SAIDI
118 min per year
Yearly outage minutes, on average (2023)
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc is an investor-owned utility operating in South Carolina under EIA identifier 17539. It reports service to approximately 788,721 customer accounts and generated about $2.41 billion in annual electric revenue, with a service footprint spanning 240 ZIP codes. Because it is investor-owned, the state public utility commission oversees its rate cases and reliability performance rather than a local board.
In 2023, the average Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc customer experienced 117.5 minutes of power interruptions, a measure known as SAIDI, or System Average Interruption Duration Index. That places this utility well below the 120–180 minute national benchmark, signaling strong grid hardening and fast restoration practices. SAIFI, the average number of outage events per customer, was 1.48 for the same period, so customers statistically faced roughly 1 distinct interruption that year. Excluding major event days (hurricanes, ice storms), SAIDI drops to 89.9 minutes, the gap between that figure and the headline 117.5 reveals how much weather, not day-to-day infrastructure, drove outages.
With 4 consecutive years of EIA data (2020–2023), Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc's reliability record can be judged on trend rather than one isolated year. SAIDI has improved from 141.3 to 117.5 minutes over that window, a meaningful direction for prospective customers and regulators watching capital investment outcomes.
SAIDI
118 min per year
Yearly outage minutes, on average (2023)
SAIFI
1.48 interruptions/yr
Events per customer (2023)
Customers
788,721
Customers across South Carolina
118 min/year per customer
Minutes without power per year (2023)
| Year | SAIDI (min) | SAIDI nMED | SAIFI | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 141.3 | 88.2 | 1.400 | 760,086 |
| 2021 | 90.8 | 78.9 | 1.100 | 774,074 |
| 2022 | 232.0 | 78.4 | 1.930 | 786,570 |
| 2023 | 117.5 | 89.9 | 1.480 | 798,239 |
SAIDI nMED = SAIDI without major event days. Source: EIA Form 861.
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc serves 240 ZIP codes in South Carolina.
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc had a SAIDI of 117.5 minutes in 2023. Leaving aside major weather events, that figure comes in under the national average, pointing to above-average reliability.
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc is classified as a IOU serving South Carolina.
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc serves approximately 788,721 customers in South Carolina.
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc has 4 years of reliability data (2020-2023). SAIDI has held roughly steady across these years. Review the trend table above for year-by-year detail.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Form 861 annual electric power industry survey · ZIP service territory: OpenEI. Disclaimer: informational only, not professional advice. See full disclaimer.
Every figure on PlainUtility is rendered directly from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Form 861 reliability data, no number is typed in by an editor. This utility's SAIDI/SAIFI figures are rendered directly from EIA Form 861 reliability files. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2020-2023.