Georgia Power Co, GA
Power reliability at Georgia Power Co
1.8 separate outages last year, 4.8 hours without power in total - that is Georgia Power Co's record for Georgia, running ahead of the national median. That is 6% more outage time than the Georgia state average of 4.5 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Georgia Power Co looks like
Outages here average 2.6 hours before power returns, a moderate length where a portable generator earns its keep over battery storage alone. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
Do Georgia Power Co customers need a generator
Serving 2,803,950 customers here, Georgia Power Co customers lose more power than most of the country sees, so a generator is worth getting rather than an overreaction.
Where this number comes from
Georgia Power Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Georgia territory, serving 2,803,950 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Georgia average instead of just this one utility? Georgia's statewide record is here. How the verdict bands are set is in the methodology.