UPDATE: Power has been completely restored to all customers.


UPDATE: “We are down to 39 members without service as of 2:52 pm.” No word yet on the cause.


LORIS AREA, SC (WBTW) – About 750 customers are without power in the Loris area Tuesday afternoon, according to the Horry County Electric Cooperative.

The outages map for the provider shows 750 customers lacking power at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

About 133 calls were received in the past hour and crews have been dispatched to look into the problem.

“We are aware of the outage impacting 749 members served out of the Goretown substation,” the company posted on social media. “No word yet on the cause.”

Count on News13 for updates here as we work to gather more information.