More than 900,000 customers still without power in South Carolina days after Helene hit
Days after Hurricane Helene stormed through South Carolina, nearly a million customers are still without power.
As of 11 a.m. Sunday, 904,051 customers in the Palmetto State were still reporting outages, according to poweroutage.us. That’s about a third of 2,818,951 customers in South Carolina that are tracked by the outlet.
Nearly 75,000 of the outages were reported in Richland (30,648) and Lexington (43,396) counties. Overall, there were 107,763 customers in the Midlands reporting they didn’t have power.
The majority of ongoing outages were in the Upstate region of South Carolina.
Dominion Energy said 132,572 of its 820,703 customers were still reporting outages after Helene lashed South Carolina with heavy rain and powerful winds Thursday and Friday. More than 45,000 Dominion customers in Richland (24,981) and Lexington (21,696) counties were still in the dark Sunday morning.
Dominion reported it had restored power to about 300,000 customers who suffered blackouts because of the storm.
Another 233,895 outages were reported by the Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, with 81,000 occurring in the Midlands.
Of the 541,427 outages reported in South Carolina by Duke Energy, 2,195 were in or near the Midlands region.
South Carolina residents are also encouraged to have a flashlight and extra batteries, and to keep cellphones and mobile devices charged in case the power goes out.
To report an outage, customers can go online or call:
▪ Dominion 888-333-4465
▪ Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina 803-796-6060
▪ Santee Cooper 888-769-7688
▪ Duke 800-769-3766
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This story was originally published September 29, 2024 at 11:49 AM with the headline "More than 900,000 customers still without power in South Carolina days after Helene hit."
