Power outages in Dorchester County, SC
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Dorchester County yet. Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc, Berkeley Electric Coop Inc and Edisto Electric Coop, Inc serve this county.
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No live outage data for Dorchester County yet.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in Dorchester County
2014–2025 recordDorchester County averaged 37 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for South Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 44. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 18 hours, starting July 24, 2025.
The largest on record began October 8, 2016, with 50,197 customers out at once.
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| October 8, 2016 | 50,197 | 4.9 days | 1,378,340 |
| September 5, 2019 | 41,166 | 1.8 days | 684,787 |
| September 30, 2022 | 25,331 | 31 hours | 139,890 |
| September 27, 2024 | 23,470 | 2.8 days | 323,919 |
| September 11, 2017 | 16,079 | 25 hours | 109,217 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
Cities in Dorchester County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc no live feed
- Berkeley Electric Coop Inc no live feed
- Edisto Electric Coop, Inc no live feed
- Coastal Electric Coop, Inc - (SC) no live feed
- All South Carolina outages