Power Outages in Richland County, SC
No live outage feed is available for Richland County, SC yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.9 hours.
Richland County, SC is served by local tracked utilities.
Richland County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
No active NWS alerts for Richland County right now.
Richland County has been under 149 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on August 31, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×52
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×44
- Heat Advisory ×19
- Flood Advisory ×13
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×9
- Flash Flood Warning ×9
Hardest-hit cities in Richland County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Columbiano active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Richland County went about 2.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 106,649 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 106,649 customers out) · decade average 4.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,049 | 11,688 | 2.7 |
| 2016 | 817 | 33,158 | 4.0 |
| 2017 | 1,240 | 17,547 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 1,209 | 21,358 | 2.4 |
| 2019 | 1,041 | 33,840 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 987 | 17,199 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | 958 | 17,754 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 903 | 22,896 | 2.7 |
| 2023 | 951 | 23,883 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 939 | 106,649 | 20.1 |
| 2025 | 981 | 43,801 | 2.9 |
Very High ice storms exposure · 4.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Richland County: FAQ
- How often does Richland County, SC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Richland County, SC logged 981 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Richland County, SC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 106,649 customers without power, beginning September 26, 2024 and lasting about 17d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Richland County, SC right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Richland County, SC. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Columbia. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Richland County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Richland County.
29016, 29044, 29052, 29061, 29063, 29177, 29201, 29203, 29204, 29205, 29206, 29207, 29208, 29209, 29210, 29223, 29225, 29229
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/45079 and /api/v1/counties/45079/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Carolina customers).