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2016 South Carolina Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average South Carolina customer went without power for about 12.9 hours, the 3rd worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
12.9
vs prior year
▲ 417%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
36.7M
Peak customers out
605,878
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, 2016

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

CSVJSON
South Carolina customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 664K, Feb 727K, Mar 193K, Apr 216K, May 372K, Jun 332K, Jul 640K, Aug 369K, Sep 631K, Oct 32.0M, Nov 239K, Dec 313K010M20M30M40M664KJan727KFeb193KMar216KApr372KMay332KJun640KJul369KAug631KSep32.0MOct239KNov313KDec
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All 46 South Carolina counties, 2016

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Marion County135.41.2M8,4978,497463
2Dillon County115.51.2M10,09910,099448
3Lee County81.5463K5,6755,517334
4Florence County74.74.1M54,56448,077946
5Darlington County73.71.4M19,21119,211623
6Colleton County46.8953K20,35511,786375
7Hampton County42.4377K8,8867,200267
8Sumter County40.51.7M42,51527,446726
9Allendale County36.0167K4,6393,531147
10Jasper County31.8562K17,7026,681293
11Horry County30.17.8M259,189183,3591,120
12Chesterfield County29.9483K16,15310,511479
13Beaufort County29.73.8M127,28947,989688
14Clarendon County28.4506K17,8096,298311
15Williamsburg County27.7593K21,4556,579353
16Georgetown County19.4891K46,01019,748346
17Dorchester County19.21.4M73,26950,197665
18Charleston County15.73.6M231,04697,936526
19Marlboro County15.6233K14,9594,421305
20Calhoun County13.2121K9,1472,719108
21Orangeburg County9.9581K58,62412,550372
22Bamberg County7.465K8,7283,041135
23Greenville County5.01.0M208,04013,995593
24Richland County4.0910K227,55933,158817
25Kershaw County4.0172K43,1983,543209
26Spartanburg County3.9570K147,5588,756726
27Barnwell County3.537K10,6284,839208
28Fairfield County3.143K13,9831,715186
29Anderson County3.0307K101,5209,515783
30Chester County2.449K20,5482,235480
31Berkeley County2.3381K162,21113,599451
32Saluda County2.226K11,8244,067212
33Greenwood County1.875K40,6951,950567
34Lancaster County1.896K52,2742,409653
35Lexington County1.7281K165,90421,165831
36Pickens County1.6119K74,0393,291550
37Cherokee County1.249K39,7412,533412
38Oconee County1.249K40,4253,657285
39Laurens County1.283K71,5492,016839
40McCormick County1.14,4184,09192092
41Aiken County1.185K79,3093,378737
42York County0.8139K173,4887,320665
43Edgefield County0.67,91812,7171,199236
44Abbeville County0.65,8329,84634397
45Newberry County0.512K23,376681149
46Union County0.23,91021,94064541

Biggest South Carolina outages of 2016

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Horry County, SCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 24, 2016 23:4516d 1h183,3597.5M
2Charleston County, SCOctober 4, 2016 11:30October 8, 2016 17:454d 6h97,936678K
3Charleston County, SCOctober 8, 2016 22:30November 5, 2016 09:4527d 11h79,4542.8M
4Dorchester County, SCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 14, 2016 09:455d 11h50,1971.2M
5Florence County, SCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 17, 2016 04:008d 5h48,0773.7M
6Beaufort County, SCOctober 7, 2016 17:15October 8, 2016 17:451d47,989550K
7Beaufort County, SCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 18, 2016 02:309d 4h47,7193.2M
8Horry County, SCFebruary 5, 2016 22:00February 6, 2016 05:157h 15m45,46929K
9Dorchester County, SCOctober 7, 2016 21:45October 8, 2016 17:4520h45,215194K
10Richland County, SCOctober 8, 2016 03:00October 8, 2016 17:4514h 45m33,158208K
11Sumter County, SCOctober 8, 2016 05:00October 8, 2016 17:4512h 45m27,446107K
12Florence County, SCOctober 8, 2016 05:30October 8, 2016 17:4512h 15m27,300100K
13Sumter County, SCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 15, 2016 01:306d 3h26,5121.4M
14Richland County, SCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 14, 2016 03:305d 5h26,429468K
15Horry County, SCOctober 8, 2016 03:30October 8, 2016 17:4514h 15m22,66588K
16Lexington County, SCOctober 8, 2016 03:30October 8, 2016 17:4514h 15m21,16597K
17Georgetown County, SCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 22, 2016 08:4513d 10h19,748839K
18Darlington County, SCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 16, 2016 00:007d 1h19,2111.2M
19Richland County, SCSeptember 22, 2016 13:00September 26, 2016 17:304d 4h15,1075,643
20Greenville County, SCJanuary 22, 2016 10:00January 25, 2016 08:152d 22h13,995321K
21Berkeley County, SCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 14, 2016 04:005d 5h13,599300K
22Darlington County, SCOctober 8, 2016 09:00October 8, 2016 17:458h 45m13,31561K
23Berkeley County, SCOctober 7, 2016 23:30October 8, 2016 17:4518h 15m12,97557K
24Greenville County, SCFebruary 24, 2016 14:00February 27, 2016 06:302d 16h12,810152K
25Orangeburg County, SCOctober 8, 2016 00:15October 8, 2016 17:4517h 30m12,55056K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of South Carolina's electricity customers in 2016; 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:2025202420232022202120202019201820172015
Other states in 2016:NCWVVAMEFLLAARGA

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

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