Power outage history
Early County Georgia
2.8hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
136th most of 156 in Georgia 57% 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 Early's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2018 was the worst well-recorded year, at 11 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Early, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2018 | Hurricane Michael | 496 | 8% | 5.2 d | 36 h | 57k |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 1,023 | 16% | 32 h | 22 h | 21k |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 404 | 7% | 28 h | 10 h | 8.0k |
| Jul 21, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 329 | 5% | 32 h | 34 h | 7.0k |
| Sep 11, 2017 | Hurricane Irma | 203 | 3% | 9.5 h | – | 1.9k |
| May 5, 2021 | No storm report | 171 | 3% | 11 h | – | 1.8k |
| Feb 6, 2020 | No storm report | 334 | 5% | 9.0 h | 9.0 h | 1.7k |
| Jul 10, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 176 | 3% | 8.5 h | – | 1.4k |
| Jan 2, 2017 | Tornadoes | 338 | 5% | 4.5 h | 11 h | 1.4k |
| Sep 10, 2020 | No storm report | 157 | 3% | 7.8 h | – | 1.2k |
| Apr 14, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 475 | 8% | 5.5 h | 2.5 h | 982 |
| Oct 27, 2017 | No storm report | 155 | 2% | 6.0 h | – | 930 |
| Oct 1, 2017 | No storm report | 195 | 3% | 4.5 h | – | 874 |
| May 7, 2024 | No storm report | 216 | 3% | 5.5 h | – | 840 |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 166 | 3% | 5.0 h | – | 808 |
| Jul 3, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 302 | 5% | 3.5 h | – | 763 |
| Mar 3, 2023 | No storm report | 156 | 3% | 5.8 h | – | 746 |
| Nov 13, 2023 | No storm report | 116 | 2% | 8.0 h | – | 725 |
| Apr 8, 2024 | No storm report | 372 | 6% | 2.8 h | – | 638 |
| Sep 6, 2024 | No storm report | 120 | 2% | 5.8 h | – | 608 |
| Jul 25, 2023 | No storm report | 176 | 3% | 3.2 h | – | 528 |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 382 | 6% | 1.8 h | 3.0 h | 519 |
| Jul 11, 2023 | No storm report | 200 | 3% | 2.5 h | – | 500 |
| Aug 18, 2025 | No storm report | 198 | 3% | 2.5 h | – | 495 |
| Jan 11, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 184 | 3% | 3.2 h | – | 494 |
| Jun 12, 2017 | No storm report | 163 | 3% | 3.0 h | – | 489 |
| Aug 5, 2022 | No storm report | 175 | 3% | 2.8 h | – | 481 |
| Oct 30, 2015 | No storm report | 333 | 5% | 1.5 h | 2.2 h | 467 |
| Sep 18, 2020 | No storm report | 177 | 3% | 2.2 h | – | 398 |
| Aug 9, 2023 | Heat | 175 | 3% | 2.2 h | – | 394 |
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 Early from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Tropical storm 48%
- Thunderstorms 33%
- No storm on record 19%
- Heat 0.6%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Early
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 |
| Diverse Power Incorporated | Cooperative | 504 | 116 | 2.21 | 17.2 | 33k |
| City of Blakely | GA | – | – | – | – | 25k |
| Mitchell Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 410 | 349 | 3.75 | 17.1 | 21k |
| Three Notch Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | 236 | 128 | 2.10 | 16.9 | 14k |
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.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
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 6,214 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 →