Power outages in Banks County, GA

Live outage counts for Maysville and Homer and the rest of Banks County, updated every 10 minutes from Georgia Power.

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Elevated outages
iNormal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.
11customers without power
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
0.26% of 4,256 customersUpdated 7 min ago
iWe check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.
Georgia Power11 / 4,256
Jackson Electric Member Corp - (GA)no live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.
Hart Electric Member Corpno live feed
iThis utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.
Also serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
. Check its own outage map.

Outage map

1–1050200+ customers
iEach dot is an outage the utility reports, placed where the utility puts it, often the middle of the affected area rather than a specific home. Tap a dot for the number of customers and the utility's estimated restoration time.

Outages by ZIP code

0 of 4 ZIP codes have outages
ZIPAreaOutCustomers
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
% out
iCustomers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
30510Raoul / Alto02,2510.00%
30511Baldwin01,1730.00%
30530Commerce / Ila0570.00%
30547Homer05450.00%

Outage history in Banks County

2014–2025 record

Banks County averaged 28.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Georgia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 40. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 1.7 days, starting June 7, 2025.

The largest on record began September 11, 2017, with 7,511 customers out at once.

28.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.
2 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
5.2 dayslongest on record (September 2017)
7,511most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
September 11, 20177,5115.2 days428,804
September 27, 20245,2082.4 days52,342
April 13, 20204,4551.7 days44,907
June 7, 20253,7221.7 days55,835
October 4, 20153,6541.5 days47,018

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

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  • 48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

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  • Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
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