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customers reported out in Person County, NC
Reported as one combined county-wide total by Piedmont Electric Membership Corp · county-wide data
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~2.4 hr, based on 4 past outages of any size in the same kind of weather.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 11:31 PM EDT.
03county-wide trend of customers without power · last 2 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Roxboro — 3 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 12:21 AM EDT
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County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Duke Energy Carolinas, Piedmont EMC ↗ and Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. 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 — Person County, NC
Last significant outage: Sep 23, 2026 — peaked at 650 customers, restored in ~12.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 6 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4.4 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 11, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Person County, NC
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
341 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 3 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the North Carolina norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3 hr.
Largest on record: ~15,873 customers out in December 2022, restored after about 30 min. 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
How do I report a power outage in Person County, NC?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Person include Duke Energy Carolinas, Piedmont EMC and Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative — 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.
