Outages & Weather Updates

We see your requests for estimated restoration times. Unfortunately, it is not something Colquitt EMC can do for several reasons. As with other concerns faced during this outage, we will try to explain as best we can. For many rural electric cooperatives, providing an estimated restoration time (ERT) can be challenging. This breakdown explores the reasons behind this, highlighting the unique challenges that rural cooperatives, such as Colquitt EMC, face during major storm events. 1....

My fellow members, We are on Day 7 of our Hurricane Helene Power Outage Restoration Effort. I want to begin this update by thanking our membership for your continued support as we navigate this power outage together. We understand how difficult it is to be without electricity. Now more than ever, we rely on electricity in almost every facet of our daily lives. We understand the toll this is taking on you. Many Colquitt EMC employees are still without power to their homes as well. We have...

My fellow members, Colquitt EMC continues to work diligently to restore power to all of our affected members. I would like to provide you with some good news: As of last night, the final three substations that did not have transmission service are back online. As a reminder, at its peak, 13 substations of our 29 substations were without service. Through the combined efforts of Georgia Transmission and Georgia Power, all transmission service was restored effectively. In my 28 years of...

My fellow members, We are on day 5 of our Hurricane Helene restoration efforts. We have good news to report. Initially, we had some 13 substations out of 29 that did not have transmission service available. Currently, 3 substations do not have transmission service. Two in Brooks and one in North Lowndes County. Our ability to make progress in restoration requires that the substation have that transmission service. Our total workforce continues to work 16-hour days every day. The number...

Colquitt EMC's Moultrie Office will reopen for business tomorrow, October 1! While all other offices will remain closed, they will still be available to take phone calls. Click the link below to explore all our billing and payment options! Billing & Payment Options

We are continuing our Hurricane Helene Power Restoration Effort. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions: 1.

My fellow members, Colquitt EMC continues to work diligently in restoring power throughout our system. As previously reported our workforce has 770 personnel engaged in restoring power. As time goes on and other personnel become available, we will probably add additional personnel as well. As a reminder, these personnel work 16-hour days and get approximately 6 hours of sleep a night. I am sure by now most people have seen images of the damage and devastation in our area. If you can...

All Colquitt EMC offices will remain closed tomorrow, Monday, September 30, as we focus our resources on power restoration efforts. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time.

My fellow members, We continue our efforts to restore service to all our members. From a peak number of over 67,000 outages, we now sit at about 48,000 outages. From a workforce perspective, with Idalia and Debby, we had approximately 450 working personnel. With Helene, we are currently at 770 and may continue to ramp that workforce upward as other assets become available. Each time we increase this number, we are entering new territory with managing personnel and ensuring that they work...

My fellow members, Colquitt EMC continues to work diligently at restoring power throughout our system. Contract crews have arrived and began working alongside our crews. Unfortunately, many of our substations are still offline. We have been in contact with GTC and Georgia Power and are eagerly waiting for those substations to be back up and running. I would like to take a moment to discuss the nature of the work that our personnel are up against. Under normal circumstances, we expect...

My fellow members, As you know, Hurricane Helene has been a significant hurricane and has devastated our system. It has exceeded the damage that we have seen from prior storms such as Idalia and Debby. The windspeed that was attributed to Helene was more than 140 mph at landfall. I believe Idalia was around 120 mph at landfall. With this storm, there are roughly 1,000 broken power poles that need to be changed out in comparison to roughly 500 broken power poles with Hurricane...

We are wrapping up Day One of our Hurricane Helene Restoration Effort. 95% of our contract personnel arrived today. The rest will arrive tomorrow. Mitchell EMC will also be joining us to provide mutual aid. Crews have started the restoration process. As we have stated in previous updates, this is likely to be a lengthy outage event due to the widespread damage. As always, we appreciate your patience. We will have employees working in shifts around the clock until power is restored to all...