When will the power be back in Covington, GA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Covington is a city of about 15,302 residents in Newton County.
Georgia Power has reported outages for Covington by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Covington 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 Covington:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Covington: the closest other places we track are Conyers, about 10 miles to the northwest; Monroe, about 15 miles to the northeast; Loganville, about 16 miles to the north; and Stonecrest, about 18 miles to the west. Also nearby: Snellville (20 mi NW), McDonough (21 mi SW), Stockbridge (23 mi W), Locust Grove (24 mi SW), Lawrenceville (25 mi N), Lilburn (26 mi NW), Tucker (26 mi NW) and Clarkston (27 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Winder (28 mi); northeast toward Athens (36 mi); southeast toward Milledgeville (50 mi); south toward Macon (56 mi); southwest toward Griffin (35 mi); west toward Lovejoy (29 mi); and northwest toward Decatur (28 mi).
Who serves Covington?
We track live outage data from Snapping Shoals EMC ↗, Georgia Power, Central Georgia EMC and Walton EMC in Newton County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Covington, City of Oxford and City of Mansfield also serve parts of Newton County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps.
Covington's last tracked outage began Sep 28, peaked at 143 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Sep 28 — 143 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 28 — 171 customers out, restored in 4 hours
County context: across all of Newton County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Newton County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Covington, 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 Covington's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Covington, GA?
To check your own street, search a Covington ZIP code — 30014, 30015 or 30016 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Covington specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Covington we have the city-level view: Georgia Power has published outages for Covington under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Covington is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Newton County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Covington.
