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Power Outages in Beaufort County, SC

Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc and Palmetto Electric Coop Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.4 hours.

Beaufort County, SC is served by 2 tracked utilities.

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Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc and Palmetto Electric Coop Inc publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Beaufort County

0.0%of this county's ~326,271 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc, Palmetto Electric Coop Inc.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Dominion Energy South Carolina, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Palmetto Electric Coop IncLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Beaufort 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.

Power-dependent
1,639
Oxygen service
253
Dialysis (facility)
195
Home health / hospice
349
By ZIP code (12)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
2990929614202≤11
29910274≤1119515
29926184≤11125≤11
29906145≤11105≤11
29902120≤1192≤11
29920113≤1188≤11
29928111≤11760
29907110≤1180≤11
2993536≤1127≤11
2994031≤1125≤11
29941≤11≤11≤11≤11
29915≤110≤11≤11

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Beaufort County, SC

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Beaufort County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Beaufort County

Beaufort County has been under 33 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Tornado Watch on October 10, 2026.

  • Rip Current Statement ×11
  • Flood Watch ×5
  • Tornado Watch ×5
  • High Surf Advisory ×4
  • Coastal Flood Advisory ×4
  • Special Weather Statement ×3

Latest Beaufort County, SC outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h

  2. GREW

    Outage grew to 10,165 customers out (8.0% of the county)

  3. GREW

    Outage grew to 5,429 customers out (4.3% of the county)

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,244 customers out (1.8% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 26m

  6. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026

  7. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 21, 2026

  8. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 1,262 customers out

Outage trend · Beaufort County, SC
0customers out · peak 313
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Beaufort County, SC: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 313 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0100200300400Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Beaufort County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Beaufort County went about 1.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 55,188 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 1.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Beaufort County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.1h, 2016 29.7h, 2017 7.1h, 2018 2.3h, 2019 4.1h, 2020 1.4h, 2021 2.0h, 2022 2.0h, 2023 3.3h, 2024 13.8h, 2025 1.4h. Highlighted: 2016.01020301.1h201529.7h20167.1h20172.3h20184.1h20191.4h20202.0h20212.0h20223.3h202313.8h20241.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2016 (peak 47,989 customers out) · decade average 6.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20157698,6701.1
201668847,98929.7
201793137,7197.1
201898716,3712.3
201981222,7564.1
20208229,8961.4
202182116,3742.0
202288315,2832.0
202396754,6003.3
202494355,18813.8
20258217,6071.4

Cost of power in Beaufort County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Beaufort 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.

15.4¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 18% since 2015
vs South Carolina avg 15.5¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
September 26, 202455,18816d 2h
March 29, 202354,6009h 45m
October 7, 201647,9891d
October 8, 201647,7199d 4h
September 11, 201737,7195d 2h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High hurricanes exposure · 6.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneVery High
Ice stormRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
WildfireRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Beaufort County: FAQ

How often does Beaufort County, SC lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Beaufort County, SC logged 821 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Beaufort County, SC?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 55,188 customers without power, beginning September 26, 2024 and lasting about 16d 2h.
Is there a power outage in Beaufort County, SC right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Beaufort County, SC. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Beaufort County, SC?
Tracked electric providers include Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc, Palmetto Electric Coop Inc.
Nearby counties
Colleton CountyHampton CountyJasper County
ZIP codes in Beaufort County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Beaufort County.

29902, 29904, 29905, 29906, 29907, 29909, 29910, 29915, 29920, 29926, 29928, 29935, 29940, 29941

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc2.2 hrsLive · total only
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Palmetto Electric Coop Inc0.8 hrsLive · total only-

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/45013 and /api/v1/counties/45013/history.