When will the power be back in Chatham County, NC?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · North Carolina
43
customers reported out in Chatham County, NC
Reported as one combined county-wide total by Central Electric Membership Corp. · county-wide data
Combined from the live data of the utilities serving this county — the slower nationwide tally shows 27.
Official restoration time (Duke Energy Carolinas): Oct 4, 12:45 PM EDT
County-wide restoration outlook: grew sharply just now — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~2.2 hr start to finish (11 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.
Updated 8:16 AM EDT.
043county-wide trend of customers without power · last 6 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
⚡ No power in Chatham, NC? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 1,446 customers, restored in ~3.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 23 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.5 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 — Chatham County, NC
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
772 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 8 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~3.2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~17,868 customers out in October 2020, restored after about 2.3 days.
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.
Communities covered
Communities in Chatham County include Siler City, Pittsboro, Goldston, Bennett, Briar Chapel, Carolina Meadows, Fearrington Village and Governors Club. 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 Chatham County, NC?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Chatham include Duke Energy Carolinas, Central Electric Membership Corp, NC Electric Cooperatives 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.
