2023 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 6.6 hours, the 19th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

6.6

vs prior year

▲ 81%

vs 2022

Customer-hours out

34.0M

Peak customers out

299,403

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

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, 2023

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

CSV JSON

All 159 Georgia counties, 2023

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	Berrien County	69.9	596K	8,532	8,532	308
2	Brooks County	58.5	442K	7,555	7,555	233
3	Lowndes County	55.0	3.9M	70,771	60,581	725
4	Atkinson County	44.5	191K	4,283	4,243	462
5	Baker County	36.1	43K	1,190	1,128	314
6	Cook County	33.1	328K	9,902	6,227	199
7	Pickens County	32.1	547K	17,031	10,740	695
8	Pierce County	26.7	279K	10,427	10,427	638
9	Hancock County	26.5	118K	4,461	4,461	550
10	Irwin County	24.8	141K	5,703	3,501	379
11	Charlton County	23.8	124K	5,213	5,213	354
12	Brantley County	23.5	188K	8,007	8,007	558
13	Ware County	23.1	491K	21,266	13,974	705
14	Echols County	22.9	46K	2,019	669	102
15	Lincoln County	22.2	90K	4,071	3,385	292
16	Gilmer County	21.5	365K	17,004	7,204	830
17	Treutlen County	20.6	72K	3,505	3,505	184
18	Rabun County	20.5	207K	10,115	3,786	727
19	McIntosh County	20.4	143K	7,007	7,007	500
20	Clay County	19.3	22K	1,158	742	184
21	Wilcox County	19.2	89K	4,661	1,725	406
22	Meriwether County	19.0	185K	9,739	6,804	645
23	Taliaferro County	18.6	17K	900	718	115
24	Jasper County	18.5	174K	9,408	4,687	509
25	Tift County	17.3	425K	24,544	17,213	587
26	Quitman County	16.2	14K	888	837	96
27	Tattnall County	16.0	125K	7,806	6,946	621
28	Candler County	16.0	78K	4,883	3,139	415
29	Evans County	16.0	71K	4,456	3,510	401
30	Dade County	15.0	115K	7,648	2,625	497
31	DeKalb County	14.6	2.7M	182,341	69,184	349
32	Macon County	14.1	76K	5,404	3,191	533
33	Terrell County	13.1	51K	3,865	1,542	384
34	Glynn County	12.9	521K	40,392	25,676	814
35	Mitchell County	12.5	151K	12,078	3,626	402
36	Coffee County	12.4	344K	27,859	11,831	879
37	Decatur County	12.3	196K	15,925	7,157	629
38	Webster County	12.2	12K	988	770	118
39	Randolph County	12.2	28K	2,312	946	275
40	Long County	12.0	61K	5,091	3,283	594
41	Clinch County	12.0	49K	4,096	1,650	100
42	Appling County	11.4	114K	9,991	7,165	734
43	Talbot County	11.4	33K	2,895	1,534	331
44	Butts County	11.3	167K	14,787	4,190	421
45	Lanier County	11.3	60K	5,311	1,738	136
46	Colquitt County	10.7	285K	26,516	13,259	294
47	Harris County	10.7	119K	11,153	3,281	610
48	Pike County	10.6	110K	10,373	5,978	578
49	Johnson County	10.5	48K	4,550	4,550	445
50	Spalding County	10.5	335K	32,004	7,797	600
51	Lumpkin County	10.2	196K	19,256	5,181	666
52	Bacon County	9.9	61K	6,119	2,265	570
53	Lamar County	9.8	123K	12,486	5,769	584
54	Emanuel County	9.7	125K	12,876	5,831	539
55	White County	9.7	190K	19,687	7,504	804
56	Montgomery County	9.5	44K	4,636	1,647	213
57	Bulloch County	9.0	355K	39,331	11,576	899
58	Heard County	9.0	54K	5,960	1,421	331
59	Grady County	9.0	139K	15,452	6,018	652
60	Stewart County	8.7	17K	1,952	1,203	207
61	Jones County	8.6	96K	11,169	4,359	481
62	Oglethorpe County	8.6	69K	8,000	2,050	460
63	Schley County	8.6	19K	2,185	1,049	173
64	Chatham County	8.5	1.2M	143,708	37,181	547
65	Clarke County	8.1	636K	78,630	21,517	890
66	Calhoun County	8.1	14K	1,709	811	242
67	Greene County	8.0	97K	12,117	4,235	540
68	Chattooga County	8.0	100K	12,575	2,078	555
69	Morgan County	7.9	131K	16,571	6,013	618
70	Marion County	7.5	30K	3,995	2,283	261
71	Jeff Davis County	7.4	60K	8,107	2,700	668
72	Newton County	7.4	364K	49,305	6,937	650
73	Sumter County	7.4	103K	13,979	2,249	632
74	Worth County	7.4	65K	8,795	1,487	433
