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

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

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Duke Energy Carolinas, EnergyUnited EMC and Rutherford EMC, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Newton and Town of Maiden 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 — Catawba County, NC

Last significant outage: Sep 29, 2026 — peaked at 878 customers, restored in ~2 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 16 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 8.4 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 10, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Catawba County, NC

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 659 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 7 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~30,796 customers out in October 2017, restored after about 2.9 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 Catawba County

Hickory · Newton

Communities in Catawba County include Hickory, Newton, Conover, Long View, Maiden, Claremont, Brookford and Lake Norman of Catawba. 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 Catawba County, NC?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Catawba include Duke Energy Carolinas, EnergyUnited EMC, City of Newton 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

Lincoln County · Alexander County · Iredell County · Gaston County · Caldwell County · Burke County · Cleveland County · Mecklenburg County

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