Thousands of Greenville County customers lost power Wednesday after Laurens Electric Cooperative reported 3,852 customers without power as of 5:30 p.m. The cause of the disruption remained unknown at the time of reporting.
The 3,852 figure came directly from the power company, according to FOX Carolina News, which reported that more than 3,000 Greenville County customers had lost service. A separate tracking site, When's the Power Back, also tracked outages in the county Wednesday.
County Outage Tracking
PowerOutage.us reported that Greenville County's outage rate was 0.01% among the 313,637 customers it monitors there. Duke Energy had the highest affected share in the county, at 0.01%, and the tracker showed an update eight minutes earlier.
PowerOutage.us tracks four utilities operating in Greenville County and reported that Duke Energy had the most individual power outages, with 15 reported. Countywide, Greenville ranked third in South Carolina for total power outages and seventh for the percentage of customers affected, per the tracker's statewide rankings.
Small Pockets of Outages, Shifting Forecasts
When's the Power Back included Travelers Rest in its outage information. The same tracker described its restoration forecast as unofficial.
Laurens Electric Coop serves 63,855 customers tracked by PowerOutage.us and, on a national scale, ranked 336th for total power outages and 305th for the percentage of customers affected among utilities nationwide Wednesday. The cooperative says it actively monitors weather forecasts to identify areas most likely to face severe conditions and calculate anticipated demand before storms arrive, according to the Laurens Electric Cooperative outage center. When damage looks widespread, the co-op says it may reserve additional crews from other regional cooperatives to help with repairs.
How Restoration Typically Unfolds
The utility's outage center also outlines its systematic approach to restoring power once lines go down. The cooperative says it uses a systematic approach to restoration.
When's the Power Back has tracked other outages in Greenville County.
FOX Carolina reported that power had been restored by 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. The cause of the outage had not been determined.
