When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Irmo, SC?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Richland County, South Carolina
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customer reported out in Richland, South Carolina · updated 10:15 PM EDT · utility data as of 10:36 PM EDT
A small number of customers are reported out — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~3 hr, based on 206 similar past outages over 12 years of records.
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Showing County-wide data because we don't have Irmo-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.
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Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 29, 10,280 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.6 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.6 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Irmo, South Carolina — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Irmo is a town in Richland County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Irmo directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Irmo

Irmo is a town of about 12,086 residents in Richland County.

Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative has reported outages for Irmo by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Irmo is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.

ZIP codes in Irmo: 29063 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Irmo: the closest other places we track are Lexington, about 8 miles to the south; West Columbia, about 9 miles to the southeast; Forest Acres, about 14 miles to the east; Cayce, about 14 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Columbia (17 mi E), Newberry (26 mi NW), Orangeburg (46 mi SE), Sumter (47 mi E), Aiken (50 mi SW), Greenwood (55 mi W), Rock Hill (58 mi N), North Augusta (59 mi SW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Fort Mill (64 mi); northeast toward Waxhaw, NC (63 mi); east toward Florence (80 mi); southeast toward Moncks Corner (94 mi); west toward Anderson (88 mi); northwest toward Fountain Inn (71 mi).

Who serves Irmo?

We track live outage data from Dominion Energy South Carolina, Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative ↗ in Richland County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Recent outages tracked in Irmo

Irmo's last tracked outage began Aug 17, peaked at 82 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours.

  • Aug 17 — 82 customers out, restored in 4 hours
Tracked by this site's own monitoring of the serving utilities' live feeds (outages of 25+ customers; times are US Eastern). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Richland County, SC (covers Irmo)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 1,376 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 31 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~106,649 customers out in September 2024, restored after about 5.1 days. The busiest year on record here was 2023.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Irmo, SC?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Irmo area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Irmo, SC?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Irmo area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Irmo ZIP code — 29063 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Irmo, SC?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Richland County include Dominion Energy South Carolina, Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Irmo specifically, or the whole county?

Both, and for Irmo we have the city-level view: Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative has published outages for Irmo under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Irmo is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Richland County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Irmo.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

Irmo, SC — live power outage tracker