When will the power be back in Irmo, SC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Irmo is a town of about 12,086 residents in Richland County.
Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative has reported outages for Irmo by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Irmo 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 Irmo:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Irmo: the closest other places we track are Lexington, about 8 miles to the south; West Columbia, about 9 miles to the southeast; Forest Acres, about 14 miles to the east; and Cayce, about 14 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Columbia (17 mi E), Newberry (26 mi NW), Orangeburg (46 mi SE), Sumter (47 mi E), Aiken (50 mi SW), Greenwood (55 mi W), Rock Hill (58 mi N) and North Augusta (59 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Fort Mill (64 mi); northeast toward Waxhaw, NC (63 mi); east toward Florence (80 mi); southeast toward Moncks Corner (94 mi); southwest toward Augusta, GA (72 mi); west toward Anderson (88 mi); and northwest toward Fountain Inn (71 mi).
Who serves Irmo?
We track live outage data from Dominion Energy South Carolina, SC Electric Cooperatives and Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative ↗ in Richland 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.
Irmo's last tracked outage began Aug 29, peaked at 187 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Aug 29 — 187 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Aug 17 — 82 customers out, restored in 4 hours
County context: across all of Richland County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Richland County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Irmo, 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 Irmo's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Irmo, SC?
To check your own street, search an Irmo ZIP code — 29063 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Irmo specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Irmo we have the city-level view: Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative has published outages for Irmo under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Irmo is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Richland County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Irmo.
