2021 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 2.4 hours, the 40th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

2.4

vs prior year

▼ 68%

vs 2020

Customer-hours out

12.3M

Peak customers out

90,123

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

90%

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, 2021

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

CSV JSON

All 159 Georgia counties, 2021

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	27.3	33K	1,190	1,190	247
2	Clay County	21.2	25K	1,158	1,158	151
3	Rabun County	18.3	185K	10,115	4,938	691
4	Gilmer County	16.4	279K	17,004	3,204	803
5	Atkinson County	8.9	38K	4,283	1,831	501
6	Calhoun County	8.5	15K	1,709	863	222
7	Johnson County	8.2	37K	4,550	983	403
8	Talbot County	8.1	24K	2,895	773	289
9	Polk County	7.6	146K	19,098	5,087	705
10	Hancock County	7.0	31K	4,461	2,047	507
11	Evans County	6.8	30K	4,456	1,567	373
12	Oglethorpe County	6.8	54K	8,000	1,219	388
13	DeKalb County	6.5	1.2M	182,341	19,859	284
14	Heard County	6.5	39K	5,960	2,945	288
15	Long County	6.4	33K	5,091	1,482	614
16	Chattooga County	6.3	79K	12,575	2,982	609
17	Lincoln County	6.3	26K	4,071	2,983	279
18	Taliaferro County	6.3	5,636	900	441	174
19	McIntosh County	6.0	42K	7,007	2,380	465
20	Mitchell County	5.8	70K	12,078	1,763	337
21	Lumpkin County	5.8	111K	19,256	1,849	697
22	Macon County	5.5	30K	5,404	1,157	459
23	Dade County	5.5	42K	7,648	2,315	442
24	Randolph County	5.4	12K	2,312	2,062	209
25	Appling County	5.4	54K	9,991	2,699	793
26	Stewart County	5.2	10K	1,952	1,486	145
27	Webster County	5.1	5,039	988	430	106
28	Turner County	5.0	24K	4,828	781	314
29	Quitman County	5.0	4,418	888	565	88
30	Dooly County	4.9	30K	6,093	962	440
31	Wilcox County	4.9	23K	4,661	2,160	334
32	Bartow County	4.9	157K	32,190	4,842	791
33	Tattnall County	4.9	38K	7,806	1,711	612
34	Jones County	4.7	52K	11,169	3,338	576
35	Pickens County	4.6	79K	17,031	1,161	720
36	Taylor County	4.6	19K	4,224	1,050	336
37	Meriwether County	4.5	44K	9,739	1,501	625
38	Jeff Davis County	4.5	36K	8,107	2,058	643
39	Terrell County	4.4	17K	3,865	1,078	270
40	Harris County	4.4	49K	11,153	2,725	551
41	Floyd County	4.3	206K	47,505	5,447	817
42	Murray County	4.3	91K	21,085	9,190	772
43	Sumter County	4.3	60K	13,979	2,771	610
44	Worth County	4.2	37K	8,795	1,381	283
45	Warren County	4.2	11K	2,705	1,103	220
46	Catoosa County	4.0	140K	34,782	27,379	967
47	Irwin County	4.0	23K	5,703	1,813	330
48	Gordon County	4.0	126K	31,723	14,718	807
49	Decatur County	3.9	62K	15,925	3,167	644
50	Pulaski County	3.8	20K	5,122	1,292	311
51	Schley County	3.8	8,343	2,185	537	135
52	Montgomery County	3.7	17K	4,636	1,185	359
53	Putnam County	3.6	37K	10,183	2,334	572
54	Twiggs County	3.6	12K	3,412	798	173
55	Bacon County	3.5	22K	6,119	1,662	617
56	Washington County	3.5	39K	10,974	1,613	584
57	Wayne County	3.5	56K	16,057	3,246	739
58	Marion County	3.5	14K	3,995	1,141	251
59	Fulton County	3.4	1.3M	383,737	17,444	166
60	Grady County	3.4	53K	15,452	4,506	583
61	Pierce County	3.3	34K	10,427	2,373	701
62	Coweta County	3.3	204K	62,382	8,675	814
63	Treutlen County	3.2	11K	3,505	1,287	255
64	Effingham County	3.2	86K	27,148	2,166	765
65	Emanuel County	3.1	40K	12,876	1,247	651
66	Clayton County	3.1	439K	140,866	17,202	690
67	Camden County	3.1	75K	24,470	2,370	689
68	Chatham County	3.1	438K	143,708	11,528	585
69	White County	3.0	60K	19,687	2,056	731
70	Gwinnett County	3.0	668K	224,403	7,260	642
71	Wilkes County	3.0	22K	7,535	2,495	274
72	Haralson County	2.9	48K	16,395	2,466	603
73	Toombs County	2.9	51K	17,512	1,612	611
74	Glynn County	2.9	116K	40,392	2,244	999
75	Monroe County	2.9	54K	18,899	3,781	612
