When will the power be back in Atlanta, GA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
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 2026-09-18) — 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: 30307 · 30316 · 30317 · 30319 · 30322 · 30329 · 30333 · 30338 · 30339 · 30340 · 30341 · 30345 · 30346 · 30356 · 30359 · 30360 · 30362 · 30366 · 31119 · 31141 · 31145 · 31146 · 39901. 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; and College Park, about 9 miles to the south. Also nearby: Brookhaven (9 mi NE), Mableton (9 mi W), Forest Park (10 mi S), Chamblee (11 mi NE), Clarkston (11 mi E), Sandy Springs (12 mi N), South Fulton (13 mi SW) and Doraville (13 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Roswell (20 mi); northeast toward Tucker (14 mi); east toward Stonecrest (17 mi); southeast toward Stockbridge (19 mi); south toward Riverdale (14 mi); southwest toward Union City (14 mi); west toward Douglasville (16 mi); and northwest toward Marietta (15 mi).
Who serves Atlanta?
We track live outage data from Georgia Power, Sawnee EMC, Cobb EMC ↗ and GreyStone Power in Fulton County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of East Point, City of Fairburn, Coweta-Fayette Electric Membership Corp and 1 other also serve parts of Fulton County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Atlanta's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 452 customers out, and was restored in 9 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 10 hours.
- Oct 2 — 452 customers out, restored in 9 hours
- Oct 1 — 869 customers out, restored in 13 hours
- Oct 1 — 138 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 30 — 675 customers out, restored in 21 hours
County context: across all of Fulton County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 6.8 hr. The full record for Fulton County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Atlanta, GA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Atlanta's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 10 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Atlanta, GA?
To check your own street, search an Atlanta ZIP code — 30301, 30302, 30303, 30304, 30305, 30306 or any of the other 63 — and the map opens on that area.
