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2015 South Carolina Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average South Carolina customer went without power for about 2.5 hours, the 22nd worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
2.5
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
7.1M
Peak customers out
82,760
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of SC customers
Counties reporting
46

South Carolina year over year

South Carolina: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.5h; 2016: 13.0h; 2017: 4.4h; 2018: 5.2h, coverage 99%; 2019: 4.8h, coverage 99%; 2020: 5.7h, coverage 99%; 2021: 2.1h, coverage 99%; 2022: 4.4h, coverage 99%; 2023: 2.7h; 2024: 48.3h; 2025: 3.0h02040600%50%100%2.5h201513.0h20164.4h20175.2h20184.8h20195.7h20202.1h20214.4h20222.7h202348.3h20243.0h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2015

Customer-hours without power across South Carolina; February was the worst.

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South Carolina customer-hours without power by month, 2015Jan 253K, Feb 2.1M, Mar 163K, Apr 201K, May 257K, Jun 506K, Jul 586K, Aug 1.1M, Sep 422K, Oct 1.2M, Nov 187K, Dec 188K01M2M3M253KJan2.1MFeb163KMar201KApr257KMay506KJun586KJul1.1MAug422KSep1.2MOct187KNov188KDec
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All 46 South Carolina counties, 2015

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Anderson County12.11.2M101,52024,801722
2Greenwood County11.5466K40,69514,786564
3Lee County9.051K5,6752,066251
4Darlington County7.7148K19,2117,510632
5Chesterfield County7.6123K16,1538,650432
6Abbeville County6.160K9,8461,114138
7Dillon County5.051K10,0995,340378
8McCormick County4.820K4,09191094
9Oconee County4.5181K40,4256,132266
10Marion County4.437K8,4972,406533
11Fairfield County4.055K13,9832,714210
12Greenville County3.8792K208,04011,729571
13Marlboro County3.856K14,9593,139269
14Clarendon County3.460K17,8093,275225
15Horry County3.2824K259,18949,1091,094
16Richland County2.7608K227,55911,6881,049
17Pickens County2.7197K74,0396,638576
18Sumter County2.5106K42,5157,167690
19Hampton County2.422K8,8861,188393
20Chester County2.449K20,5481,163453
21Florence County2.3127K54,5645,325953
22Spartanburg County2.3336K147,5583,477746
23Edgefield County2.026K12,7172,899253
24Williamsburg County2.043K21,4554,203355
25Charleston County1.8409K231,04620,197788
26Newberry County1.534K23,3761,413195
27Lancaster County1.576K52,2743,616633
28Lexington County1.4225K165,90413,5001,033
29Laurens County1.396K71,5494,498519
30Colleton County1.327K20,3551,278505
31Saluda County1.315K11,8242,072256
32Aiken County1.189K79,3094,496906
33Beaufort County1.1135K127,2898,670769
34Dorchester County1.071K73,2694,906800
35Jasper County0.917K17,7021,572361
36Allendale County0.94,2834,639414199
37Kershaw County0.731K43,1981,905202
38Georgetown County0.627K46,0102,390302
39York County0.583K173,4883,196615
40Cherokee County0.518K39,7411,171390
41Orangeburg County0.527K58,6241,186458
42Union County0.49,04921,94064168
43Bamberg County0.32,5398,728604149
44Barnwell County0.33,08810,6282,044275
45Berkeley County0.234K162,2113,088503
46Calhoun County0.21,5569,1471,170158

Biggest South Carolina outages of 2015

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Horry County, SCOctober 4, 2015 19:30October 7, 2015 19:152d 23h49,10916K
2Anderson County, SCFebruary 16, 2015 13:45February 19, 2015 09:152d 19h24,801633K
3Horry County, SCAugust 13, 2015 21:00August 19, 2015 18:005d 21h23,533630K
4Charleston County, SCJanuary 29, 2015 11:00January 30, 2015 01:3014h 30m20,19755K
5Greenwood County, SCFebruary 17, 2015 03:30February 20, 2015 01:152d 21h14,786377K
6Lexington County, SCAugust 6, 2015 11:00August 8, 2015 02:001d 15h13,5007,468
7Greenville County, SCSeptember 4, 2015 12:15September 7, 2015 03:302d 15h11,729159K
8Richland County, SCOctober 3, 2015 07:15October 5, 2015 15:002d 7h11,688217K
9Richland County, SCAugust 5, 2015 13:15August 8, 2015 03:452d 14h10,76988K
10Greenville County, SCFebruary 16, 2015 20:45February 20, 2015 19:153d 22h10,680117K
11Anderson County, SCJuly 18, 2015 21:00July 19, 2015 01:454h 45m10,55430K
12Lexington County, SCJuly 8, 2015 18:15July 9, 2015 00:005h 45m10,0616,875
13Anderson County, SCJuly 19, 2015 03:00July 21, 2015 10:152d 7h9,766140K
14Richland County, SCJanuary 29, 2015 14:00January 29, 2015 19:455h 45m9,59329K
15Horry County, SCSeptember 27, 2015 00:00September 27, 2015 00:1515m8,9492,237
16Horry County, SCSeptember 16, 2015 14:30September 16, 2015 21:307h8,76612K
17Greenville County, SCApril 4, 2015 02:00April 4, 2015 05:003h8,7294,314
18Beaufort County, SCApril 22, 2015 19:15April 22, 2015 22:453h 30m8,6702,192
19Chesterfield County, SCFebruary 17, 2015 03:30February 18, 2015 23:451d 20h8,65083K
20Richland County, SCOctober 5, 2015 16:30October 15, 2015 02:159d 9h8,38566K
21Greenville County, SCOctober 17, 2015 16:30October 18, 2015 05:0012h 30m8,15018K
22Darlington County, SCMarch 5, 2015 17:15March 6, 2015 06:4513h 30m7,5109,041
23Anderson County, SCJune 26, 2015 12:45June 29, 2015 09:002d 20h7,48399K
24Anderson County, SCJune 30, 2015 10:45July 1, 2015 23:451d 13h7,40149K
25Charleston County, SCJuly 23, 2015 12:15July 24, 2015 08:1520h7,29911K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of South Carolina's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
South Carolina by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Other states in 2015:WVWAMINCRILAOKNJ

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.