See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · North Carolina
131
customers reported out in Durham County, NC
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Official restoration time (Duke Energy Carolinas): Oct 4, 3:15 PM EDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — already running longer than the typical past outage here of under 500 customers in the same kind of weather (~4 hr start to finish), based on 9 past outages
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Updated 11:32 AM EDT.
129131county-wide trend of customers without power · last 3 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 Durham, 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.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Duke Energy Carolinas, Piedmont EMC ↗ and Wake Electric Membership Corp, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. 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 — Durham County, NC
Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 201 customers, restored in ~3.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 26 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.9 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 14, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Durham County, NC
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
1,251 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 15 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~3.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~67,952 customers out in August 2023, restored after about 2 days. The busiest year on record here was 2024.
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 in Durham County include Gorman and Rougemont. 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 Durham County, NC?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Durham include Duke Energy Carolinas, Piedmont EMC and Wake Electric Membership Corp — 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.
