Power outages in Richland County, SC

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Richland County yet. Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc, Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Inc and Fairfield Electric Coop, Inc serve this county.

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Dominion Energy South Carolina, Incno 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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Mid-Carolina Electric Coop Incno 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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Fairfield Electric Coop, Incno 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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Tri-County 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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County outline

Outage history in Richland County

2014–2025 record

Richland County averaged 18.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most South Carolina counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 12. Half were over within 30 minutes; the longest lasted 17 hours, starting June 8, 2025.

The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 106,649 customers out at once.

18.7significant 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.
45 minutestypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
5.9 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
106,649most 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, 2024106,6495.9 days4,097,909
June 26, 202543,80112 hours233,615
June 22, 201933,84025 hours236,559
October 8, 201633,1582.6 days672,347
June 8, 202523,10917 hours172,258

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.