Power outages in Pickens County, SC

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Pickens County yet. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC) and Easley Combined Utility System serve this county.

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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Blue Ridge Electric Coop Inc - (SC)no live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Easley Combined Utility Systemno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Pickens County

2014–2025 record

Pickens County averaged 31.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for South Carolina counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 33. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 11 hours, starting June 18, 2025.

The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 46,768 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in June.

31.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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.
1.5 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
12 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
46,768most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
September 27, 202446,76812 days5,363,813
July 27, 202130,5063 hours45,189
October 29, 202027,6703.5 days1,089,595
April 13, 202022,6832.4 days325,109
September 11, 201715,2423.7 days575,715

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom 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.