75	Putnam County	7.1	72K	10,183	4,253	557
76	Camden County	7.0	172K	24,470	9,091	704
77	Warren County	7.0	19K	2,705	940	285
78	Wayne County	6.9	111K	16,057	5,476	721
79	Dooly County	6.8	42K	6,093	1,177	442
80	Twiggs County	6.8	23K	3,412	1,505	155
81	Crawford County	6.7	47K	7,075	2,329	523
82	Fannin County	6.7	148K	22,160	3,766	377
83	Floyd County	6.3	300K	47,505	11,488	810
84	Henry County	6.2	852K	137,362	21,828	800
85	Polk County	6.1	117K	19,098	4,189	708
86	Toombs County	6.1	107K	17,512	8,719	223
87	Bryan County	6.1	162K	26,792	11,621	543
88	Troup County	6.0	193K	31,848	6,078	537
89	Turner County	6.0	29K	4,828	2,888	341
90	Effingham County	6.0	163K	27,148	7,332	776
91	Baldwin County	5.9	130K	21,849	6,673	734
92	Gordon County	5.7	181K	31,723	3,691	765
93	Haralson County	5.7	93K	16,395	2,464	677
94	Wilkes County	5.7	43K	7,535	1,115	250
95	Washington County	5.5	60K	10,974	2,868	587
96	Monroe County	5.4	102K	18,899	5,150	665
97	Fulton County	5.4	2.1M	383,737	40,113	171
98	Pulaski County	5.3	27K	5,122	1,320	340
99	Bartow County	5.3	170K	32,190	3,023	864
100	Forsyth County	5.1	690K	134,644	46,734	903
101	Thomas County	5.0	182K	36,396	3,456	555
102	Clayton County	4.9	696K	140,866	15,910	718
103	Gwinnett County	4.8	1.1M	224,403	44,637	643
104	Murray County	4.8	100K	21,085	3,383	732
105	Union County	4.6	119K	25,706	3,728	570
106	Coweta County	4.6	287K	62,382	9,039	830
107	Cherokee County	4.6	818K	178,437	33,595	811
108	Bibb County	4.6	375K	81,732	12,276	862
109	Taylor County	4.6	19K	4,224	1,611	361
110	Towns County	4.4	58K	13,058	6,088	304
111	Banks County	4.3	50K	11,560	1,617	391
112	Wilkinson County	4.3	17K	4,059	1,029	193
113	Jefferson County	4.2	37K	8,747	1,194	574
114	Liberty County	4.1	131K	32,090	4,053	833
115	Ben Hill County	3.9	57K	14,643	2,048	372
116	Miller County	3.6	12K	3,209	616	56
117	Walker County	3.5	138K	39,350	6,426	776
118	Upson County	3.5	70K	20,124	2,796	452
119	Glascock County	3.5	5,835	1,689	246	146
120	Lee County	3.5	57K	16,591	3,108	418
121	Dawson County	3.4	65K	18,801	2,313	644
122	McDuffie County	3.3	37K	10,984	1,943	502
123	Hall County	3.3	325K	97,219	14,957	866
124	Rockdale County	3.1	178K	56,753	6,660	828
125	Seminole County	3.1	16K	5,243	1,124	123
126	Catoosa County	3.0	104K	34,782	3,935	870
127	Peach County	3.0	55K	18,688	2,612	615
128	Carroll County	2.9	202K	70,666	14,755	958
129	Early County	2.7	17K	6,214	1,119	133
130	Laurens County	2.6	63K	24,434	2,871	446
131	Jackson County	2.6	162K	63,033	5,143	608
132	Muscogee County	2.5	226K	88,804	8,535	984
133	Douglas County	2.5	249K	97,948	10,388	912
134	Oconee County	2.4	89K	36,796	8,409	615
135	Madison County	2.4	50K	20,879	3,149	488
136	Cobb County	2.3	756K	322,249	22,843	616
137	Whitfield County	2.3	165K	71,130	5,578	912
138	Richmond County	2.3	271K	117,219	8,149	927
139	Habersham County	2.3	79K	34,189	3,846	870
140	Columbia County	2.2	149K	66,977	9,235	853
141	Stephens County	2.2	37K	16,529	1,174	656
142	Bleckley County	2.2	12K	5,492	924	155
143	Paulding County	2.1	234K	111,785	10,995	826
144	Barrow County	2.1	125K	61,060	5,308	661
145	Burke County	1.9	32K	16,403	1,325	414
146	Fayette County	1.9	166K	88,729	12,077	779
147	Telfair County	1.8	15K	8,161	1,169	188
148	Jenkins County	1.8	8,057	4,479	724	117
149	Hart County	1.6	30K	18,626	1,632	680
150	Walton County	1.6	100K	63,040	5,155	877
151	Franklin County	1.5	28K	18,696	1,141	649
152	Dougherty County	1.2	76K	60,664	2,256	526
153	Elbert County	1.2	18K	14,785	813	425
154	Dodge County	1.2	9,161	7,951	555	165
155	Houston County	0.9	106K	118,038	5,259	887
156	Chattahoochee County	0.6	4,419	7,621	888	95
157	Wheeler County	0.4	2,090	5,211	150	63
158	Screven County	0.1	576	9,974	110	24
159	Crisp County	0.0	32	9,518	6	6

