Georgia power outages by utility

30 Georgia utilities report outage minutes to EIA. The state median is 128 minutes a year; the range runs from 35 to 17059.

Ranking by outage minutes

Georgia, SAIDI without major event days, 2024; lower is better; 30 utilities.

Rank	Georgia utility	Owner type	Georgia home accounts	SAIDI min	Interruptions (SAIFI)	SAIDI with storms	Georgia storm share	Price ¢/kWh
1	Cobb Electric Membership Corp	Cooperative	200,601	35	0.75	60	42%	11.41
2	Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation	Cooperative	181,600	46	0.73	62	26%	11.54
3	City of Calhoun	Municipal	4,944	49	0.55	124	61%	14.01
4	Jackson Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	239,558	74	1.12	129	43%	11.38
5	Hart Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	30,297	78	1.08	1174	93%	13.15
6	Central Georgia El Member Corp	Cooperative	61,155	81	1.23	128	37%	12.24
7	GreyStone Power Corporation	Cooperative	139,028	95	1.38	114	17%	12.22
8	Snapping Shoals El Member Corp	Cooperative	105,253	104	1.23	219	53%	12.37
9	Flint Electric Membership Corp	Cooperative	83,739	104	1.07	158	34%	13.57
10	Diverse Power Incorporated	Cooperative	31,998	109	1.44	234	54%	16.75
11	Jefferson Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	34,490	109	1.39	10318	99%	13.27
12	Coweta-Fayette El Member Corp	Cooperative	83,001	116	1.33	218	47%	12.80
13	Carroll Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	53,299	123	1.46	159	23%	13.38
14	Albany Utility Board	Municipal	29,517	125	1.59	291	57%	12.87
15	Georgia Power Co	Investor Owned	2,452,488	128	1.02	1516	92%	15.49
16	City of Marietta	Municipal	36,273	129	1.69	129	0%	11.93
17	City of Thomasville	Municipal	14,025	151	2.17	1260	88%	13.55
18	Sumter Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	15,049	155	No data	218	29%	14.14
19	Walton Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	131,915	168	1.90	393	57%	12.99
20	North Georgia Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	90,182	183	1.88	274	33%	12.18
21	Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp	Cooperative	27,736	189	2.87	2075	91%	14.24
22	Habersham Electric Membership Corp	Cooperative	35,011	228	2.15	1145	80%	14.02
23	Southern Rivers Energy	Cooperative	20,411	237	2.61	598	60%	16.41
24	Rayle Electric Membership Corp	Cooperative	16,369	299	3.04	3490	91%	14.42
25	Blue Ridge Mountain EMC	Cooperative	30,599	369	3.86	589	37%	14.02
26	Washington Elec Member Corp	Cooperative	15,200	429	No data	6930	94%	14.68
27	Amicalola Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	50,337	450	4.72	1588	72%	12.41
28	Grady Electric Membership Corp	Cooperative	19,283	575	3.94	921	38%	14.84
29	Coastal Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	20,559	1235	2.68	3698	67%	13.94
30	Altamaha Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	19,628	17059	3.25	17313	1%	16.04

Georgia outage minutes by owner type

In Georgia, 89% of 4,815,501 home accounts sit with the 30 qualifying utilities out of 56 in the file. Georgia customer-weighted SAIDI is 210 minutes against a median of 128, and 23 of 30 Georgia utilities exceed the U.S. median of 99. Counting major event days adds a median 53% to SAIDI.

Georgia owner type	Georgia utilities	Georgia home accounts	Georgia median SAIDI	Georgia weighted SAIDI	Georgia median SAIFI	Georgia storm share	Georgia median price ¢/kWh
Investor Owned	1	2,452,488	128	128	1.02	92%	15.49
Cooperative	25	1,736,298	155	330	1.46	47%	13.38
Municipal	4	84,759	127	127	1.64	59%	13.21

By owner type, Municipal utilities have the lowest median SAIDI in Georgia (127 minutes, 4 of 30) and Cooperative the highest (155 minutes, 25 of 30).

Georgia utilities that stand out

Why it stands out	Georgia utility	Georgia owner type	Georgia accounts	Georgia SAIDI min	Georgia SAIDI rank	Georgia SAIFI	Georgia SAIDI with storms	Georgia price ¢/kWh	Georgia price rank
the most reliable	Cobb Electric Membership Corp	Cooperative	200,601	35	1 of 30	0.75	60	11.41	2 of 30
the least reliable	Altamaha Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	19,628	17059	30 of 30	3.25	17,313	16.04	28 of 30
the largest	Georgia Power Co	Investor Owned	2,452,488	128	15 of 30	1.02	1,516	15.49	27 of 30
the most storm-driven	Jefferson Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	34,490	109	11 of 30	1.39	10,318	13.27	14 of 30
the most improved	City of Thomasville	Municipal	14,025	151	17 of 30	2.17	1,260	13.55	16 of 30
the cheapest	Jackson Electric Member Corp	Cooperative	239,558	74	4 of 30	1.12	129	11.38	1 of 30
the priciest	Diverse Power Incorporated	Cooperative	31,998	109	10 of 30	1.44	234	16.75	30 of 30

Does a higher price buy fewer outages?

