Power Outages in Aiken County, SC
No live outage feed is available for Aiken County, SC yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.7 hours.
Aiken County, SC is served by local tracked utilities.
Aiken County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Aiken County has been under 51 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×17
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×15
- Flash Flood Warning ×6
- Flood Advisory ×6
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×5
- Heat Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Aiken County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Aiken County went about 3.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 91,915 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 91,915 customers out) · decade average 16.9 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 | 91,915 | 156.1 |
| 2025 | 964 | 16,695 | 3.7 |
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 16.9 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 91,915 customers without power, beginning September 26, 2024 and lasting about 22d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Aiken County, SC right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Aiken County, SC. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
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
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/45003 and /api/v1/counties/45003/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Carolina customers).