Power outage history
Worth County Georgia
6.4hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
97th most of 156 in Georgia close to 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 Worth'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 11 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Worth, 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 | 1,389 | 16% | 4.8 d | 4.7 d | 84k |
| Sep 11, 2017 | Hurricane Irma | 1,354 | 15% | 2.4 d | 2.2 d | 35k |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Hurricane Helene | 2,851 | 32% | 21 h | 9.5 h | 27k |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,172 | 13% | 18 h | 16 h | 10k |
| Jun 20, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 2,292 | 26% | 14 h | 13 h | 8.8k |
| May 4, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,381 | 16% | 22 h | 6.0 h | 8.3k |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 1,058 | 12% | 10 h | 6.8 h | 6.5k |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Flooding | 936 | 11% | 20 h | 14 h | 6.1k |
| Jun 22, 2019 | No storm report | 1,637 | 19% | 8.0 h | 30 min | 5.7k |
| Feb 24, 2017 | No storm report | 445 | 5% | 11 h | 11 h | 4.8k |
| Nov 24, 2024 | No storm report | 1,150 | 13% | 4.0 h | 4.8 h | 4.3k |
| Jun 26, 2025 | No storm report | 1,439 | 16% | 4.8 h | 2.2 h | 4.3k |
| Aug 19, 2020 | No storm report | 1,837 | 21% | 2.2 h | 2.2 h | 4.1k |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,487 | 17% | 5.5 h | 3.2 h | 3.5k |
| Aug 30, 2023 | Hurricane Idalia | 1,414 | 16% | 6.8 h | 5.8 h | 3.2k |
| Apr 13, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 896 | 10% | 8.5 h | 4.2 h | 3.1k |
| Jun 12, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,423 | 16% | 4.0 h | 1.5 h | 3.0k |
| Sep 19, 2023 | No storm report | 730 | 8% | 7.5 h | 6.8 h | 2.6k |
| May 25, 2019 | No storm report | 469 | 5% | 5.5 h | 3.8 h | 2.6k |
| Jun 30, 2024 | No storm report | 393 | 4% | 6.0 h | – | 2.3k |
| Jan 11, 2020 | No storm report | 864 | 10% | 4.2 h | 1.8 h | 2.3k |
| Apr 11, 2024 | Flooding | 792 | 9% | 3.8 h | 3.0 h | 2.3k |
| May 11, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 675 | 8% | 6.2 h | 5.0 h | 2.2k |
| Mar 12, 2022 | No storm report | 954 | 11% | 4.5 h | 2.8 h | 2.2k |
| Jan 22, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 1,114 | 13% | 3.8 h | 3.5 h | 2.2k |
| May 25, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 1,285 | 15% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 2.1k |
| Aug 18, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 525 | 6% | 4.8 h | 2.5 h | 1.8k |
| Jul 7, 2019 | No storm report | 596 | 7% | 2.8 h | 11 h | 1.6k |
| Oct 23, 2024 | No storm report | 456 | 5% | 3.5 h | 3.5 h | 1.6k |
| Mar 31, 2021 | No storm report | 815 | 9% | 3.0 h | 1.8 h | 1.5k |
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 Worth from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 44%
- Tropical storm 35%
- Thunderstorms 18%
- Flooding 2.9%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Worth
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 |
| Colquitt Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | – | – | – | 13.9 | 66k |
| City of Sylvester | GA | – | – | – | – | 22k |
| Mitchell Electric Member Corp | Cooperative | 410 | 349 | 3.75 | 17.1 | 21k |
| Irwin Electric Membership Corp | Cooperative | – | – | – | 16.5 | 11k |
| Crisp County Power Comm | Political Subdivision | 204 | 204 | 3.06 | 17.8 | 9.2k |
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 8,795 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 →