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2020 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 7.4 hours, the 16th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
7.4
vs prior year
▲ 200%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
37.9M
Peak customers out
948,799
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
88%
of GA customers
Counties reporting
159

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, 2020

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

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Georgia customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 1.6M, Feb 934K, Mar 808K, Apr 3.6M, May 982K, Jun 1.6M, Jul 1.3M, Aug 1.8M, Sep 1.3M, Oct 21.3M, Nov 2.0M, Dec 669K010M20M30M1.6MJan934KFeb808KMar3.6MApr982KMay1.6MJun1.3MJul1.8MAug1.3MSep21.3MOct2.0MNov669KDec
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All 159 Georgia counties, 2020

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Gilmer County74.61.3M17,00415,996931
2Rabun County67.9687K10,11510,115677
3Clay County52.561K1,1581,158169
4White County33.8666K19,68713,411843
5Pickens County32.3551K17,03111,602821
6Lumpkin County29.8573K19,25612,023805
7Haralson County28.9474K16,39510,349617
8DeKalb County25.14.6M182,341139,779374
9Polk County24.7472K19,09811,874690
10Heard County22.0131K5,9603,952352
11Baker County21.626K1,190854312
12Dawson County20.4384K18,8018,646816
13Chattooga County20.4256K12,5755,676601
14Floyd County19.5927K47,50518,578889
15Bartow County19.0611K32,19019,932801
16Stephens County18.5306K16,52911,209630
17Habersham County16.3558K34,18914,772826
18Fulton County16.26.2M383,737178,832215
19Taliaferro County15.614K900629137
20Banks County15.0174K11,5604,455559
21Randolph County14.834K2,3121,849212
22Quitman County14.713K888888106
23Fannin County14.5322K22,1605,358686
24Hancock County14.364K4,4613,166483
25Wilcox County13.764K4,6611,666352
26Pulaski County13.469K5,1223,970293
27Dade County13.2101K7,6485,275429
28Macon County12.065K5,4041,840500
29Hall County11.51.1M97,21945,151887
30Mitchell County11.3137K12,0784,155403
31Union County11.1286K25,7069,435624
32Calhoun County11.119K1,7091,709188
33Murray County10.8229K21,0857,595736
34Coweta County10.6661K62,38226,923838
35Gwinnett County10.32.3M224,403102,982512
36Catoosa County9.9345K34,78212,993863
37Carroll County9.8693K70,66626,270998
38Atkinson County9.641K4,2831,534554
39Stewart County9.218K1,9521,409180
40Greene County8.8106K12,1172,757504
41Schley County8.619K2,185814155
42Gordon County8.0255K31,7239,380775
43Marion County8.032K3,9951,354254
44Meriwether County8.078K9,7393,235619
45Douglas County7.6747K97,94834,101782
46Long County7.538K5,0912,087560
47Talbot County7.522K2,895794277
48Terrell County7.328K3,8651,250251
49Putnam County7.274K10,1834,878538
50Harris County7.179K11,1531,436601
51Webster County7.06,933988988101
52Sumter County6.895K13,9793,134627
53Paulding County6.7745K111,78529,999807
54Wilkes County6.650K7,535963245
55Franklin County6.5122K18,6967,757613
56Appling County6.565K9,9911,590842
57Warren County6.517K2,705683225
58Dooly County6.439K6,0931,109429
59Johnson County6.329K4,5503,532402
60Taylor County6.327K4,2243,014333
61Towns County6.281K13,0583,939326
62Oglethorpe County6.250K8,0001,569386
63Lincoln County5.924K4,071958273
64Irwin County5.833K5,7031,225304
65McIntosh County5.841K7,0071,950499
66Walker County5.8227K39,3505,105736
67Decatur County5.790K15,9252,039618
68Jones County5.663K11,1692,130578
69Crawford County5.539K7,0752,979387
70Twiggs County5.318K3,412559163
71Worth County5.246K8,7951,837404
72Tattnall County5.240K7,806767644
73Cherokee County5.1908K178,43733,434824
74Clayton County5.1716K140,86617,247838
75Washington County5.055K10,9745,510558
76Cobb County5.01.6M322,24965,007785
77Charlton County4.724K5,2131,340345
78Candler County4.723K4,8834,138388
79Pierce County4.648K10,4275,306749
80Brantley County4.637K8,0072,158567
81Pike County4.446K10,3731,720554
82Bacon County4.427K6,1193,209592
83Wayne County4.268K16,0572,914771
84Glascock County4.17,0091,689446156
85Muscogee County4.0357K88,80420,389964
86Liberty County4.0128K32,0903,095863
87Fayette County4.0351K88,72915,677771
88Emanuel County3.951K12,8768,588637
89Evans County3.917K4,4561,541379
90Jefferson County3.833K8,7473,622553
91Monroe County3.770K18,8992,480662
92Lamar County3.746K12,4861,988659
93Morgan County3.457K16,5711,612587
94Baldwin County3.474K21,8493,126735
95Jasper County3.432K9,4081,775432
96Ware County3.371K21,2664,650708
97Effingham County3.390K27,1483,977824
98Grady County3.351K15,4521,853403
99McDuffie County3.235K10,9841,421535
100Jeff Davis County3.226K8,107983644
101Camden County3.175K24,4705,625731
102Turner County3.115K4,828802364
103Upson County2.959K20,1242,303428
104Chatham County2.9411K143,70839,186711
105Montgomery County2.813K4,6363,684454
106Forsyth County2.8376K134,64423,657926
107Rockdale County2.7156K56,75312,214797
108Bibb County2.7223K81,73210,084955
109Lee County2.745K16,5914,059408
110Glynn County2.7109K40,39214,486989
111Peach County2.649K18,6886,616580
112Whitfield County2.6187K71,1305,895852
113Coffee County2.468K27,8593,463889
114Madison County2.449K20,8792,987714
115Clarke County2.3179K78,6309,659914
116Jenkins County2.310K4,479741112
117Walton County2.3142K63,0408,429881
118Berrien County2.219K8,532679227
119Bulloch County2.287K39,3315,248950
120Columbia County2.1143K66,97712,931940
121Henry County2.0279K137,36215,981914
122Hart County2.037K18,6261,974605
123Seminole County2.010K5,243624123
124Chattahoochee County1.914K7,6211,394100
125Toombs County1.832K17,512999633
126Barrow County1.8111K61,0605,798814
127Wilkinson County1.87,2274,0591,389151
128Echols County1.83,5692,019211102
129Laurens County1.843K24,4341,343703
130Butts County1.826K14,7871,198419
131Burke County1.728K16,4031,717385
132Newton County1.784K49,30510,891644
133Jackson County1.7104K63,0333,916844
134Ben Hill County1.623K14,643791236
135Bryan County1.642K26,7924,582651
136Oconee County1.557K36,7963,734610
137Troup County1.548K31,8484,262421
138Treutlen County1.55,1643,505525288
139Early County1.48,9626,214340121
140Lanier County1.36,6585,3111,726108
141Tift County1.231K24,5441,706495
142Thomas County1.244K36,3961,120432
143Dodge County1.29,6037,9512,286160
144Richmond County1.2141K117,21910,7891,010
145Spalding County1.237K32,0041,690622
146Cook County1.111K9,9021,149138
147Bleckley County1.15,7885,4922,891129
148Miller County1.03,2443,209525112
149Telfair County0.97,3658,1612,968189
150Houston County0.9102K118,0385,9231,008
151Dougherty County0.952K60,6644,064523
152Lowndes County0.860K70,7712,490758
153Elbert County0.711K14,785573326
154Clinch County0.62,5744,09663881
155Brooks County0.64,7077,55540581
156Colquitt County0.513K26,516853207
157Wheeler County0.21,0285,21182752
158Screven County0.19529,97410421
159Crisp County0.0239,51852

