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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 NC Electric Cooperatives, Duke Energy Carolinas and Haywood EMC, 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 — Madison County, NC
Last significant outage: Aug 13, 2026 — peaked at 467 customers, restored in ~3.8 hr (weather alert).
Across the 6 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.4 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 12, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Madison County, NC
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
120 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025.
Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.
Largest on record: ~15,310 customers out in September 2024, restored after about 3.2 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 Madison County include Mars Hill, Marshall and Hot Springs. 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 Madison County, NC?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Madison include NC Electric Cooperatives, Duke Energy Carolinas and Haywood EMC — 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.
