The storm that left the region's roads impassable was unexpectedly gentle with its power lines.
"It wasn't anywhere near as significant as we had feared," said Georgia Power spokeswoman Lynn Wallace Tuesday. "It was because of how fast it moved."
Even when damage was at its worst, Georgia Power had only 11,000 outages statewide, she said: "We've had more during thunderstorms."
As of mid-morning Tuesday, Georgia Power had only 134 customers in metro Atlanta without power -- most in College Park -- and expected to have zero by early afternoon.
The utility still had about 1,050 people without power statewide, most of them in Waynesboro, near Augusta.
It expects minimal if any further weather outages and planned to begin phasing down its storm center operations and sending linemen home by late today or early tomorrow.
Georgia Power brought in 1,800 linemen from 11 other states over the weekend, expecting the worse.
The state's electric cooperatives, meanwhile, had about 300 people statewide still without power by Tuesday morning, mostly in the center of the state.
Metro area co-ops had restored power by Monday night. Statewide, the co-ops had about 1,900 customers without power at the worst point, which was Monday afternoon.
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