Power outage history
Bibb County Georgia
3.5hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
127th most of 156 in Georgia 47% below the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Bibb's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2024 was the worst well-recorded year, at 5.2 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Bibb, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2017 | Hurricane Irma | 43,998 | 54% | 5.0 d | 3.9 d | 2.3M |
| Oct 10, 2018 | Hurricane Michael | 13,056 | 16% | 40 h | 22 h | 181k |
| Jun 25, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 12,276 | 15% | 23 h | 19 h | 125k |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Hurricane Helene | 11,414 | 14% | 35 h | 26 h | 121k |
| Aug 18, 2024 | No storm report | 13,530 | 17% | 21 h | 11 h | 90k |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Tornadoes | 6,616 | 8% | 34 h | 34 h | 70k |
| Mar 27, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 9,286 | 11% | 17 h | 7.5 h | 52k |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 5,607 | 7% | 20 h | 18 h | 48k |
| Apr 10, 2025 | No storm report | 10,430 | 13% | 11 h | 8.2 h | 43k |
| Mar 12, 2022 | No storm report | 5,357 | 7% | 15 h | 10 h | 37k |
| Apr 13, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 10,084 | 12% | 13 h | 8.0 h | 34k |
| Aug 6, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 7,661 | 9% | 11 h | 9.8 h | 32k |
| Jan 3, 2022 | No storm report | 2,875 | 4% | 9.8 h | – | 18k |
| Nov 7, 2018 | Tornadoes | 3,281 | 4% | 9.2 h | – | 17k |
| Jul 12, 2021 | No storm report | 3,432 | 4% | 8.5 h | – | 17k |
| Jul 5, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 4,908 | 6% | 6.5 h | 6.2 h | 15k |
| Jun 3, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 3,158 | 4% | 12 h | – | 14k |
| May 26, 2015 | Thunderstorms | 8,865 | 11% | 3.5 h | 3.2 h | 13k |
| Jul 6, 2021 | No storm report | 3,182 | 4% | 5.5 h | – | 12k |
| Dec 19, 2025 | No storm report | 2,682 | 3% | 6.0 h | – | 11k |
| Jan 11, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 4,553 | 6% | 6.0 h | 3.8 h | 11k |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 2,123 | 3% | 6.0 h | – | 11k |
| Feb 16, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 3,452 | 4% | 4.5 h | – | 9.9k |
| Apr 7, 2025 | No storm report | 4,583 | 6% | 3.2 h | 3.0 h | 9.9k |
| Oct 29, 2020 | Hurricane Zeta | 3,049 | 4% | 4.8 h | – | 8.8k |
| Aug 17, 2024 | No storm report | 3,106 | 4% | 6.5 h | – | 8.8k |
| Jul 31, 2024 | No storm report | 4,516 | 6% | 2.5 h | 1.8 h | 7.9k |
| Jun 20, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 4,264 | 5% | 4.5 h | 7.5 h | 7.9k |
| May 24, 2022 | No storm report | 2,429 | 3% | 3.8 h | – | 7.2k |
| Sep 17, 2020 | Hurricane Sally | 2,266 | 3% | 5.0 h | – | 6.7k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Bibb from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 40%
- Thunderstorms 27%
- Tropical storm 26%
- Tornadoes 7.1%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Bibb
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Georgia territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Power Co | Investor Owned | 287 | 155 | 1.83 | 16.3 | 2.5M |
| Flint Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | 151 | 101 | 1.22 | 13.4 | 85k |
| Central Georgia El Member Corp | Cooperative | 168 | 77 | 1.83 | 13.1 | 63k |
| Tri-County Elec Member Corp (GA) | Cooperative | 227 | 177 | 2.41 | 15.8 | 21k |
| Southern Rivers Energy | Cooperative | 774 | 251 | 3.59 | 16.4 | 21k |
| Oconee Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | – | – | – | 15.7 | 11k |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 81,732 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →