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When will the power be back in Clayton County, GA?

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customers reported out in Clayton County, GA
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~5 hr, based on 33 past outages of 200+ customers.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 6:59 PM EDT.
44 out, then 44 county-wide trend of customers without power · last 9 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Forest Park — <5 customers reported out
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Who serves Clayton County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Georgia Power and Central Georgia EMC, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Coweta-Fayette Electric Membership Corp also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Clayton County, GA
Last significant outage: Oct 8, 2026 — peaked at 278 customers, restored in ~4.5 hr (wind/storm).
Across the 33 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.5 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (33)
BeganPeak outRestored inWeather
Oct 8, 2026278~4.5 hrwind/storm
Oct 4, 20261,666~9 hrno severe weather
Sep 30, 2026664~3.2 hrno severe weather
Sep 26, 20261,850~1.3 hrno severe weather
Sep 23, 2026381~13.7 hrno severe weather
Sep 22, 20261,457~9 hrno severe weather
Sep 19, 20261,063~24.5 hrweather alert
Sep 15, 2026305~48 minno severe weather
Sep 12, 20262,278~2.5 hrno severe weather
Sep 11, 20263,100~6.5 hrweather alert
Sep 11, 2026461~4.8 hrno severe weather
Sep 9, 2026446~3.8 hrno severe weather
Sep 5, 20266,516~23.7 hrheat event
Aug 28, 20262,043~3.3 hrweather alert
Aug 27, 2026488~1 hrno severe weather
Aug 26, 2026802~5.3 hrweather alert
Aug 25, 2026894~7.3 hrno severe weather
Aug 21, 2026454~2.2 hrweather alert
Aug 17, 20264,068~3.8 hrweather alert
Aug 17, 20262,623~2.2 hrheat event
Aug 16, 20261,060~1 hrheat event
Aug 14, 2026482~1 hrheat event
Aug 13, 2026888~1.5 hrheat event
Aug 12, 20262,160~7 hrno severe weather
Aug 11, 2026339~11.3 hrweather alert
Aug 6, 2026575~16.5 hrweather alert
Aug 5, 20263,299~1.8 hrno severe weather
Aug 3, 20263,983~10 hrno severe weather
Jul 29, 20263,180~15.7 hrweather alert
Jul 27, 2026845~10 hrheat event
Jul 26, 2026318~4 hrno severe weather
Jul 25, 2026505~13 hrweather alert
Jul 21, 2026210~1.3 hrno severe weather
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 21, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Recent outages tracked in Lovejoy

Lovejoy's last tracked outage began Oct 7, peaked at 36 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.

  • Oct 7 — 36 customers out, restored in 2 hours
  • Sep 5 — 57 customers out, restored in 7 hours
Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Clayton County, GA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 1,283 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 18 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~49,422 customers out in September 2017, restored after about 3.2 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, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered

Communities in Clayton County include Forest Park, Riverdale, Lovejoy, Morrow, Jonesboro, Lake City, Bonanza and College Park. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

This page also serves Forest Park, Lovejoy and Riverdale: their outages are counted in this county's total, and the outages tracked in Lovejoy are listed with the outage history above.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Clayton County, GA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Clayton include Georgia Power, Central Georgia EMC and Coweta-Fayette Electric Membership Corp — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Nearby counties & areas
Fayette County · Henry County · DeKalb County · Fulton County · Spalding County · Rockdale County · Douglas County · Coweta County
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