	34K	18,688	1,345	534
100	Stephens County	1.7	29K	16,529	1,405	610
101	Franklin County	1.7	32K	18,696	2,121	640
102	Bryan County	1.7	46K	26,792	4,684	602
103	Walton County	1.7	107K	63,040	4,402	880
104	Walker County	1.7	66K	39,350	2,291	816
105	Seminole County	1.6	8,638	5,243	804	202
106	Hall County	1.6	160K	97,219	3,866	933
107	Emanuel County	1.6	21K	12,876	860	506
108	Wilkes County	1.6	12K	7,535	878	292
109	Wilkinson County	1.6	6,552	4,059	870	272
110	Columbia County	1.6	107K	66,977	25,337	950
111	Elbert County	1.6	23K	14,785	1,493	337
112	Bibb County	1.6	128K	81,732	4,264	1,007
113	Whitfield County	1.5	110K	71,130	3,029	895
114	Fayette County	1.4	125K	88,729	6,132	829
115	Rockdale County	1.4	80K	56,753	4,486	764
116	Chattahoochee County	1.4	11K	7,621	897	159
117	Carroll County	1.4	99K	70,666	2,855	1,057
118	Miller County	1.4	4,472	3,209	605	142
119	Butts County	1.3	19K	14,787	1,534	541
120	Upson County	1.3	25K	20,124	1,449	371
121	Oconee County	1.2	45K	36,796	5,359	638
122	Bleckley County	1.2	6,765	5,492	668	191
123	Brooks County	1.2	9,229	7,555	698	154
124	Ben Hill County	1.1	17K	14,643	1,703	267
125	Clarke County	1.1	89K	78,630	4,608	904
126	Spalding County	1.1	36K	32,004	1,981	707
127	Henry County	1.1	149K	137,362	3,686	972
128	Laurens County	1.1	26K	24,434	1,029	565
129	Douglas County	1.1	105K	97,948	6,240	1,116
130	Newton County	1.0	51K	49,305	2,130	656
131	Cobb County	1.0	331K	322,249	6,735	862
132	Telfair County	1.0	8,206	8,161	1,817	169
133	Towns County	1.0	13K	13,058	1,080	236
134	Dodge County	1.0	7,857	7,951	1,005	213
135	Tift County	1.0	23K	24,544	1,469	478
136	Madison County	0.9	19K	20,879	2,387	524
137	Clinch County	0.9	3,762	4,096	657	106
138	Richmond County	0.9	105K	117,219	17,032	1,056
139	Forsyth County	0.8	110K	134,644	3,561	835
140	Cherokee County	0.8	142K	178,437	3,240	855
141	Burke County	0.8	12K	16,403	961	402
142	Early County	0.7	4,629	6,214	501	155
143	Lanier County	0.7	3,951	5,311	498	168
144	Barrow County	0.7	45K	61,060	2,841	654
145	Paulding County	0.7	80K	111,785	4,263	1,142
146	Thomas County	0.7	26K	36,396	1,353	466
147	Toombs County	0.7	12K	17,512	694	439
148	Treutlen County	0.7	2,455	3,505	416	144
149	Cook County	0.6	6,259	9,902	937	185
150	Jackson County	0.6	39K	63,033	1,863	726
151	Houston County	0.5	60K	118,038	4,374	1,006
152	Jenkins County	0.5	2,183	4,479	245	141
153	Dougherty County	0.5	29K	60,664	1,932	448
154	Lowndes County	0.4	27K	70,771	1,375	693
155	Wheeler County	0.4	1,899	5,211	566	81
156	Montgomery County	0.4	1,626	4,636	407	160
157	Colquitt County	0.3	8,571	26,516	822	244
158	Screven County	0.2	1,764	9,974	286	66
159	Crisp County	0.1	660	9,518	83	49

Biggest Georgia outages of 2019

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	Columbia County, GA	July 30, 2019 13:45	July 30, 2019 16:00	2h 15m	25,337	6,347
2	Fulton County, GA	June 1, 2019 10:30	June 16, 2019 02:00	14d 15h	20,125	81K
3	Richmond County, GA	July 30, 2019 11:00	July 30, 2019 16:00	5h	17,032	4,598
4	Chatham County, GA	September 4, 2019 11:15	September 7, 2019 23:00	3d 11h	15,373	160K
5	DeKalb County, GA	July 29, 2019 12:30	August 10, 2019 06:15	11d 17h	14,839	125K
6	DeKalb County, GA	June 22, 2019 00:00	June 30, 2019 00:45	8d	14,416	162K
7	Fulton County, GA	June 22, 2019 04:30	June 30, 2019 01:15	7d 20h	14,291	198K
8	Fulton County, GA	September 7, 2019 09:00	September 20, 2019 08:45	12d 23h	14,133	164K
9	Fulton County, GA	April 13, 2019 04:45	April 24, 2019 23:00	11d 18h	13,766	174K
10	Gwinnett County, GA	April 19, 2019 06:45	April 21, 2019 01:45	1d 19h	11,514	68K
11	Gwinnett County, GA	June 22, 2019 05:45	June 24, 2019 06:15	2d	10,793	46K
12	DeKalb County, GA	September 10, 2019 06:00	September 12, 2019 02:45	1d 20h	10,761	45K
13	Clayton County, GA	September 10, 2019 17:15	September 11, 2019 09:15	16h	10,529	15K
14	Clayton County, GA	September 28, 2019 22:45	September 30, 2019 05:45	1d 7h	10,022	32K
15	Chatham County, GA	April 18, 2019 23:15	April 23, 2019 05:30	4d 6h	9,980	57K
16	Fulton County, GA	February 8, 2019 09:45	February 9, 2019 22:15	1d 12h	9,914	8,366
17	Fulton County, GA	July 29, 2019 05:30	August 3, 2019 16:45	5d 11h	9,885	60K
18	Muscogee County, GA	March 3, 2019 18:45	March 7, 2019 15:15	3d 20h	9,798	76K
19	Fulton County, GA	October 18, 2019 02:45	October 22, 2019 07:45	4d 5h	9,658	33K
20	Gwinnett County, GA	January 20, 2019 10:15	January 21, 2019 03:30	17h 15m	9,323	24K
21	Harris County, GA	March 3, 2019 20:45	March 6, 2019 06:15	2d 9h	9,271	119K
22	Gwinnett County, GA	April 14, 2019 12:30	April 16, 2019 02:45	1d 14h	9,006	26K
23	Gwinnett County, GA	June 24, 2019 11:30	June 26, 2019 02:00	1d 14h	8,906	19K
24	DeKalb County, GA	July 17, 2019 12:45	July 19, 2019 06:00	1d 17h	8,710	28K
25	Clayton County, GA	February 12, 2019 05:00	February 14, 2019 10:45	2d 5h	8,389	45K

EAGLE-I tracked about 86% of Georgia's electricity customers in 2019; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

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Other states in 2019:WV MI NC LA CA VT VA AR

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

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