When will the power be back in Chapel Hill, NC?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Orange County, North Carolina

customers reported out in Orange, 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, 3:45 AM EDT

A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~2 hr, based on 11 past outages of any size in the same kind of weather.

Showing county-wide data because we don't have Chapel Hill-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.

Updated 11:45 PM EDT.

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⚡ No power in Chapel Hill, 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.

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What we track for Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill is a town of about 64,028 residents in Orange County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Chapel Hill by name, so this page reports the Orange County county-wide view, which covers Chapel Hill. If a serving utility does name Chapel Hill during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Chapel Hill:

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Chapel Hill: the closest other places we track are Carrboro, about 3 miles to the west; Durham, about 9 miles to the northeast; Morrisville, about 13 miles to the southeast; and Cary, about 16 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Apex (17 mi SE), Mebane (17 mi NW), Graham (21 mi NW), Holly Springs (22 mi SE), Raleigh (23 mi E), Burlington (26 mi NW), Fuquay-Varina (27 mi SE) and Elon (29 mi NW).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lynchburg, VA (102 mi); northeast toward Henderson (44 mi); east toward Wake Forest (30 mi); southeast toward Garner (29 mi); south toward Sanford (31 mi); southwest toward Pinehurst (56 mi); west toward Greensboro (45 mi); and northwest toward Reidsville (45 mi).

Who serves Chapel Hill?

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.

Recent outages tracked in Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill's last tracked outage began Aug 28, peaked at 163 customers out, and was restored in 50 minutes.

Aug 28 — 163 customers out, restored in 50 minutes

Tracked by this site from the serving utilities' own live outage maps (outages of 25+ customers; dates are local calendar days). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.

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

How do I check the power outage status in Chapel Hill, NC?

To check your own street, search a Chapel Hill ZIP code — 27514, 27515, 27516, 27517 or 27599 — and the map opens on that area.

Nearby & related

Carrboro

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