Power Outages in Greenville County, SC
Is there a power outage in Greenville County, SC right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 21:00 UTC, about 4 customers are without power in Greenville County, SC across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Duke Energy and Laurens Electric Coop, Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Greenville County, SC is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.6 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/south-carolina/greenville-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 21:00 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Greenville County, SC", live data as of October 19, 2026 21:00 UTC. https://massoutage.com/south-carolina/greenville-county
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
- Greer Commission of Public Wks
Not counted: no live feed for Duke Energy and Laurens Electric Coop, Inc.
Report an outage in Greenville 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 Carolinas, LLC, Laurens Electric Coop, Inc, Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC), Duke Energy and Greer Commission of Public Wks; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
79%of this county's ~301,949 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Duke Energy, Laurens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | Live · county | 3 | 239,959 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Greer Commission of Public Wks | Live · county | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Duke Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laurens Electric Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) and Greer Commission of Public Wks reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Active outages in Greenville County1
Individual outages as listed by Greer Commission of Public Wks, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | - | - | - | Greer Commission of Public Wks |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Greenville 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 (19)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29651 | 491 | 12 | 369 | ≤11 |
| 29681 | 452 | 26 | 318 | ≤11 |
| 29687 | 402 | 27 | 301 | ≤11 |
| 29605 | 384 | 28 | 285 | ≤11 |
| 29673 | 379 | 16 | 312 | ≤11 |
| 29607 | 369 | 21 | 262 | ≤11 |
| 29611 | 341 | 24 | 264 | ≤11 |
| 29617 | 315 | 28 | 242 | ≤11 |
| 29615 | 310 | 15 | 232 | ≤11 |
| 29690 | 283 | ≤11 | 224 | ≤11 |
| 29680 | 277 | 13 | 204 | ≤11 |
| 29609 | 274 | 15 | 193 | ≤11 |
| 29650 | 232 | 15 | 163 | ≤11 |
| 29669 | 184 | ≤11 | 151 | ≤11 |
| 29601 | 150 | ≤11 | 108 | 0 |
| 29662 | 119 | ≤11 | 91 | ≤11 |
| 29356 | 118 | ≤11 | 86 | ≤11 |
| 29661 | 99 | ≤11 | 83 | ≤11 |
| 29635 | 13 | ≤11 | ≤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 Greenville County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Greenville County right now.
Greenville County has been under 42 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×18
- Flood Watch ×7
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
- Flood Advisory ×5
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Frost Advisory ×2
Latest Greenville County, SC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 10m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 264 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 548 customers out (0.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 46m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 710 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 1m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,171 customers out (0.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 55m
Hardest-hit cities in Greenville 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 Greenville Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Greenville County went about 3.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 208,040 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 3.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 208,040 customers out) · decade average 20.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 571 | 11,729 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 593 | 13,995 | 5.0 |
| 2017 | 456 | 33,465 | 9.1 |
| 2018 | 495 | 60,062 | 12.8 |
| 2019 | 498 | 21,155 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 448 | 71,283 | 15.3 |
| 2021 | 513 | 23,496 | 4.6 |
| 2022 | 396 | 19,775 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 473 | 5,379 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 450 | 208,040 | 154.1 |
| 2025 | 547 | 18,955 | 3.6 |
Cost of power in Greenville County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Greenville 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 Carolinas, LLC13.5¢582,062 cust
- Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC)19.8¢68,647 cust
- Laurens Electric Coop, Inc15.6¢59,786 cust
- Greer Commission of Public Wks12.8¢23,192 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.
Very High ice storms exposure · 20.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Greenville County: FAQ
- How often does Greenville County, SC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Greenville County, SC logged 547 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Greenville County, SC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 208,040 customers without power, beginning September 25, 2024 and lasting about 18d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Greenville County, SC right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 21:00 UTC, about 4 customers are without power in Greenville County, SC across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Duke Energy and Laurens Electric Coop, Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Greenville County, SC?
- Tracked electric providers include Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC), Duke Energy, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Greer Commission of Public Wks.
Greenville, Greer. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Greenville County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Greenville County.
29356, 29601, 29605, 29607, 29609, 29611, 29613, 29614, 29615, 29617, 29635, 29644, 29650, 29651, 29661, 29662, 29669, 29673, 29680, 29681, 29683, 29687, 29690
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 Greenville County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in South Carolina →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | 3.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Laurens Electric Coop, Inc | 3.5 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) | 3.4 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Duke Energy | - | No live feed | - |
| Greer Commission of Public Wks | - | 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/45045 and /api/v1/counties/45045/history. Live data as of .