When's the Power Back?

Power outages in North Carolina

Live outage status by county · updated ~every 15 minutes
1,488
customers reported out statewide · 35 counties reporting · 1 above the significant-outage threshold · updated 9:00 PM EDT
Significant outages (50+ customers, largest first)
Mecklenburg — 1,356 reported out · still growing — roughly 524 more customers out each hour over recent readings
“Reporting” means at least one customer reported out in county-level data (the federal nationwide tally combined with utilities' own live data where we track them); “significant” means 50+ customers out — the floor for the active list above.
All North Carolina counties (100)

Utility coverage in North Carolina

Tracked utilities with dedicated pages
Dominion Energy (VA/NC) · Duke Energy Carolinas (NC/SC)
Also tracked live — opens in the app
Central Electric Membership Corp (NC) · EnergyUnited EMC (NC) · Fayetteville PWC (NC) · Greenville Utilities Commission (NC) · Haywood EMC (NC) · Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (VA) · NC Electric Cooperatives (statewide feed) · New Bern Electric Department (NC) · Pee Dee Electric (NC) · Piedmont EMC (NC) · Rutherford EMC (NC) · Surry-Yadkin EMC (NC) · +6 more — search any utility name on the live map
This is our tracking coverage, not a complete registry of every utility serving North Carolina.

Historical outage patterns in North Carolina

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) contain 49,412 county-level outage records (200+ customers at peak) in North Carolina between 2014 and 2025 across all 100 counties — 519 of them major events of 10,000+ customers. Half were restored within about 3 hr, and county-level outages here have been most common in summer (33% of all records). The busiest year on record was 2023.
Largest single-county outage on record: ~119,303 customers out in Wake County in October 2016, restored after about 3.7 days.
Months that hit the widest area at once — these rank among the three largest outages ever recorded in the most counties: September 2024 (28 counties), October 2016 (26 counties), September 2018 (25 counties).
Where restoration has historically taken longest: Mecklenburg County (~8.5 hr typical), Wake County (~5.8 hr typical), Guilford County (~5 hr typical) — against ~3 hr statewide.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), 2014–2025. These are federal historical records, not outages tracked live by this site. Statewide figures aggregate the same per-county records shown on each county page below; the statewide restoration figure is the typical (middle) value across the per-county typical times, weighted by how many records each county has. A county appears in a “widest area” month when that month produced one of its three largest recorded outages.
North Carolina — live power outage tracker

Common questions

How do I check power outages in North Carolina?

This page lists live outage status for every county in North Carolina, updated about every 15 minutes from the federal government's public county outage data (ODIN) and National Weather Service alerts, combined with utilities' own live data where we track them. Open any county for its restoration outlook, or search your ZIP or address for the most specific view.

Which utilities serve North Carolina?

Electric utilities we track in North Carolina include Dominion Energy (VA/NC), Duke Energy Carolinas (NC/SC), Central Electric Membership Corp (NC), EnergyUnited EMC (NC) and others. Each restores its own service area — report an outage to your serving utility so crews can be dispatched.

When will power be restored in North Carolina?

Restoration depends on the cause and scale of each outage, so it varies by county and utility. For each affected area with enough trend data we publish an independent restoration estimate — from the live outage count, the recovery rate, and weather — shown even before the utility posts an official time; very small or brand-new outages say so instead of guessing. Open an area above for its outlook.

How accurate are the estimates?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Statewide totals combine the federal county-by-county tally with utilities' own live outage data, so this page and the live map always show the same numbers.

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