Power Outages in Pickens County, SC
Is there a power outage in Pickens County, SC right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC, about 178 customers are without power in Pickens County, SC across 5 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Pickens County, SC is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.8 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/south-carolina/pickens-county
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- October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Pickens County, SC", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/south-carolina/pickens-county
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
- Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC)
Not counted: no live feed for Duke Energy.
Report an outage in Pickens 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, Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC), Easley Combined Utility System and Duke Energy; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
42%of this county's ~115,308 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 Carolinas, LLC | Live · county | 172 | 30,464 | 0.6% | - | - | - | |
| Easley Combined Utility System | Live · county | 0 | 17,813 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) | Live · county | 6 | - | - | - | 4 | - | |
| Duke Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Easley Combined Utility System and Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) 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 Pickens County4
Individual outages as listed by Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC), largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | - | - | - | Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) | |
| 2 | - | - | - | Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) | |
| 1 | - | - | - | Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) | |
| 1 | - | - | - | Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Pickens 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 (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29640 | 487 | 23 | 399 | ≤11 |
| 29671 | 288 | 12 | 227 | ≤11 |
| 29657 | 228 | 12 | 183 | ≤11 |
| 29630 | 143 | 12 | 111 | ≤11 |
| 29631 | 71 | ≤11 | 48 | ≤11 |
| 29682 | 67 | ≤11 | 55 | ≤11 |
| 29685 | 23 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 29667 | 15 | 0 | ≤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 Pickens County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Pickens County right now.
Pickens County has been under 32 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×10
- Flood Advisory ×6
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×6
- Flood Watch ×5
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Frost Advisory ×2
Latest Pickens County, SC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 996 customers out (1.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 6m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 409 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 733 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,469 customers out (2.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 45m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,033 customers out (1.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Pickens 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 Pickens Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Pickens County went about 2.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 46,768 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 2.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 46,768 customers out) · decade average 12.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 576 | 6,638 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 550 | 3,291 | 1.6 |
| 2017 | 616 | 15,242 | 9.4 |
| 2018 | 892 | 10,086 | 7.1 |
| 2019 | 777 | 2,851 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 778 | 27,670 | 22.0 |
| 2021 | 779 | 30,506 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 751 | 6,872 | 4.3 |
| 2023 | 785 | 7,504 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 790 | 46,768 | 74.7 |
| 2025 | 835 | 7,958 | 2.8 |
Cost of power in Pickens County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Pickens 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
- Easley Combined Utility System12.8¢16,019 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 ice storms exposure · 12.1 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 Pickens County: FAQ
- How often does Pickens County, SC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Pickens County, SC logged 835 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Pickens County, SC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 46,768 customers without power, beginning September 24, 2024 and lasting about 17d 20h.
- Is there a power outage in Pickens County, SC right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:30 UTC, about 178 customers are without power in Pickens County, SC across 5 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Pickens County, SC?
- Tracked electric providers include Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC), Duke Energy, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Easley Combined Utility System.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pickens County.
29630, 29631, 29634, 29640, 29657, 29667, 29671, 29682, 29685
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 Pickens 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 | - |
| Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) | 3.4 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Easley Combined Utility System | 1.5 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/45077 and /api/v1/counties/45077/history. Live data as of .