Glynn County, Georgia Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Glynn County, Georgia had 15 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.41 times the US outage time per person and 3.85 times the Georgia rate. It ranks 8 of 148 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.7major outages per year

7 of 9years with a major outage

140 hrslongest major outage

Sep, Octhardest months

September and October made up 83% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Sep 11, 2017, reached 46,361 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 140.0 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Georgia counties

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	37,966	46	0
2016	2,238,664	73	3
2017	3,131,494	61	1
2018	237,390	75	3
2019	75,701	59	2
2020	69,511	64	0
2021	70,877	61	1
2022	161,784	88	1
2023	471,660	90	4

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Sep 11, 2017	140.0	46,361	3,057,450
Oct 8, 2016	70.5	35,693	1,086,461
Oct 7, 2016	25.5	41,734	781,312
Aug 30, 2023	44.2	25,676	343,365
Sep 2, 2016	42.5	20,196	327,892

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.