Upstate Duke Customers Getting Power Back

Thousands of people throughout the Upstate were still without power Monday morning, though only a few hundred Duke Energy customers in Greenville County had not yet had their electricity restored by noon after severe weather swept through the area late Sunday. 

More than 2,000 outages were reported in Greenville County early Monday morning as heavy rains and winds set in after a scorching heat wave spawned a powerful summer thunderstorm system. By noon, only 358 Greenville customers had reported outages, according to Duke Energy's web site. 

Jason Walls, spokesperson for Duke Energy, said the outage locations, spread throughout Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg and Laurens Counties, began reporting the problems as early as Sunday afternoon. 

In Oconee County, some 2,700 customers were still without power, and in Anderson County, 895 were still waiting to get their electricity back. 

In Spartanburg County, more than 500 were still without power by noon. Pickens County only had roughly 100 waiting for power.