The outage started around 7:15 a.m., and as of about 8:10 a.m., Santee Cooper’s power outage map showed 27,078 customers without power. About 3,000 Horry Electric Cooperative customers also lost ...

In 1934, the state legislature established the South Carolina Public Service Authority, known today as Santee Cooper, to bring electricity to rural parts of the state. Today, Santee Cooper serves more ...