Power Outages in Richland County, SC
As of October 19, 2026 03:10 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Richland County, SC across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (SC), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.9 hours.
Richland County, SC is served by 4 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/south-carolina/richland-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 03:10 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Richland County, SC", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:10 UTC. https://massoutage.com/south-carolina/richland-county
Not counted: no live feed for Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (SC).
39%of this county's ~472,001 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (SC). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc | Live · county | 1 | 186,349 | 0.0% | - | 1 | - | |
| Fairfield Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (SC) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc, Fairfield Electric Coop, Inc and Mid-Carolina 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 Richland 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 (15)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29203 | 430 | 24 | 261 | ≤11 |
| 29223 | 398 | 27 | 245 | ≤11 |
| 29229 | 295 | 17 | 176 | ≤11 |
| 29209 | 272 | 20 | 150 | 14 |
| 29063 | 268 | 16 | 170 | ≤11 |
| 29210 | 244 | 17 | 160 | ≤11 |
| 29204 | 182 | ≤11 | 115 | ≤11 |
| 29016 | 167 | ≤11 | 99 | ≤11 |
| 29061 | 129 | ≤11 | 78 | ≤11 |
| 29206 | 128 | ≤11 | 75 | ≤11 |
| 29205 | 103 | ≤11 | 55 | ≤11 |
| 29201 | 83 | ≤11 | 50 | ≤11 |
| 29044 | 65 | ≤11 | 40 | ≤11 |
| 29052 | 31 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
| 29207 | ≤11 | 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 Richland County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Richland County right now.
Richland County has been under 34 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Lake Wind Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Flood Warning ×11
- Flood Advisory ×10
- Lake Wind Advisory ×10
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
Latest Richland County, SC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 43m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 6, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 835 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 16m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 849 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 4m
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026
Hardest-hit cities in Richland 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 Richland Countyisn't available yet.
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.
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 2.9 hrs.
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 |
Cost of power in Richland County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Richland 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
- Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc16.8¢57,067 cust
- Fairfield Electric Coop, Inc15.6¢33,071 cust
- Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (SC)19.9¢17,670 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.
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?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Richland County, SC?
- Tracked electric providers include Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc, Fairfield Electric Coop, Inc, Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc.
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
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc | 2.2 hrs | Live · county | |
| Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (SC) | 4.4 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc | 4.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Fairfield Electric Coop, Inc | - | 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/45079 and /api/v1/counties/45079/history. Live data as of .