Power restored for nearly 2,800 customers in west Columbia

Power has been restored for nearly 2,800 customers in the city of Columbia as of Monday afternoon, according to the city’s power outage map.

The city of Columbia posted on X around 4:21 p.m. that an electrical outage in west Columbia had left roughly 2,600 customers without power. As of 5:21 p.m., that number had increased to 2,806 customers. 

By 5:47 p.m., officials said only 114 customers were without power. 

The post said the issue is with a transformer at the Perche Creek substation. 

The city of Columbia power outages map showed 12 incidents across west Columbia. The map shows the incidents were concentrated between Fairview Road and Scott Boulevard near Chapel Hill Road.