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When will the power be back in Marlboro County, SC?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Marlboro County, SC right now.
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Elsewhere in South Carolina: 589 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 11:31 PM EDT.
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Who serves Marlboro County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Duke Energy Carolinas, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Bennettsville also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Marlboro County, SC
Last significant outage: Aug 8, 2026 — peaked at 767 customers, restored in ~2.2 hr (no severe weather).
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 8, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Marlboro County, SC
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 120 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~4,421 customers out in January 2016, restored after about 33.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2016.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered

Communities in Marlboro County include Bennettsville, McColl, Clio, Blenheim, Tatum and Wallace. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Marlboro County, SC?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Marlboro include Duke Energy Carolinas and City of Bennettsville — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Marlboro County, SC — live power outage tracker