When will the power be back in Fayetteville, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Fayetteville is a city of about 209,496 residents in Cumberland County.
Duke Energy Carolinas has reported outages for Fayetteville by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-27) — so when Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Fayetteville: the closest other places we track are Spring Lake, about 7 miles to the north; Hope Mills, about 8 miles to the south; Southern Pines, about 25 miles to the west; and Pinehurst, about 29 miles to the west. Also nearby: Sanford (30 mi N), Lumberton (31 mi S), Laurinburg (36 mi SW), Fuquay-Varina (37 mi N), Holly Springs (40 mi N), Apex (45 mi N), Smithfield (46 mi NE) and Garner (47 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Cary (49 mi); northeast toward Clayton (50 mi); east toward Goldsboro (60 mi); southeast toward Leland (80 mi); south toward Conway, SC (86 mi); southwest toward Florence, SC (78 mi); west toward Albemarle (71 mi); and northwest toward Asheboro (63 mi).
Who serves Fayetteville?
We track live outage data from NC Electric Cooperatives, Duke Energy Carolinas and Fayetteville PWC in Cumberland County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Fayetteville's last tracked outage began Sep 5, peaked at 172 customers out, and was restored in 12 hours. Across the 3 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 5 — 172 customers out, restored in 12 hours
- Aug 28 — 29 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 27 — 47 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Cumberland County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Cumberland County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Fayetteville, 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 Fayetteville's own record: across the 3 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Fayetteville, NC?
To check your own street, search a Fayetteville ZIP code — 28301, 28302, 28303, 28304, 28305, 28306 or any of the other 4 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Fayetteville specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Fayetteville we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Carolinas has published outages for Fayetteville under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-27. When Fayetteville is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Cumberland County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Fayetteville.
