When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Elizabeth City, NC?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Pasquotank County, North Carolina
No significant county-wide outage reported · updated 10:15 PM EDT.
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Elsewhere in North Carolina: 1,463 customers reported out — statewide status.
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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 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 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 Elizabeth City, North Carolina — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Elizabeth City is a city in Pasquotank County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Elizabeth City directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Elizabeth City

Elizabeth City is a city of about 19,028 residents in Pasquotank County.

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

ZIP codes in Elizabeth City: 27906 · 27907 · 27909 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Elizabeth City: the closest other places we track are Virginia Beach, VA, about 36 miles to the north; Suffolk, VA, about 36 miles to the northwest; Portsmouth, VA, about 40 miles to the north; Norfolk, VA, about 43 miles to the north. Also nearby: Newport News, VA (56 mi N), Tarboro (78 mi W), Roanoke Rapids (79 mi W), Greenville (80 mi SW), Winterville (84 mi SW), Petersburg, VA (90 mi NW), Rocky Mount (90 mi W), Colonial Heights, VA (93 mi NW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Salisbury, MD (148 mi); south toward Havelock (103 mi); southwest toward New Bern (95 mi); west toward Wilson (102 mi); northwest toward Fredericksburg, VA (155 mi).

Who serves Elizabeth City?

We track live outage data from Dominion Energy in Pasquotank 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.

Outage history — Pasquotank County, NC (covers Elizabeth City)
No significant outages recorded here since we began tracking this county — smaller flickers (under ~200 customers at peak) aren't archived.
Longer-term outage history — Pasquotank County, NC (covers Elizabeth City)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 94 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.4 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.
That is shorter than the North Carolina norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3 hr.
Largest on record: ~3,239 customers out in September 2019, restored after about 38.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2025.
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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Elizabeth City, 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 Elizabeth City area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Elizabeth City, NC?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Elizabeth City 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 Elizabeth City ZIP code — 27906, 27907, 27909 — 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 Elizabeth City, NC?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Pasquotank County include Dominion Energy; 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 Elizabeth City specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Pasquotank County county-wide view, which covers Elizabeth City. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Elizabeth City by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Elizabeth City. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Virginia Beach (36 mi N) is the closest place we track separately.

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.

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Elizabeth City, NC — live power outage tracker