When will the power be back in Gainesville, GA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Gainesville is a city of about 47,712 residents in Hall County.
Georgia Power and Jackson EMC have reported outages for Gainesville by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Gainesville 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 Gainesville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Gainesville: the closest other places we track are Flowery Branch, about 10 miles to the southwest; Buford, about 15 miles to the southwest; Jefferson, about 17 miles to the southeast; and Sugar Hill, about 18 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Cumming (18 mi W), Auburn (19 mi S), Suwanee (21 mi SW), Winder (22 mi S), Lawrenceville (25 mi S), Duluth (27 mi SW), Johns Creek (28 mi SW) and Alpharetta (30 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Clemson, SC (64 mi); east toward Anderson, SC (69 mi); southeast toward Athens (35 mi); south toward Snellville (32 mi); southwest toward Peachtree Corners (32 mi); and west toward Milton (30 mi).
Who serves Gainesville?
We track live outage data from Jackson EMC, Georgia Power, Sawnee EMC and Habersham Electric Membership Corp in Hall County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Buford also serves parts of Hall County — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Gainesville's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 40 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 30 — 40 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 30 — 42 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 25 — 283 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 23 — 103 customers out, restored in 5 hours
County context: across all of Hall County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Hall County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Gainesville, 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 Gainesville's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Gainesville, GA?
To check your own street, search a Gainesville ZIP code — 30501, 30503, 30504, 30506 or 30507 — and the map opens on that area.
