When will the power be back in Atlanta, GA?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
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 Atlanta, Georgia — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Atlanta is a city in Fulton County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Atlanta directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Atlanta is a city of about 520,070 residents in Fulton County.
Georgia Power has reported outages for Atlanta by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Atlanta 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 Atlanta: 30301 · 30302 · 30303 · 30304 · 30305 · 30306 · 30308 · 30309 · 30310 · 30311 · 30312 · 30313 · 30314 · 30315 · 30318 · 30320 · 30321 · 30324 · 30325 · 30326 · 30327 · 30328 · 30331 · 30332 · 30334 · 30336 · 30337 · 30342 · 30343 · 30344 · 30348 · 30349 · 30350 · 30353 · 30354 · 30355 · 30357 · 30358 · 30361 · 30363 · 30364 · 30368 · 30369 · 30370 · 30371 · 30374 · 30375 · 30377 · 30378 · 30380 · 30384 · 30385 · 30388 · 30392 · 30394 · 30396 · 30398 · 31106 · 31107 · 31126 · 31131 · 31136 · 31139 · 31150 · 31156 · 31192 · 31193 · 31195 · 31196 (Atlanta also extends into a neighboring county; those ZIPs are listed on that county's pages.) Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Atlanta: the closest other places we track are East Point, about 7 miles to the southwest; Decatur, about 7 miles to the east; Smyrna, about 9 miles to the northwest; College Park, about 9 miles to the south. Also nearby: Brookhaven (9 mi NE), Mableton (9 mi W), Chamblee (11 mi NE), Clarkston (11 mi E), Sandy Springs (12 mi N), South Fulton (13 mi SW), Doraville (13 mi NE), Tucker (14 mi NE). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Roswell (20 mi); northeast toward Dunwoody (14 mi); east toward Stonecrest (17 mi); southeast toward Stockbridge (19 mi); south toward Fayetteville (22 mi); southwest toward Union City (14 mi); west toward Douglasville (16 mi); northwest toward Marietta (15 mi).
Who serves Atlanta?
We track live outage data from Georgia Power, GreyStone Power, Sawnee EMC in Fulton 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.
Atlanta's last tracked outage began Aug 16, peaked at 29 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Aug 16 — 29 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 16 — 166 customers out, restored in 12 hours
- Aug 16 — 28 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 16 — 2,576 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Atlanta, 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 Atlanta area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Atlanta's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Atlanta, GA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Atlanta 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 Atlanta ZIP code — 30301, 30302, 30303, 30304, 30305, 30306, or any of the other 63 — 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 Atlanta, GA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Fulton County include Georgia Power, GreyStone Power, Sawnee EMC; 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 Atlanta specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Atlanta we have the city-level view: Georgia Power has published outages for Atlanta under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Atlanta is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Fulton County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Atlanta.
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.