76	Crawford County	2.9	20K	7,075	1,036	388
77	Miller County	2.8	9,102	3,209	1,176	98
78	Greene County	2.8	34K	12,117	921	554
79	Brantley County	2.8	23K	8,007	1,526	513
80	Butts County	2.8	41K	14,787	4,993	435
81	Upson County	2.8	56K	20,124	3,423	435
82	Oconee County	2.7	101K	36,796	5,279	597
83	Banks County	2.7	31K	11,560	1,089	535
84	Dawson County	2.6	49K	18,801	3,729	678
85	Whitfield County	2.5	179K	71,130	22,179	933
86	Pike County	2.5	26K	10,373	1,575	533
87	Wilkinson County	2.5	10K	4,059	882	201
88	Baldwin County	2.5	54K	21,849	1,197	766
89	Fannin County	2.5	55K	22,160	10,925	350
90	McDuffie County	2.4	27K	10,984	7,270	433
91	Jefferson County	2.4	21K	8,747	1,095	566
92	Jasper County	2.3	22K	9,408	3,581	460
93	Coffee County	2.2	62K	27,859	2,228	870
94	Union County	2.2	57K	25,706	5,432	585
95	Candler County	2.2	11K	4,883	920	351
96	Lamar County	2.2	27K	12,486	2,227	604
97	Bibb County	2.1	174K	81,732	3,820	909
98	Glascock County	2.1	3,587	1,689	295	110
99	Walker County	2.1	83K	39,350	13,372	747
100	Echols County	2.1	4,192	2,019	598	57
101	Douglas County	2.0	201K	97,948	5,184	1,051
102	Lee County	2.0	33K	16,591	2,709	416
103	Muscogee County	1.9	170K	88,804	16,640	919
104	Habersham County	1.9	65K	34,189	7,143	861
105	Peach County	1.9	35K	18,688	1,683	569
106	Liberty County	1.9	60K	32,090	3,957	789
107	Charlton County	1.8	9,408	5,213	612	328
108	Morgan County	1.8	30K	16,571	1,620	631
109	Towns County	1.8	23K	13,058	3,595	273
110	Rockdale County	1.8	101K	56,753	3,212	741
111	Ware County	1.8	37K	21,266	3,353	697
112	Seminole County	1.7	9,126	5,243	449	116
113	Bryan County	1.7	45K	26,792	2,958	655
114	Bulloch County	1.6	62K	39,331	1,975	850
115	Henry County	1.5	205K	137,362	10,914	849
116	Carroll County	1.5	104K	70,666	5,379	998
117	Stephens County	1.4	24K	16,529	1,913	689
118	Clarke County	1.4	111K	78,630	7,955	912
119	Thomas County	1.4	51K	36,396	4,595	520
120	Hall County	1.4	136K	97,219	3,570	872
121	Madison County	1.3	28K	20,879	1,428	689
122	Burke County	1.3	22K	16,403	2,064	380
123	Laurens County	1.3	32K	24,434	1,225	696
124	Ben Hill County	1.3	19K	14,643	1,043	248
125	Dodge County	1.2	9,584	7,951	2,309	175
126	Paulding County	1.2	132K	111,785	3,409	1,133
127	Columbia County	1.1	76K	66,977	7,093	857
128	Fayette County	1.1	99K	88,729	6,318	714
129	Walton County	1.1	70K	63,040	2,301	841
130	Barrow County	1.1	67K	61,060	4,498	788
131	Cherokee County	1.1	191K	178,437	22,939	786
132	Jackson County	1.0	64K	63,033	4,065	809
133	Richmond County	1.0	120K	117,219	4,791	997
134	Bleckley County	1.0	5,569	5,492	372	153
135	Troup County	1.0	32K	31,848	1,342	443
136	Berrien County	1.0	8,401	8,532	960	190
137	Brooks County	1.0	7,212	7,555	403	93
138	Cobb County	0.9	299K	322,249	21,747	803
139	Telfair County	0.9	7,417	8,161	1,330	211
140	Early County	0.8	5,227	6,214	218	103
141	Jenkins County	0.8	3,729	4,479	741	99
142	Hart County	0.8	16K	18,626	960	639
143	Franklin County	0.8	15K	18,696	1,865	601
144	Lowndes County	0.7	51K	70,771	2,533	796
145	Tift County	0.7	18K	24,544	1,042	543
146	Houston County	0.7	84K	118,038	6,918	953
147	Elbert County	0.7	9,769	14,785	647	355
148	Clinch County	0.6	2,489	4,096	856	95
149	Spalding County	0.6	19K	32,004	2,559	617
150	Newton County	0.6	29K	49,305	1,306	551
151	Cook County	0.5	5,380	9,902	860	108
152	Forsyth County	0.5	70K	134,644	9,828	902
153	Chattahoochee County	0.5	3,934	7,621	425	79
154	Dougherty County	0.5	31K	60,664	1,072	424
155	Lanier County	0.4	2,343	5,311	178	84
156	Colquitt County	0.4	10K	26,516	839	195
157	Wheeler County	0.4	1,860	5,211	414	54
158	Screven County	0.1	1,011	9,974	191	27
159	Crisp County	0.0	78	9,518	5	7

