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2024 South Carolina Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average South Carolina customer went without power for about 48.3 hours, the 1st worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
48.3
vs prior year
▲ 1701%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
136.9M
Peak customers out
1,294,179
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, 2024

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

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South Carolina customer-hours without power by month, 2024Jan 1.1M, Feb 402K, Mar 295K, Apr 629K, May 1.2M, Jun 665K, Jul 763K, Aug 1.2M, Sep 78.8M, Oct 50.8M, Nov 379K, Dec 526K020M40M60M80M1.1MJan402KFeb295KMar629KApr1.2MMay665KJun763KJul1.2MAug78.8MSep50.8MOct379KNov526KDec
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All 46 South Carolina counties, 2024

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1McCormick County249.01.0M4,0914,091279
2Edgefield County188.22.4M12,71712,717557
3Spartanburg County164.424.3M147,558147,558579
4Abbeville County155.11.5M9,8469,846475
5Greenville County154.232.1M208,040208,040450
6Aiken County153.012.1M79,30979,309930
7Saluda County146.11.7M11,82411,824631
8Anderson County125.312.7M101,520101,520600
9Greenwood County119.04.8M40,69529,946556
10Newberry County91.62.1M23,37616,661717
11Oconee County89.23.6M40,42537,716775
12Pickens County74.75.5M74,03946,768790
13Allendale County74.5346K4,6394,541319
14Laurens County69.65.0M71,54927,984846
15Cherokee County68.42.7M39,74120,452599
16Hampton County66.4590K8,8868,886504
17Colleton County53.71.1M20,35520,355744
18Jasper County39.9707K17,70215,402623
19Lexington County36.96.1M165,904126,022962
20Barnwell County35.4376K10,6286,437443
21Bamberg County35.3308K8,7284,503356
22Chester County31.7651K20,54812,625602
23Fairfield County31.7443K13,9837,510585
24Union County26.2576K21,9403,866272
25Richland County20.14.6M227,559106,649939
26York County14.42.5M173,48859,979788
27Calhoun County13.9128K9,1475,126482
28Beaufort County13.81.8M127,28955,188943
29Lancaster County11.3589K52,27417,052833
30Dorchester County9.1666K73,26923,470955
31Kershaw County8.0347K43,1989,055788
32Lee County7.744K5,6753,306411
33Williamsburg County7.5161K21,4556,613568
34Chesterfield County7.3118K16,1532,935808
35Marion County7.160K8,4973,626553
36Orangeburg County6.3371K58,6249,653773
37Sumter County4.9207K42,5158,947938
38Darlington County4.587K19,2116,300798
39Georgetown County4.4202K46,01019,521681
40Charleston County4.2980K231,04641,670800
41Dillon County4.142K10,0993,105510
42Clarendon County4.173K17,8094,593630
43Berkeley County3.1509K162,21116,723985
44Florence County2.9159K54,5646,3821,075
45Horry County1.5382K259,18933,3051,207
46Marlboro County1.117K14,9591,232320

Biggest South Carolina outages of 2024

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Greenville County, SCSeptember 25, 2024 00:15October 13, 2024 06:1518d 6h208,04031.5M
2Spartanburg County, SCSeptember 25, 2024 01:00October 15, 2024 05:3020d 4h147,55823.8M
3Lexington County, SCSeptember 26, 2024 23:00October 10, 2024 22:4513d 23h126,0225.9M
4Richland County, SCSeptember 26, 2024 10:00October 14, 2024 02:1517d 16h106,6494.2M
5Anderson County, SCSeptember 25, 2024 22:15October 14, 2024 01:4518d 3h101,52011.7M
6Aiken County, SCSeptember 26, 2024 14:30October 18, 2024 23:3022d 9h79,30912.0M
7York County, SCSeptember 26, 2024 18:30October 3, 2024 07:306d 13h59,9792.1M
8Beaufort County, SCSeptember 26, 2024 11:45October 12, 2024 14:0016d 2h55,1881.5M
9Pickens County, SCSeptember 24, 2024 23:30October 12, 2024 19:3017d 20h46,7685.4M
10Charleston County, SCSeptember 26, 2024 12:30September 30, 2024 04:303d 16h41,670482K
11Oconee County, SCSeptember 26, 2024 18:15October 11, 2024 04:3014d 10h37,7163.4M
12Horry County, SCSeptember 30, 2024 12:30October 1, 2024 01:0012h 30m33,30528K
13Greenwood County, SCSeptember 26, 2024 11:00October 12, 2024 20:3016d 9h29,9464.7M
14Laurens County, SCSeptember 26, 2024 16:15October 12, 2024 23:0016d 6h27,9844.9M
15Charleston County, SCJanuary 9, 2024 05:45January 11, 2024 10:152d 4h27,416134K
16Anderson County, SCMay 8, 2024 23:00May 15, 2024 09:006d 10h25,580545K
17Dorchester County, SCSeptember 27, 2024 03:15October 3, 2024 17:306d 14h23,470340K
18Cherokee County, SCSeptember 27, 2024 02:00October 12, 2024 16:4515d 14h20,4522.7M
19Spartanburg County, SCDecember 29, 2024 07:15December 30, 2024 12:151d 5h20,42024K
20Colleton County, SCSeptember 26, 2024 16:15October 4, 2024 19:308d 3h20,355858K
21Beaufort County, SCFebruary 6, 2024 08:45February 6, 2024 21:1512h 30m20,18014K
22Beaufort County, SCFebruary 6, 2024 22:15February 6, 2024 22:4530m20,1225,031
23Georgetown County, SCJune 15, 2024 07:00June 15, 2024 08:301h 30m19,52115K
24Dorchester County, SCJune 10, 2024 19:15June 13, 2024 04:452d 9h18,68496K
25Beaufort County, SCJanuary 9, 2024 16:15January 11, 2024 03:451d 11h18,20344K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of South Carolina's electricity customers in 2024; 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:2025202320222021202020192018201720162015
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Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.

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