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Dominion Energy says power restored after outage impacts nearly 2,000 near Broad River Road

A spokesperson for the utility said the outage was the result of a tree falling on a power line.
Credit: WLTX

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dominion Energy is reporting that a major outage that impacted nearly 2,000 customers in the Broad River and St. Andrews communities has been repaired.

According to Dominion's outage map, there were a total of about 1,933 customers impacted by an outage that crossed Broad River Road as it stretched from I-126 to the south to the end of Bentley Drive to the north. It also included portions of Skyland Drive to the west and Lucius Road and Gibson Street to the east.

Dominion initially reported an estimated repair time of 11:30 a.m. but showed the area clear about 10 to 15 minutes earlier.  Dominion Energy reports that the outage was the result of a tree falling on a power line.

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