⚡ No power in Newton, GA? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Snapping Shoals EMC ↗, Georgia Power, Central Georgia EMC and Walton EMC, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Covington, City of Oxford and City of Mansfield also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Newton County, GA
Last significant outage: Sep 4, 2026 — peaked at 430 customers, restored in ~1 hr (heat event).
Across the 3 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 24, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Newton County, GA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
302 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 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: ~16,278 customers out in September 2017, restored after about 2.5 days. The busiest year on record here was 2024.
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.
Communities in Newton County include Covington, Oxford, Porterdale, Newborn, Mansfield, Covington-Porterdale and South Newton. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Newton County, GA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Newton include Snapping Shoals EMC, Georgia Power, Central Georgia EMC and others — 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.