Biggest Georgia outages of 2023

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	DeKalb County, GA	August 6, 2023 17:00	August 20, 2023 10:00	13d 17h	69,184	821K
2	DeKalb County, GA	June 25, 2023 06:45	July 2, 2023 17:00	7d 10h	66,499	696K
3	Lowndes County, GA	August 30, 2023 07:30	September 13, 2023 10:00	14d 2h	60,581	3.8M
4	Forsyth County, GA	July 20, 2023 21:45	July 25, 2023 00:45	4d 3h	46,734	616K
5	Gwinnett County, GA	July 20, 2023 04:30	July 23, 2023 08:00	3d 3h	44,637	307K
6	Fulton County, GA	June 25, 2023 18:00	July 6, 2023 05:00	10d 11h	40,113	329K
7	Chatham County, GA	August 30, 2023 05:45	September 2, 2023 17:30	3d 11h	37,181	653K
8	Cherokee County, GA	July 20, 2023 10:15	July 27, 2023 05:45	6d 19h	33,595	486K
9	Fulton County, GA	July 19, 2023 11:15	August 21, 2023 01:15	32d 14h	30,736	676K
10	DeKalb County, GA	July 20, 2023 07:45	July 25, 2023 10:15	5d 2h	30,185	185K
11	Glynn County, GA	August 30, 2023 10:45	September 2, 2023 18:00	3d 7h	25,676	345K
12	Cobb County, GA	June 25, 2023 18:00	June 28, 2023 22:45	3d 4h	22,843	105K
13	Henry County, GA	January 12, 2023 03:45	January 20, 2023 22:45	8d 19h	21,828	394K
14	Clarke County, GA	July 20, 2023 21:00	July 25, 2023 01:15	4d 4h	21,517	438K
15	Henry County, GA	May 9, 2023 13:00	May 9, 2023 23:30	10h 30m	21,090	10K
16	Henry County, GA	May 8, 2023 01:15	May 8, 2023 05:15	4h	19,514	18K
17	DeKalb County, GA	March 3, 2023 11:45	March 4, 2023 08:00	20h 15m	19,022	24K
18	Forsyth County, GA	June 25, 2023 09:45	June 27, 2023 06:00	1d 20h	18,001	6,708
19	Henry County, GA	June 25, 2023 20:30	June 27, 2023 07:45	1d 11h	17,845	145K
20	Tift County, GA	August 30, 2023 12:15	September 3, 2023 15:45	4d 3h	17,213	358K
21	Clayton County, GA	August 6, 2023 16:45	August 9, 2023 03:15	2d 10h	15,910	121K
22	Hall County, GA	July 20, 2023 21:30	July 24, 2023 14:15	3d 16h	14,957	105K
23	Carroll County, GA	August 7, 2023 21:00	August 9, 2023 01:45	1d 4h	14,755	35K
24	Clayton County, GA	June 25, 2023 14:30	June 30, 2023 09:45	4d 19h	14,351	121K
25	Fulton County, GA	March 30, 2023 11:30	April 4, 2023 03:30	4d 16h	14,295	26K

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Georgia's electricity customers in 2023; 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 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2023:ME MI KY OK AR WV LA MS

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

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