When will the power be back in Asheville, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Asheville is a city of about 94,992 residents in Buncombe County.
Duke Energy Carolinas has reported outages for Asheville by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-16) — so when Asheville is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Asheville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Asheville: the closest other places we track are Hendersonville, about 18 miles to the south; Waynesville, about 26 miles to the west; Morganton, about 49 miles to the east; and Greenville, SC, about 52 miles to the south. Also nearby: Mauldin, SC (56 mi S); Shelby (60 mi E); Simpsonville, SC (61 mi S); Morristown, TN (61 mi NW); Sevierville, TN (61 mi W); Gaffney, SC (61 mi SE); Lenoir (62 mi E); and Clemson, SC (63 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Kingsport, TN (66 mi); northeast toward Mount Airy (126 mi); east toward Hickory (70 mi); southeast toward Rock Hill, SC (97 mi); southwest toward Gainesville, GA (114 mi); and west toward Athens, TN (116 mi).
Who serves Asheville?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, NC Electric Cooperatives and Haywood EMC in Buncombe County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Asheville's last tracked outage began Sep 26, peaked at 43 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 26 — 43 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 22 — 28 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 20 — 1,876 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Sep 20 — 122 customers out, restored in 4 hours
County context: across all of Buncombe County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.8 hr. The full record for Buncombe County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Asheville, NC?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Asheville's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Asheville, NC?
To check your own street, search an Asheville ZIP code — 28801, 28802, 28803, 28804, 28805, 28806 or any of the other 5 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Asheville specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Asheville we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Carolinas has published outages for Asheville under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-16. When Asheville is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Buncombe County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Asheville.
