When will the power be back in Avery County, NC?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Avery County, NC right now.

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Elsewhere in North Carolina: 2,890 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:31 PM EDT.

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Who serves Avery County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Tennessee Electric Cooperatives ↗, Duke Energy Carolinas and NC Electric Cooperatives, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Avery County, NC

No significant outages recorded here since we began tracking this county — smaller flickers (under ~200 customers at peak) aren't archived.

Longer-term outage history — Avery County, NC

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 67 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3.8 hr (median).

Largest on record: ~1,306 customers out in October 2021, restored after about 3.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2019.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Avery County include Banner Elk, Newland, Elk Park, Sugar Mountain, Crossnore, Grandfather Village and Linville. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Avery County, NC?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Avery include Tennessee Electric Cooperatives, Duke Energy Carolinas and NC Electric Cooperatives — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Nearby counties & areas

Mitchell County · Watauga County · Caldwell County · Yancey County · Burke County · McDowell County · Ashe County · Alexander County

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