Biggest Georgia outages of 2020

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Fulton County, GAOctober 19, 2020 04:45November 7, 2020 05:1519d178,8324.5M
2DeKalb County, GAOctober 29, 2020 03:30November 7, 2020 06:459d 3h139,7793.2M
3Gwinnett County, GAOctober 28, 2020 12:15November 7, 2020 06:459d 18h102,9821.6M
4Cobb County, GAOctober 29, 2020 06:45November 3, 2020 03:454d 21h65,0071.3M
5Hall County, GAOctober 29, 2020 04:15November 4, 2020 04:005d 23h45,151870K
6Chatham County, GANovember 3, 2020 05:00November 4, 2020 21:451d 16h39,18617K
7Douglas County, GAOctober 29, 2020 06:45November 4, 2020 05:155d 22h34,101627K
8Cherokee County, GAOctober 29, 2020 07:15November 5, 2020 03:456d 20h33,434711K
9Paulding County, GAOctober 29, 2020 06:45November 4, 2020 05:155d 22h29,999630K
10Coweta County, GAMarch 31, 2020 13:45April 3, 2020 02:152d 12h26,923193K
11Carroll County, GAOctober 29, 2020 05:45November 2, 2020 06:304d26,270535K
12Fulton County, GAJanuary 11, 2020 11:45January 17, 2020 07:155d 19h24,119142K
13Forsyth County, GAOctober 29, 2020 07:45November 2, 2020 08:004d23,657317K
14Fulton County, GAJune 14, 2020 13:45July 13, 2020 04:3028d 14h22,262182K
15DeKalb County, GAJuly 28, 2020 13:15August 10, 2020 07:1512d 18h21,152103K
16Gwinnett County, GAJune 27, 2020 19:45June 30, 2020 08:302d 12h20,615115K
17Muscogee County, GAMay 27, 2020 21:15May 27, 2020 23:302h 15m20,38912K
18Bartow County, GAOctober 29, 2020 06:30November 3, 2020 02:154d 19h19,932368K
19Fulton County, GAMay 23, 2020 00:45May 30, 2020 02:307d 1h18,59933K
20Floyd County, GAOctober 29, 2020 05:45November 3, 2020 02:304d 20h18,578578K
21Coweta County, GAOctober 29, 2020 06:30November 1, 2020 02:152d 19h18,451255K
22Fulton County, GAAugust 2, 2020 01:15September 2, 2020 06:4531d 5h17,815291K
23Clayton County, GAOctober 29, 2020 00:00November 3, 2020 23:155d 23h17,247283K
24Cherokee County, GAJune 27, 2020 12:15June 30, 2020 03:152d 15h16,87525K
25Gilmer County, GAOctober 29, 2020 04:30November 5, 2020 21:457d 17h15,996859K
EAGLE-I tracked about 88% of Georgia's electricity customers in 2020; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Georgia by year:2025202420232022202120192018201720162015
Other states in 2020:LAMEOKIAALMSNJNC

Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

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