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2024 Georgia Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average Georgia customer went without power for about 25.8 hours — the 4th worst of any US state that year, 3.6× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
25.8
Peak customers out
118,846
Rank (worst state)
4th
Counties affected
20

Georgia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2024 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Georgia counties in 2024

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

1Chatham County118,8462Richmond County96,0503Columbia County71,2354Lowndes County61,9475DeKalb County50,6146Glynn County44,5917Bulloch County37,2238Fulton County36,5689Tift County31,07110Effingham County27,46611Gwinnett County26,78212Bryan County26,66113Liberty County24,39214Muscogee County21,12415Cherokee County19,64816Camden County18,96217Ware County18,19418Colquitt County16,99719Coffee County15,23020Cobb County14,648

Biggest Georgia outages of 2024

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Chatham CountySeptember 25, 2024118,846
Richmond CountySeptember 26, 202496,050
Columbia CountySeptember 26, 202471,235
Lowndes CountySeptember 26, 202461,947
DeKalb CountySeptember 24, 202450,614
Glynn CountySeptember 26, 202444,591
Bulloch CountySeptember 27, 202437,223
Fulton CountyJuly 23, 202436,568
Lowndes CountyAugust 4, 202435,288
Fulton CountySeptember 24, 202433,676
Georgia by year:20252023202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2024:NCSCMETXFLWV

Part of the 2024 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.