OutageRiskCheck

South Carolina Power Outage Record

South Carolina's outage record, statewide

Averaged across every utility reporting in South Carolina, customers lost power 1.3 times in the most recent year, totalling 2.5 hours. Rare, well below the national average

Most customers here keep power almost all year. A backup generator is a nice-to-have, not a need. One bad storm year can swing South Carolina a lot - here is how - and ownership type shifts it too: co-ops vs city-owned utilities.

Find your own utility in South Carolina

27 utilities in South Carolina filed their own number, usually a better match than the state average: