When's the Power Back?

Power outages in South Carolina

Live outage status by county · updated ~every 15 minutes
290
customers reported out statewide · 13 counties reporting · 2 above the significant-outage threshold · updated 9:00 PM EDT · utility data as of 9:02 PM EDT
Includes 1 that a utility reports without saying which county — search your address for your exact status.
Significant outages (50+ customers, largest first)
Anderson — 149 reported out · no reliable recovery trend yet
Dorchester — 77 reported out · ~2.9 hr to restore at the current pace (roughly 45 customers an hour)
“Reporting” means at least one customer reported out in county-level data (the federal nationwide tally combined with utilities' own live data where we track them); “significant” means 50+ customers out — the floor for the active list above.
All South Carolina counties (46)

Utility coverage in South Carolina

Tracked utilities with dedicated pages
Dominion Energy South Carolina (SC) · Duke Energy Carolinas (NC/SC)
Also tracked live — opens in the app
Berkeley Electric Coop (SC) · Broad River Electric Coop (SC) · City of Orangeburg DPU (SC) · Coastal Electric Coop (SC) · Gaffney Board of Public Works (SC) · Haywood EMC (NC) · Horry Electric Cooperative (SC) · Laurens Commission of Public Works (SC) · Lynches River Electric Coop Inc (SC) · Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative (SC) · Rock Hill Utilities (SC) · Rutherford EMC (NC) · +3 more — search any utility name on the live map
This is our tracking coverage, not a complete registry of every utility serving South Carolina.

Historical outage patterns in South Carolina

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) contain 25,386 county-level outage records (200+ customers at peak) in South Carolina between 2014 and 2025 across all 46 counties — 264 of them major events of 10,000+ customers. Half were restored within about 2.5 hr, and county-level outages here have been most common in summer (35% of all records). The busiest year on record was 2025.
Largest single-county outage on record: ~270,050 customers out in Greenville County in September 2024, restored after about 10.1 days.
Months that hit the widest area at once — these rank among the three largest outages ever recorded in the most counties: September 2024 (31 counties), October 2016 (18 counties), June 2025 (9 counties).
Where restoration has historically taken longest: Greenville County (~5 hr typical), Anderson County (~4.3 hr typical), Spartanburg County (~4 hr typical) — against ~2.5 hr statewide.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), 2014–2025. These are federal historical records, not outages tracked live by this site. Statewide figures aggregate the same per-county records shown on each county page below; the statewide restoration figure is the typical (middle) value across the per-county typical times, weighted by how many records each county has. A county appears in a “widest area” month when that month produced one of its three largest recorded outages.
South Carolina — live power outage tracker

Common questions

How do I check power outages in South Carolina?

This page lists live outage status for every county in South Carolina, updated about every 15 minutes from the federal government's public county outage data (ODIN) and National Weather Service alerts, combined with utilities' own live data where we track them. Open any county for its restoration outlook, or search your ZIP or address for the most specific view.

Which utilities serve South Carolina?

Electric utilities we track in South Carolina include Dominion Energy South Carolina (SC), Duke Energy Carolinas (NC/SC), Berkeley Electric Coop (SC), Broad River Electric Coop (SC) and others. Each restores its own service area — report an outage to your serving utility so crews can be dispatched.

When will power be restored in South Carolina?

Restoration depends on the cause and scale of each outage, so it varies by county and utility. For each affected area with enough trend data we publish an independent restoration estimate — from the live outage count, the recovery rate, and weather — shown even before the utility posts an official time; very small or brand-new outages say so instead of guessing. Open an area above for its outlook.

How accurate are the estimates?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Statewide totals combine the federal county-by-county tally with utilities' own live outage data, so this page and the live map always show the same numbers.

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