When will the power be back in Charlotte, NC?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 22, 8,694 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.7 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.2 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Charlotte, North Carolina — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Charlotte is a city in Mecklenburg County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Charlotte directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.
Charlotte is a city of about 943,476 residents in Mecklenburg County.
Duke Energy Carolinas has reported outages for Charlotte by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Charlotte 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 Charlotte: 28201 · 28202 · 28203 · 28204 · 28205 · 28206 · 28207 · 28208 · 28209 · 28210 · 28211 · 28212 · 28213 · 28214 · 28215 · 28216 · 28217 · 28218 · 28219 · 28220 · 28221 · 28222 · 28223 · 28224 · 28226 · 28227 · 28228 · 28229 · 28230 · 28231 · 28232 · 28233 · 28234 · 28235 · 28236 · 28237 · 28241 · 28242 · 28243 · 28244 · 28246 · 28247 · 28250 · 28253 · 28254 · 28255 · 28256 · 28258 · 28260 · 28262 · 28263 · 28265 · 28266 · 28269 · 28270 · 28272 · 28273 · 28274 · 28275 · 28277 · 28278 · 28280 · 28281 · 28282 · 28284 · 28285 · 28287 · 28288 · 28289 · 28290 · 28296 · 28297 · 28299 (Charlotte also extends into a neighboring county; those ZIPs are listed on that county's pages.) Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Charlotte: the closest other places we track are Pineville, about 9 miles to the south; Matthews, about 9 miles to the southeast; Mint Hill, about 10 miles to the east; Belmont, about 12 miles to the west. Also nearby: Stallings (12 mi SE), Mount Holly (12 mi NW), Harrisburg (13 mi NE), Huntersville (14 mi N), Weddington (14 mi S), Indian Trail (14 mi SE), Fort Mill, SC (15 mi SW), Tega Cay, SC (16 mi SW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Cornelius (18 mi); northeast toward Concord (17 mi); east toward Albemarle (37 mi); southeast toward Monroe (21 mi); south toward Waxhaw (19 mi); southwest toward Rock Hill, SC (22 mi); west toward Gastonia (20 mi); northwest toward Lincolnton (29 mi).
Who serves Charlotte?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, EnergyUnited EMC in Mecklenburg County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Charlotte's last tracked outage began Aug 21, peaked at 4,815 customers out, and was restored in 14 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours.
- Aug 21 — 4,815 customers out, restored in 14 hours
- Aug 20 — 468 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Aug 20 — 2,186 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Aug 20 — 81 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Charlotte, NC?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Charlotte area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Charlotte's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 4 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Charlotte, NC?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Charlotte area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Charlotte ZIP code — 28201, 28202, 28203, 28204, 28205, 28206, or any of the other 67 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Charlotte, NC?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Mecklenburg County include Duke Energy Carolinas, EnergyUnited EMC; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Charlotte specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Charlotte we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Carolinas has published outages for Charlotte under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Charlotte is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Mecklenburg County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Charlotte.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
