Power Outages in Florence County, SC
Is there a power outage in Florence County, SC right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Florence County, SC across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Florence County, SC is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.5 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/south-carolina/florence-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Florence County, SC", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/south-carolina/florence-county
Not counted: no live feed for Duke Energy.
Report an outage in Florence 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 Duke Energy Progress - (NC), MPD Electric Cooperative, Santee Electric Coop, Inc and Duke Energy; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
60%of this county's ~107,615 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Duke Energy. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | Live · county | 1 | 57,150 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| MPD Electric Cooperative | Live · county | 0 | 7,727 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Santee Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Duke Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Duke Energy Progress - (NC), MPD Electric Cooperative and Santee 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 Florence 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 (11)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29501 | 429 | 38 | 314 | ≤11 |
| 29505 | 294 | 27 | 212 | ≤11 |
| 29506 | 257 | ≤11 | 171 | ≤11 |
| 29560 | 199 | 23 | 150 | 0 |
| 29161 | 126 | ≤11 | 98 | ≤11 |
| 29541 | 110 | ≤11 | 81 | ≤11 |
| 29591 | 83 | ≤11 | 62 | 0 |
| 29555 | 71 | ≤11 | 58 | ≤11 |
| 29583 | 70 | ≤11 | 53 | 0 |
| 29530 | 47 | ≤11 | 42 | 0 |
| 29114 | 21 | ≤11 | 16 | 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 Florence County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Florence County right now.
Florence County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 11, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×4
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
Latest Florence County, SC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 44m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 550 customers out (0.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Florence 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 Florence Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Florence County went about 1.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 48,077 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 1.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2016 (peak 48,077 customers out) · decade average 9.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 953 | 5,325 | 2.3 |
| 2016 | 946 | 48,077 | 74.7 |
| 2017 | 985 | 3,406 | 2.7 |
| 2018 | 947 | 12,740 | 8.8 |
| 2019 | 982 | 23,390 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | 948 | 10,146 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | 965 | 4,551 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 894 | 8,601 | 5.7 |
| 2023 | 934 | 8,302 | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 1,075 | 6,382 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 1,081 | 4,099 | 1.5 |
Cost of power in Florence County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Florence 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.
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC)14.1¢143,884 cust
- Santee Electric Coop, Inc16.4¢35,356 cust
- MPD Electric Cooperative13.7¢32,130 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 hurricanes exposure · 9.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Florence County: FAQ
- How often does Florence County, SC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Florence County, SC logged 1,081 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Florence County, SC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 48,077 customers without power, beginning October 8, 2016 and lasting about 8d 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Florence County, SC right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Florence County, SC across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Florence County, SC?
- Tracked electric providers include Duke Energy, Duke Energy Progress - (NC), MPD Electric Cooperative, Santee Electric Coop, Inc.
Florence. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Florence County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Florence County.
29114, 29161, 29501, 29505, 29506, 29530, 29541, 29555, 29560, 29583, 29591
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 Florence County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in South Carolina →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | 2.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| MPD Electric Cooperative | 2.3 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Santee Electric Coop, Inc | 3.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Duke Energy | - | No live feed | - |
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/45041 and /api/v1/counties/45041/history. Live data as of .