Full power restored to Horry County
Thousands of people were without power Friday afternoon due to an issue at a Santee Cooper substation, but power is now restored.
Santee Cooper’s storm center reported several outages in Carolina Forest, Conway, Loris and Myrtle Beach around 4:45 p.m.
Horry County Electric’s customers had power fully restored by 7:50 p.m.
Four substations were down from Conway down the Highway 17 Bypass, then up to the Dunes area, according to Santee Cooper spokeswoman Mollie Gore. Santee Cooper had three substations down and one belonged to Horry Electric Coop., Gore said.
Cause of the power outage is still undetermined, but the problem may have originated at the Horry Electric Coop. substation, Gore said.
We have more than 3200 members without power. Please check the online outage map for location details. A crew has been dispatched.
— Horry Electric Co-op (@HorryElectric) February 5, 2016
Horry County Electric Cooperative is reporting more than 3,200 customers without power and a crew has been dispatched. The outage is due to loss of transmission from Santee Cooper into the Quail Creek Substation, according to the company.
The outage this afternoon is due to loss of transmission from Santee Cooper into the Quail Creek Substation.
Posted by Horry Electric Cooperative, Inc. on Friday, February 5, 2016
Several traffic lights were out because of the outages and Myrtle Beach police directed traffic at those intersections, according to Lt. Joey Crosby.
Power should be restored to the majority of Horry Electric members, but crews are resolving a few individual issues. If you are still without power, please call the outage reporting line at 843-369-2212.
This story was originally published February 5, 2016 at 5:11 PM with the headline "Full power restored to Horry County."