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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Mecklenburg County, NC right now.

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Elsewhere in North Carolina: 477 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Mecklenburg County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Duke Energy Carolinas, EnergyUnited EMC and Union Power Cooperative ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Town of Huntersville, Town of Pineville, Town of Cornelius and 1 other 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 — Mecklenburg County, NC

Last significant outage: Oct 1, 2026 — peaked at 2,046 customers, restored in ~8 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 12.2 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 7, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Mecklenburg County, NC

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 2,627 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 64 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~8.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is longer than the North Carolina norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3 hr.

Largest on record: ~116,836 customers out in September 2024, restored after about 3.5 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 Mecklenburg County

Charlotte · Cornelius · Davidson · Huntersville · Matthews · Mint Hill · Pineville

Communities in Mecklenburg County include Charlotte, Huntersville, Cornelius, Matthews, Mint Hill, Davidson and Pineville. 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 Mecklenburg County, NC?

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

Cabarrus County · Gaston County · Union County · Lincoln County · Rowan County · Stanly County · Catawba County · Iredell County

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