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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Burke 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 Burke County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Duke Energy Carolinas, Rutherford EMC and Tennessee Electric Cooperatives ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Morganton and Town of Drexel also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. 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 — Burke County, NC

Last significant outage: Sep 21, 2026 — peaked at 421 customers, restored in ~3.5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 16 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.3 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 6, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Burke County, NC

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 445 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~35,178 customers out in September 2024, restored after about 10.9 days. The busiest year on record here was 2023.

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.

Cities we track in Burke County

Morganton

Communities in Burke County include Morganton, Valdese, Drexel, Hildebran, Connelly Springs, Glen Alpine, Rutherford College and Rhodhiss. 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 Burke County, NC?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Burke include Duke Energy Carolinas, Rutherford EMC, City of Morganton and others — 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

Caldwell County · McDowell County · Avery County · Rutherford County · Catawba County · Cleveland County · Mitchell County · Alexander County

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