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Power Outages in Spartanburg County, SC

As of October 19, 2026 03:00 UTC, no outages are reported by Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Broad River Electric Coop, Inc, Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) and Greer Commission of Public Wks in Spartanburg County, SC. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, Laurens Electric Coop, Inc and Lockhart Power Co. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.2 hours.

Spartanburg County, SC is served by 7 tracked utilities.

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No active outages are reported by Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Broad River Electric Coop, Inc, Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) and Greer Commission of Public Wks in Spartanburg County.

No live feed for Duke Energy, Laurens Electric Coop, Inc and Lockhart Power Co: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Spartanburg County

69%of this county's ~256,231 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Duke Energy, Laurens Electric Coop, Inc, Lockhart Power Co. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCLive · county0162,8080.0%---
Broad River Electric Coop, IncLive · county013,1860.0%---
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC)Live · county0---0-
Greer Commission of Public WksLive · county0---0-
Duke EnergyNo live feedcan't see------
Laurens Electric Coop, IncNo live feedcan't see------
Lockhart Power CoNo live feedcan't see------

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Broad River Electric Coop, Inc, 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.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Spartanburg 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.

Power-dependent
3,926
Oxygen service
1,236
Dialysis (facility)
456
Home health / hospice
794
By ZIP code (18)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
2934938918304≤11
2930130613233≤11
2930728216218≤11
2931627118197≤11
2930325012204≤11
29388230≤11190≤11
29323217≤11175≤11
29306199≤11150≤11
29302154≤11105≤11
29369149≤11113≤11
29365149≤11105≤11
29322133≤11112≤11
29385125≤11100≤11
29334121≤1191≤11
2937691≤1171≤11
2937267≤1159≤11
2933564≤11530
2937451≤11380

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Spartanburg County, SC

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Spartanburg County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Spartanburg County

Spartanburg County has been under 31 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Watch on October 11, 2026.

  • Flood Advisory ×11
  • Flood Watch ×7
  • Special Weather Statement ×6
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
  • Flash Flood Warning ×3

Latest Spartanburg County, SC outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 40m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 533 customers out (0.3% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 6h 6m

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 368 customers out

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 861 customers out

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,743 customers out (1.0% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 39m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,884 customers out (1.1% of the county)

Outage trend · Spartanburg County, SC
0customers out · peak 2
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC
Spartanburg County, SC: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 2 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.511.52Oct 186 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Spartanburg County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Spartanburg County went about 3.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 147,558 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 3.2 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Spartanburg County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.3h, 2016 3.9h, 2017 5.8h, 2018 10.6h, 2019 2.3h, 2020 11.4h, 2021 2.6h, 2022 3.4h, 2023 3.2h, 2024 164.4h, 2025 3.2h. Highlighted: 2024.0501001502002.3h20153.9h20165.8h201710.6h20182.3h201911.4h20202.6h20213.4h20223.2h2023164.4h20243.2h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 147,558 customers out) · decade average 19.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20157463,4772.3
20167268,7563.9
201769420,5775.8
201861330,25310.6
20196914,2192.3
202060731,48611.4
20216565,7922.6
202253811,6663.4
20235786,7373.2
2024579147,558164.4
20256207,5793.2

Cost of power in Spartanburg County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Spartanburg 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.

13.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 21% since 2015
vs South Carolina avg 15.5¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
September 25, 2024147,55820d 4h
October 27, 202031,4866d 18h
December 8, 201830,2536d 10h
October 23, 201720,5773d 21h
December 29, 202420,4201d 5h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High ice storms exposure · 19.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormVery High
TornadoRelatively Moderate
Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
EarthquakeRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Spartanburg County: FAQ

How often does Spartanburg County, SC lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Spartanburg County, SC logged 620 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Spartanburg County, SC?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 147,558 customers without power, beginning September 25, 2024 and lasting about 20d 4h.
Is there a power outage in Spartanburg County, SC right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Spartanburg County, SC. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Spartanburg County, SC?
Tracked electric providers include Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC), Broad River Electric Coop, Inc, Duke Energy, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Greer Commission of Public Wks.
Nearby counties
Cherokee CountyGreenville CountyLaurens CountyPolk County
ZIP codes in Spartanburg County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Spartanburg County.

29301, 29302, 29303, 29306, 29307, 29316, 29320, 29322, 29323, 29324, 29329, 29331, 29333, 29334, 29335, 29338, 29346, 29349, 29365, 29368, 29369, 29373, 29374, 29375, 29376, 29377, 29378, 29385, 29388

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC3.6 hrsLive · county-
Laurens Electric Coop, Inc3.5 hrsNo live feed-
Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC)3.4 hrsLive · county-
Duke Energy-No live feed-
Broad River Electric Coop, Inc-Live · county-
Lockhart Power Co-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/45083 and /api/v1/counties/45083/history.