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2022 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 3.7 hours — the 28th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
3.7
Peak customers out
29,861
Rank (worst state)
28th
Counties affected
20

Georgia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2022 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Georgia counties in 2022

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

1DeKalb County29,8612Gwinnett County24,0203Henry County22,1924Forsyth County17,8505Union County16,9046Glynn County15,7677Fulton County15,1348Cherokee County14,9889Cobb County14,63310Catoosa County13,85411Hall County12,74512Habersham County12,03313White County11,76114Columbia County10,58815Chatham County10,32016Bulloch County10,31617Clayton County10,22318Bibb County10,09719Floyd County9,09120Rabun County8,778

Biggest Georgia outages of 2022

CountyBeganPeak customers out
DeKalb CountyMarch 10, 202229,861
DeKalb CountyDecember 22, 202229,835
Gwinnett CountyJanuary 3, 202224,020
Gwinnett CountyJanuary 14, 202222,585
Henry CountyJuly 20, 202222,192
Forsyth CountyMay 4, 202217,850
Union CountyMarch 10, 202216,904
Henry CountyJuly 30, 202215,912
Glynn CountyMarch 20, 202215,767
Gwinnett CountyDecember 23, 202215,444
Georgia by year:20252024202320212020201920182017
Other states in 2022:MENCFLWVVTAK

Part of the 2022 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.