When will the power be back in Salisbury, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Salisbury is a city of about 36,579 residents in Rowan County.
Duke Energy Carolinas has reported outages for Salisbury by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Salisbury 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 Salisbury:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Salisbury: the closest other places we track are Lexington, about 15 miles to the northeast; Mooresville, about 20 miles to the west; Concord, about 21 miles to the southwest; and Statesville, about 23 miles to the west. Also nearby: Cornelius (26 mi SW), Clemmons (26 mi N), Harrisburg (26 mi S), Thomasville (27 mi NE), Huntersville (28 mi SW), Lewisville (31 mi N), Winston-Salem (33 mi NE) and Mint Hill (35 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Mount Airy (59 mi); northeast toward Kernersville (38 mi); east toward Asheboro (39 mi); southeast toward Pinehurst (66 mi); south toward Matthews (40 mi); southwest toward Charlotte (37 mi); west toward Newton (42 mi); and northwest toward Bristol, TN (114 mi).
Who serves Salisbury?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, EnergyUnited EMC and Union Power Cooperative ↗ in Rowan County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Town of Landis also serves parts of Rowan County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Salisbury's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 97 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Oct 1 — 97 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 29 — 30 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 18 — 173 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 14 — 790 customers out, restored in 7 hours
County context: across all of Rowan County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Rowan County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Salisbury, 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 Salisbury's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Salisbury, NC?
To check your own street, search a Salisbury ZIP code — 28144, 28145, 28146 or 28147 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Salisbury specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Salisbury we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Carolinas has published outages for Salisbury under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Salisbury is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Rowan County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Salisbury.
