Power outages in Salem, SC
Live outages for Salem and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Salem has 129 residents.
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SalemOconee County
Outage history in Oconee County, which includes Salem
2014–2025 recordOconee County averaged 52.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most South Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 68. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 13 hours, starting June 7, 2025.
The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 37,716 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
52.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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.1.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.10 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
37,716most customers out at once
| 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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| September 27, 2024 | 37,716 | 10 days | 3,380,258 |
| October 29, 2020 | 26,690 | 3.5 days | 692,724 |
| April 13, 2020 | 20,719 | 3.3 days | 810,470 |
| January 16, 2022 | 11,995 | 2.3 days | 246,354 |
| June 7, 2025 | 8,685 | 13 hours | 59,043 |
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.