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2023 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 6.6 hours — the 19th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
6.6
Peak customers out
69,184
Rank (worst state)
19th
Counties affected
20

Georgia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2023 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Georgia counties in 2023

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

1DeKalb County69,1842Lowndes County60,5813Forsyth County46,7344Gwinnett County44,6375Fulton County40,1136Chatham County37,1817Cherokee County33,5958Glynn County25,6769Cobb County22,84310Henry County21,82811Clarke County21,51712Tift County17,21313Clayton County15,91014Hall County14,95715Carroll County14,75516Ware County13,97417Colquitt County13,25918Bibb County12,27619Fayette County12,07720Coffee County11,831

Biggest Georgia outages of 2023

CountyBeganPeak customers out
DeKalb CountyAugust 6, 202369,184
DeKalb CountyJune 25, 202366,499
Lowndes CountyAugust 30, 202360,581
Forsyth CountyJuly 20, 202346,734
Gwinnett CountyJuly 20, 202344,637
Fulton CountyJune 25, 202340,113
Chatham CountyAugust 30, 202337,181
Cherokee CountyJuly 20, 202333,595
Fulton CountyJuly 19, 202330,736
DeKalb CountyJuly 20, 202330,185
Georgia by year:20252024202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWV

Part of the 2023 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.