When will the power be back in Asheville, NC?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 22, 8,694 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.7 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.2 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Asheville, North Carolina — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Asheville is a city in Buncombe County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Asheville directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
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: 28801 · 28802 · 28803 · 28804 · 28805 · 28806 · 28810 · 28813 · 28814 · 28815 · 28816 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; Greeneville, TN, about 44 miles to the north; Greer, SC, about 48 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Morganton (49 mi E), Greenville, SC (52 mi S), Easley, SC (52 mi S), Johnson City, TN (54 mi N), Elizabethton, TN (56 mi N), Spartanburg, SC (56 mi SE), Mauldin, SC (56 mi S), Shelby (60 mi E). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Kingsport, TN (66 mi); east toward Lenoir (62 mi); southeast toward Gaffney, SC (61 mi); south toward Simpsonville, SC (61 mi); southwest toward Gainesville, GA (114 mi); west toward Sevierville, TN (61 mi); northwest toward Morristown, TN (61 mi).
Who serves Asheville?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, Haywood EMC in Buncombe County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Asheville's last tracked outage began Aug 21, peaked at 178 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Aug 21 — 178 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Aug 21 — 182 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 21 — 137 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 20 — 32 customers out, restored in an hour
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Asheville, NC?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Asheville area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Asheville's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Asheville, NC?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Asheville area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Asheville ZIP code — 28801, 28802, 28803, 28804, 28805, 28806, or any of the other 5 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Asheville, NC?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Buncombe County include Duke Energy Carolinas, Haywood EMC; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
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.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
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. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
