Power outages mount as Helene moves through the Midlands

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– As of 4:32 p.m. Friday afternoon Dominion Energy is reporting 278,587 customers without power.

To view the most recent outage map click here.

To report a power outage to Dominion, call 1-800-251-7234.

Dominion officials are also urging residents to avoid downed power lines.

To report a downed power line call 1-888-333-4465.

According to the poweroutage website there are thousands of people with no power in the Midlands, 14,069 people in Saluda County, 16,377 people in Newberry County, 5,957 people in Fairfield County, 81,158 people in Richland County, 5,750 in Kershaw County, 250 in Lee County, 2,881 in Sumter County, 2,340 in Calhoun County, 1,080 in Clarendon County, 6,611 in Orangeburg County, and 94,351 in Lexington County.

POWER COMPANIES:

Dominion Energy: The company says the fastest and most secure way to report or track an outage is using the Dominion Energy app, which is free in the Apple and Google Play stores. Customers may also report outages by going to DominionEnergy.com or calling 800-251-7234.

Duke Energy:

Phone: 800.543.5599

Click here for online reporting system

Orangeburg DPU:

Phone: 803-268-4100

Click here for online reporting system

Black River Electric Cooperative:

Sumter- 1-803-469-8060

Camden- 1-803-432-9854

Broad River Electric Cooperative:

Cherokee County- 1-864-489-5738

Other Counties- 1-866-266-7688

Coastal Electric Cooperative:

1-843-538-5800

Fairfield Electric Cooperative:

1-800-499-7862

Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative:

1-803-749-6444

1-888-813-7000

Newberry Electric Cooperative:

1-803-276-1121

Tri-County Electric Cooperative:

1-803-874-1215

1-877-874-1215