Power outages in Richmond County, GA

Live outage counts for Augusta-Richmond County, Hephzibah and Blythe and the rest of Richmond County, updated every 10 minutes from Georgia Power.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages
iNormal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.
fewer than 5customers without power
iA customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.
iUtilities 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
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 Powerfewer than 5 / 84,656
Jefferson 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.
Planters 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.
City of Sylvania - (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.

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

1 of 8 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.
30909Augusta-Richmond Countyfewer than 530,171<0.01%
30805Augusta-Richmond County07240.00%
30815Augusta-Richmond County02,9400.00%
30901Augusta-Richmond County09,2130.00%
30904Augusta-Richmond County013,0810.00%
30905Augusta-Richmond County05540.00%
30906Augusta-Richmond County021,6930.00%
30912Augusta-Richmond County030.00%

Outage history in Richmond County

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)
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.
45 minutestypical (median) length
iHalf 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 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 27, 202496,05013 days14,236,928
September 11, 201722,4643.2 days493,257
February 24, 201612,0608.5 hours25,552
November 4, 202010,78930 minutes5,395
October 11, 201810,37317 hours95,975

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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Food safety

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  • 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.

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