Each dot is one of 30 Georgia utilities.

Georgia, 2024: first 8 of 30 rows

	Home price, cents per kWh	SAIDI, minutes a year
Cobb Electric Membership Corp	11.41	35
Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation	11.54	46
City of Calhoun	14.01	49
Jackson Electric Member Corp	11.38	74
Hart Electric Member Corp	13.15	78
Central Georgia El Member Corp	12.24	81
GreyStone Power Corporation	12.22	95
Snapping Shoals El Member Corp	12.37	104

30 rows from EIA-861 survey.

CSV

Georgia utilities, change in their own SAIDI

First to last year each utility reported, best change first.

Rank	Georgia utility	Georgia years	Georgia SAIDI first	Georgia SAIDI last	Georgia change
1	City of Thomasville	2015 to 2025	192	126	-34%
2	Sumter Electric Member Corp	2021 to 2025	178	134	-25%
3	Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation	2015 to 2024	59	46	-22%
4	Okefenoke Rural El Member Corp	2015 to 2025	189	180	-5%
5	GreyStone Power Corporation	2015 to 2024	96	95	-2%
6	Grady Electric Membership Corp	2019 to 2025	236	234	-1%
7	Hart Electric Member Corp	2015 to 2025	82	83	+1%
8	North Georgia Elec Member Corp	2015 to 2025	169	176	+4%
9	Amicalola Electric Member Corp	2015 to 2025	499	531	+7%
10	Carroll Electric Member Corp	2015 to 2025	126	137	+9%
11	Blue Ridge Mountain EMC	2021 to 2025	264	289	+9%
12	Jackson Electric Member Corp	2015 to 2024	67	74	+10%
13	Central Georgia El Member Corp	2015 to 2025	69	76	+11%
14	Cobb Electric Membership Corp	2015 to 2024	30	35	+17%
15	Habersham Electric Membership Corp	2015 to 2025	157	185	+18%
16	Diverse Power Incorporated	2017 to 2025	97	115	+19%
17	Coweta-Fayette El Member Corp	2015 to 2025	90	119	+32%
18	City of Calhoun	2019 to 2025	33	44	+33%
19	Georgia Power Co	2015 to 2025	115	155	+35%
20	Southern Rivers Energy	2015 to 2025	175	251	+43%
21	Jefferson Electric Member Corp	2015 to 2025	96	143	+48%
22	Snapping Shoals El Member Corp	2015 to 2025	65	100	+54%
23	Coastal Electric Member Corp	2015 to 2025	123	198	+61%
24	Flint Electric Membership Corp	2021 to 2025	62	101	+63%
25	Walton Electric Member Corp	2015 to 2025	95	164	+73%
26	City of Marietta	2015 to 2025	60	106	+75%
27	Washington Elec Member Corp	2015 to 2024	222	429	+93%
28	Rayle Electric Membership Corp	2015 to 2025	152	303	+99%
29	Altamaha Electric Member Corp	2015 to 2025	31	260	+729%

Analyst note

The spread stands out in Georgia: 485.7 to 1 between the worst and best utility, rank 1 of 40 states. Of 30 Georgia utilities with 1,000+ home accounts that report SAIDI, Cobb Electric Membership Corp is lowest at 35 minutes a year and Altamaha Electric Member Corp highest at 17059, a 485.7 to 1 spread. The state median is 128 minutes, +29% against the U.S. median reporter. Over each utility's own record, City of Thomasville improved most (192 to 126 minutes, -34%, 2015 to 2025) and Altamaha Electric Member Corp changed the other way (31 to 260, +729%); 6 of 29 fell. Home price and outage minutes line up at r = +0.35 across 30 Georgia utilities: the pricier ones report more minutes. That is Georgia's pattern, not a cause.

Questions on Georgia outages

How uneven is reliability across Georgia utilities?

485.7 to 1, Altamaha Electric Member Corp against Cobb Electric Membership Corp; rank 1 of 40 states.

Which Georgia utility has the fewest outage minutes?

Cobb Electric Membership Corp: 35 minutes a year, SAIDI without major events, 2024.

Which Georgia utility has the most?

Altamaha Electric Member Corp: 17059 minutes a year in 2024.

What is the typical SAIDI in Georgia?

The median of 30 reporting utilities is 128 minutes, +29% on the U.S. median reporter.

Do cheaper Georgia utilities have more outages?

Across 30 utilities r = +0.35, so the link is positive: higher price goes with more outage minutes.

How much of Georgia outage time comes from storms?

At Jefferson Electric Member Corp 99% of all-event SAIDI is major event days.

How reliable is the largest Georgia utility?

Georgia Power Co serves 2,452,488 home accounts and reports 128 minutes, rank 15 of 30; weighted by customers the state figure is 210.

Do Georgia co-ops and investor-owned utilities differ?

3 owner types report in Georgia: Cooperative 25 utilities with 1,736,298 home accounts, Municipal 4 utilities with 84,759 home accounts, Investor Owned 1 utility with 2,452,488 home accounts.

What share of Georgia home accounts do these utilities serve?

89% of 4,815,501 accounts, 30 of 56 utilities; 23 are above the U.S. median of 99 minutes.