When will the power be back in North Charleston, SC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
North Charleston is a city of about 126,005 residents in Charleston County.
Dominion Energy South Carolina has reported outages for North Charleston by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when North Charleston 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 North Charleston:
North Charleston also extends into a neighboring county: 29420. Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around North Charleston: the closest other places we track are Hanahan, about 4 miles to the east; Goose Creek, about 7 miles to the northeast; Charleston, about 9 miles to the southeast; and Summerville, about 9 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: James Island (14 mi SE), Mount Pleasant (15 mi E), Moncks Corner (19 mi N), Beaufort (49 mi SW), Port Royal (53 mi SW), Orangeburg (61 mi NW), Hilton Head Island (63 mi SW) and Bluffton (69 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Sumter (74 mi); northeast toward Conway (87 mi); southwest toward Hardeeville (70 mi); west toward Statesboro, GA (104 mi); and northwest toward Cayce (91 mi).
Who serves North Charleston?
We track live outage data from Dominion Energy South Carolina and Berkeley Electric Cooperative in Charleston County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Dominion Energy outages across every state it serves.
North Charleston's last tracked outage began Sep 27, peaked at 482 customers out, and was restored in 11 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 27 — 482 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Sep 26 — 37 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 19 — 79 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 19 — 42 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
County context: across all of Charleston County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Charleston County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in North Charleston, SC?
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 North Charleston's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in North Charleston, SC?
To check your own street, search a North Charleston ZIP code — 29405, 29415, 29418 or 29419 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show North Charleston specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for North Charleston we have the city-level view: Dominion Energy South Carolina has published outages for North Charleston under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When North Charleston is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Charleston County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes North Charleston.
