Power Outages in Greenwood County, SC
As of October 19, 2026 12:45 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Greenwood County, SC across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Aiken Electric Coop Inc, Duke Energy, Greenwood CPW and Little River Electric Coop Inc, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.2 hours.
Greenwood County, SC is served by 6 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/south-carolina/greenwood-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Greenwood County, SC", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/south-carolina/greenwood-county
Not counted: no live feed for Aiken Electric Coop Inc, Duke Energy, Greenwood CPW and Little River Electric Coop Inc.
36%of this county's ~75,868 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Aiken Electric Coop Inc, Duke Energy, Greenwood CPW, Little River 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 | 1 | 27,478 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 119 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Aiken Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Duke Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Greenwood CPW | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Little River Electric Coop Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Dominion Energy South Carolina, 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 Greenwood 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 (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29646 | 313 | 43 | 234 | ≤11 |
| 29649 | 261 | 31 | 176 | ≤11 |
| 29666 | 96 | ≤11 | 65 | ≤11 |
| 29653 | 54 | ≤11 | 40 | 0 |
| 29819 | 18 | ≤11 | 16 | ≤11 |
| 29848 | ≤11 | ≤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 Greenwood County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Greenwood County right now.
Greenwood County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 11, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Flood Watch ×5
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
Latest Greenwood County, SC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 7h 40m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 231 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 490 customers out (1.2% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Greenwood 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 Greenwood Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Greenwood County went about 6.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 29,946 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 6.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 29,946 customers out) · decade average 14.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 564 | 14,786 | 11.5 |
| 2016 | 567 | 1,950 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 523 | 6,014 | 6.2 |
| 2018 | 591 | 4,061 | 2.6 |
| 2019 | 497 | 5,423 | 4.5 |
| 2020 | 475 | 4,449 | 2.2 |
| 2021 | 498 | 2,023 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 465 | 4,582 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 548 | 4,523 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 556 | 29,946 | 119.0 |
| 2025 | 544 | 8,322 | 6.2 |
Cost of power in Greenwood County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Greenwood 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
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC13.5¢582,062 cust
- Aiken Electric Coop Inc17.5¢50,850 cust
- Greenwood CPW10.0¢11,676 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.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 14.8 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 Greenwood County: FAQ
- How often does Greenwood County, SC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Greenwood County, SC logged 544 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Greenwood County, SC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 29,946 customers without power, beginning September 26, 2024 and lasting about 16d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Greenwood County, SC right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Greenwood County, SC?
- Tracked electric providers include Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc, Duke Energy, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Greenwood County.
29646, 29649, 29653, 29666, 29819
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | 3.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc | 2.2 hrs | Live · county | |
| Aiken Electric Coop Inc | 3.2 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Greenwood CPW | 1.7 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Duke Energy | - | No live feed | - |
| Little River Electric Coop Inc | - | 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/45047 and /api/v1/counties/45047/history. Live data as of .