When will the power be back in Harrisburg, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Harrisburg is a town of about 20,335 residents in Cabarrus County.
Duke Energy Carolinas has reported outages for Harrisburg by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Harrisburg 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 Harrisburg:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Harrisburg: the closest other places we track are Concord, about 6 miles to the north; Mint Hill, about 9 miles to the south; Charlotte, about 13 miles to the southwest; and Matthews, about 14 miles to the south. Also nearby: Huntersville (14 mi NW), Indian Trail (17 mi S), Cornelius (17 mi NW), Mount Holly (20 mi W), Pineville (21 mi SW), Mooresville (22 mi NW), Monroe (22 mi S) and Belmont (23 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Salisbury (26 mi); northeast toward Lexington (40 mi); east toward Pinehurst (67 mi); southeast toward Laurinburg (76 mi); south toward Waxhaw (26 mi); southwest toward Fort Mill, SC (27 mi); west toward Gastonia (31 mi); and northwest toward Newton (41 mi).
Who serves Harrisburg?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, EnergyUnited EMC and Union Power Cooperative ↗ in Cabarrus County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Concord also serves parts of Cabarrus County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Harrisburg's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 1,430 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 6 — 1,430 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 26 — 42 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Aug 27 — 385 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Aug 22 — 154 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Cabarrus County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Cabarrus County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Harrisburg, 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 Harrisburg's own record: across the 6 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 Harrisburg, NC?
To check your own street, search a Harrisburg ZIP code — 28075 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Harrisburg specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Harrisburg we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Carolinas has published outages for Harrisburg under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Harrisburg is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Cabarrus County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Harrisburg.
