Georgia Power is warning its customers to be weary of scams in the new year. “Scams of various types often increase around the holidays and during the first of the year as post-holiday bills begin to arrive and as tax season approaches,” the company said.

Over 600 Georgia Power customers experienced an outage in the CSRA on Monday morning. As of 10:50 a.m., power was restored for all the customers in both McDuffie and Richmond counties. Initially in Richmond County,

Georgia Power is encouraging customers to beware of scams in 2025. They are telling individuals to be aware of those threatening power disconnection “unless immediate payment is made” and attempts to have customers “update their billing information” to steal personal information.

Georgia Power said it has been receiving reports of digital ads and Google results leading customers looking to pay their bills to fake websites