Power Outages in Aiken County, SC
Is there a power outage in Aiken County, SC right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:35 UTC, about 17 customers are without power in Aiken County, SC across 7 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Aiken Electric Coop Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Aiken County, SC is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.7 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 15:35 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Aiken County, SC", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:35 UTC. https://massoutage.com/south-carolina/aiken-county
Not counted: no live feed for Aiken Electric Coop Inc.
Report an outage in Aiken County, SC
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Aiken Electric Coop Inc and Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
29%of this county's ~220,578 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Aiken Electric Coop Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc | Live · county | 17 | 64,805 | 0.0% | - | 7 | October 19, 2026 17:30 UTC | |
| Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Aiken Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc and Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Aiken Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (16)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29803 | 400 | 12 | 284 | ≤11 |
| 29841 | 274 | 12 | 185 | ≤11 |
| 29801 | 268 | ≤11 | 180 | 12 |
| 29829 | 119 | ≤11 | 84 | ≤11 |
| 29851 | 116 | ≤11 | 95 | ≤11 |
| 29006 | 115 | ≤11 | 83 | 0 |
| 29842 | 67 | ≤11 | 42 | ≤11 |
| 29805 | 58 | ≤11 | 42 | ≤11 |
| 29164 | 53 | ≤11 | 42 | ≤11 |
| 29137 | 42 | 0 | 30 | ≤11 |
| 29856 | 37 | ≤11 | 30 | ≤11 |
| 29831 | 37 | ≤11 | 28 | 0 |
| 29809 | 31 | 0 | 19 | ≤11 |
| 29129 | 30 | ≤11 | 24 | 0 |
| 29828 | 14 | 0 | 12 | ≤11 |
| 29105 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Aiken County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Aiken County right now.
Aiken County has been under 43 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Lake Wind Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Tornado Warning ×14
- Lake Wind Advisory ×10
- Flash Flood Warning ×7
- Special Weather Statement ×5
- Tornado Watch ×2
- Flood Advisory ×2
Latest Aiken County, SC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 14m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 505 customers out (0.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 45m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 693 customers out
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 20, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 20, 2026
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,173 customers out (1.5% of the county)
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 20, 2026
Hardest-hit cities in Aiken County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Aiken Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Aiken County went about 3.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 79,309 customers.
The US EIA reports South Carolina utilities averaged 2.5 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 3.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 79,309 customers out) · decade average 16.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 906 | 4,496 | 1.1 |
| 2016 | 737 | 3,378 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 1,166 | 24,396 | 5.7 |
| 2018 | 1,149 | 19,096 | 4.3 |
| 2019 | 907 | 16,271 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 1,018 | 8,611 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 972 | 13,689 | 2.4 |
| 2022 | 945 | 15,324 | 3.2 |
| 2023 | 1,096 | 9,171 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 930 | 79,309 | 153.0 |
| 2025 | 964 | 16,695 | 3.7 |
Cost of power in Aiken County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Aiken County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc16.4¢712,679 cust
- Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc16.8¢57,067 cust
- Aiken Electric Coop Inc17.5¢50,850 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 16.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Aiken County: FAQ
- How often does Aiken County, SC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Aiken County, SC logged 964 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Aiken County, SC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 79,309 customers without power, beginning September 26, 2024 and lasting about 22d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Aiken County, SC right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:35 UTC, about 17 customers are without power in Aiken County, SC across 7 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Aiken Electric Coop Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Aiken County, SC?
- Tracked electric providers include Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc, Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Aiken County.
29105, 29129, 29137, 29164, 29801, 29803, 29805, 29809, 29816, 29828, 29829, 29831, 29834, 29841, 29842, 29851, 29856
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Aiken County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in South Carolina →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc | 2.2 hrs | Live · county | Outage map ↗ |
| Aiken Electric Coop Inc | 3.2 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc | 4.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Carolina customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/45003 and /api/v1/counties/45003/history. Live data as of .