Power outages in Sumter County, SC
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Sumter County yet. Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Black River Electric Coop, Inc - (SC) and Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (SC) serve this county.
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No live outage data for Sumter 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 Sumter County
2014–2025 recordSumter County averaged 34.3 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 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 6.5 hours, starting July 31, 2025.
The largest on record began October 8, 2016, with 27,446 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in August.
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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 | 27,446 | 5.7 days | 1,537,719 |
| April 8, 2021 | 11,745 | 4.5 hours | 28,500 |
| October 11, 2018 | 10,397 | 29 hours | 108,281 |
| September 30, 2022 | 9,719 | 17 hours | 31,078 |
| September 27, 2024 | 8,947 | 30 hours | 83,599 |
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 Sumter County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC) no live feed
- Black River Electric Coop, Inc - (SC) no live feed
- Tri-County Electric Coop, Inc (SC) no live feed
- City of Camden no live feed
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