Biggest Georgia outages of 2021

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	Catoosa County, GA	February 4, 2021 22:00	February 5, 2021 00:45	2h 45m	27,379	39K
2	Catoosa County, GA	February 4, 2021 16:45	February 4, 2021 19:00	2h 15m	25,998	54K
3	Cherokee County, GA	May 4, 2021 09:45	May 5, 2021 21:30	1d 11h	22,939	35K
4	Whitfield County, GA	February 4, 2021 22:00	February 5, 2021 00:45	2h 45m	22,179	30K
5	Cobb County, GA	March 27, 2021 09:30	March 27, 2021 17:00	7h 30m	21,747	5,829
6	Cobb County, GA	September 26, 2021 01:30	September 26, 2021 10:15	8h 45m	21,079	5,411
7	Whitfield County, GA	February 4, 2021 16:45	February 4, 2021 19:00	2h 15m	20,699	45K
8	DeKalb County, GA	July 22, 2021 10:15	July 31, 2021 02:15	8d 16h	19,859	149K
9	Fulton County, GA	May 3, 2021 10:15	May 9, 2021 03:45	5d 17h	17,444	119K
10	Clayton County, GA	June 25, 2021 06:45	June 26, 2021 05:15	22h 30m	17,202	7,370
11	Muscogee County, GA	May 5, 2021 01:00	May 5, 2021 08:15	7h 15m	16,640	15K
12	Fulton County, GA	April 23, 2021 06:00	May 1, 2021 05:00	7d 23h	15,971	155K
13	Gordon County, GA	February 4, 2021 22:00	February 5, 2021 00:45	2h 45m	14,718	21K
14	Walker County, GA	February 4, 2021 22:00	February 5, 2021 00:45	2h 45m	13,372	17K
15	Gordon County, GA	February 4, 2021 13:15	February 4, 2021 19:00	5h 45m	12,630	25K
16	Clayton County, GA	November 22, 2021 09:45	November 23, 2021 12:30	1d 2h	12,201	16K
17	Cherokee County, GA	June 27, 2021 20:45	June 28, 2021 21:30	1d	11,655	3,021
18	Cherokee County, GA	February 1, 2021 14:45	February 3, 2021 02:30	1d 11h	11,528	6,303
19	Chatham County, GA	July 7, 2021 07:15	July 11, 2021 18:00	4d 10h	11,528	131K
20	DeKalb County, GA	January 14, 2021 07:15	January 15, 2021 05:30	22h 15m	11,169	3,822
21	Fannin County, GA	January 21, 2021 16:15	January 21, 2021 19:00	2h 45m	10,925	2,813
22	Henry County, GA	May 2, 2021 19:15	May 4, 2021 00:00	1d 4h	10,914	8,557
23	Walker County, GA	February 4, 2021 14:45	February 4, 2021 19:00	4h 15m	10,290	22K
24	Forsyth County, GA	April 24, 2021 12:45	April 25, 2021 07:00	18h 15m	9,828	3,724
25	Murray County, GA	February 4, 2021 22:00	February 5, 2021 00:45	2h 45m	9,190	11K

EAGLE-I tracked about 90% of Georgia's electricity customers in 2021; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

Georgia by year:2025 2024 2023 2022 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2021:LA MI WV OR TX MS KY NC

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

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