Power outages in Blythe, GA

Live outages for Blythe and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Blythe has 798 residents.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

fewer than 5customers without power in Richmond County

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Utilities hide very small outages for privacy and publish them only as "fewer than 5". Where many of these add up, we show an estimate ("about …").

<0.01% of 84,656 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We 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 Power doesn't publish a count for Blythe itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

BlytheRichmond CountyOutage (size = customers)

Each 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.

Outage history in Richmond County, which includes Blythe

2014–2025 record

Richmond County averaged 22.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Georgia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 19. Half were over within 45 minutes; the longest lasted 6.5 hours, starting June 8, 2025.

The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 96,050 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in June.

22.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At 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.

45 minutestypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

13 dayslongest on record (September 2024)

96,050most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
September 27, 2024	96,050	13 days	14,236,928
September 11, 2017	22,464	3.2 days	493,257
February 24, 2016	12,060	8.5 hours	25,552
November 4, 2020	10,789	30 minutes	5,395
October 11, 2018	10,373	17 hours	95,975

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

From 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.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

Georgia Power: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.