When will the power be back in Carrboro, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Carrboro is a town of about 21,079 residents in Orange County.
Duke Energy Carolinas and Piedmont EMC have reported outages for Carrboro by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-07-29) — so when Carrboro 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 Carrboro:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Carrboro: the closest other places we track are Chapel Hill, about 3 miles to the east; Durham, about 11 miles to the east; Mebane, about 15 miles to the northwest; and Morrisville, about 15 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Cary (18 mi SE), Apex (18 mi SE), Graham (19 mi NW), Holly Springs (23 mi SE), Burlington (24 mi NW), Raleigh (26 mi E), Elon (27 mi NW) and Fuquay-Varina (29 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Danville, VA (49 mi); northeast toward Henderson (47 mi); east toward Wake Forest (32 mi); southeast toward Garner (31 mi); south toward Sanford (30 mi); southwest toward Pinehurst (55 mi); west toward Greensboro (43 mi); and northwest toward Reidsville (43 mi).
Who serves Carrboro?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas and Piedmont EMC ↗ in Orange 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.
Carrboro's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 54 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Oct 1 — 54 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 10 — 39 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Aug 23 — 29 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 22 — 29 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Orange County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3 hr. The full record for Orange County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Carrboro, 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 Carrboro's own record: across the 5 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 Carrboro, NC?
To check your own street, search a Carrboro ZIP code — 27510 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Carrboro specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Carrboro we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Carolinas and Piedmont EMC have published outages for Carrboro under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-07-29. When Carrboro is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Orange County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Carrboro.
