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2019 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 2.5 hours — the 35th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
2.5
Peak customers out
25,337
Rank (worst state)
35th
Counties affected
20

Georgia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2019 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Georgia counties in 2019

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

1Columbia County25,3372Fulton County20,1253Richmond County17,0324Chatham County15,3735DeKalb County14,8396Gwinnett County11,5147Clayton County10,5298Muscogee County9,7989Harris County9,27110Rabun County7,86811Appling County7,64112Lumpkin County7,04013Cobb County6,73514Effingham County6,40415Gilmer County6,27616Douglas County6,24017Fayette County6,13218Troup County6,06119Oconee County5,35920Pickens County5,270

Biggest Georgia outages of 2019

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Columbia CountyJuly 30, 201925,337
Fulton CountyJune 1, 201920,125
Richmond CountyJuly 30, 201917,032
Chatham CountySeptember 4, 201915,373
DeKalb CountyJuly 29, 201914,839
DeKalb CountyJune 22, 201914,416
Fulton CountyJune 22, 201914,291
Fulton CountySeptember 7, 201914,133
Fulton CountyApril 13, 201913,766
Gwinnett CountyApril 19, 201911,514
Georgia by year:20252024202320222021202020182017
Other states in 2019:WVNCMILACAVT

Part of the 2019 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.