Dominion Energy provides estimated times of restoration for customers

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– Dominion Energy has given their expected time for power restoration in areas that was heavily affected by Hurricane Helene.

The power company says they expects to have power restored to approximately 95 percent of customers in five additional counties by late Sunday night.

Crews will continue to work through next week across the heavily wooded and rural portions of the state, where thousands of toppled trees destroyed the company’s electric grid.

“We know families are desperate to make plans for the days ahead, but the work to reconnect miles and miles of poles and wire will take time. We will continue the labor-intensive work to restore power neighborhood to neighborhood, street to street and house to house until every last customer is brought back into the light,” say Keller Kissam, president of Dominion Energy South Carolina.

Since last week, more than 4,000 Dominion Energy employees and additional resources have worked nonstop to get the lights back on for more than 406,000 customers statewide, representing nearly 92 percent of customers impacted, according to Dominion Energy.

 If a customer has any storm damage from the weather head down to its meter base, an electrician must repair it before Dominion Energy can reconnect power to the home.

The company estimates power will be restored to 95 percent of customers in the following areas:

• Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, Newberry and Saluda counties by 11 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6. The areas of Modoc Shores and Lost Wilderness in McCormick County require extended restoration periods due to extreme damage and access constraints.
• Aiken and Edgefield counties by 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Due to extreme damage and access constraints, the areas of Hammond Hills, Aiken Estates, Belvedere Ridge, Crossland Park, and Forest Heights require extended restoration periods.

Additional details regarding estimated times of restoration by county are available on Dominion Energy’s outage map.