When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Richmond Hill, GA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Bryan County, Georgia
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customers reported out in Richmond Hill · live from Georgia Power · updated 10:16 PM EDT
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How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Richmond Hill, Georgia — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Richmond Hill is a city in Bryan County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Richmond Hill directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill is a city of about 19,839 residents in Bryan County.

Georgia Power has reported outages for Richmond Hill by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Richmond Hill is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.

ZIP codes in Richmond Hill: 31324 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Richmond Hill: the closest other places we track are Savannah, about 12 miles to the northeast; Pooler, about 14 miles to the north; Garden City, about 15 miles to the northeast; Hinesville, about 18 miles to the west. Also nearby: Port Wentworth (21 mi N), Bluffton, SC (31 mi NE), Hardeeville, SC (32 mi NE), Hilton Head Island, SC (39 mi NE), Jesup (40 mi SW), Statesboro (46 mi NW), Port Royal, SC (48 mi NE), Beaufort, SC (52 mi NE). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Orangeburg, SC (113 mi); northeast toward James Island, SC (99 mi); south toward Brunswick (53 mi); southwest toward Waycross (78 mi); west toward Douglas (95 mi); northwest toward Dublin (104 mi).

Who serves Richmond Hill?

We track live outage data from Georgia Power in Bryan County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Outage history — Bryan County, GA (covers Richmond Hill)
Power here was restored about 24 hours ago — the outage peaked at 289 customers.
Last significant outage: Aug 18, 2026 — peaked at 289 customers, restored in ~0.5 hr (heat event).
Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.7 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 1, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Bryan County, GA (covers Richmond Hill)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 289 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~1.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the Georgia norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.5 hr.
Largest on record: ~26,661 customers out in September 2024, restored after about 5.8 days. The busiest year on record here was 2023.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Richmond Hill, GA?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Richmond Hill area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Richmond Hill, GA?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Richmond Hill area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Richmond Hill ZIP code — 31324 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Richmond Hill, GA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Bryan County include Georgia Power; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Richmond Hill specifically, or the whole county?

Both, and for Richmond Hill we have the city-level view: Georgia Power has published outages for Richmond Hill under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Richmond Hill is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Bryan County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Richmond Hill.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

Richmond Hill, GA — live power outage tracker