When will the power be back in Monroe, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Monroe is a city of about 40,054 residents in Union County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Monroe by name, so this page reports the Union County county-wide view, which covers Monroe. If a serving utility does name Monroe during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Monroe:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Monroe: the closest other places we track are Indian Trail, about 7 miles to the northwest; Stallings, about 9 miles to the northwest; Weddington, about 10 miles to the west; and Waxhaw, about 11 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Matthews (12 mi NW); Mint Hill (13 mi NW); Pineville (20 mi W); Charlotte (21 mi NW); Fort Mill, SC (21 mi W); Harrisburg (22 mi N); Tega Cay, SC (26 mi W); and Rock Hill, SC (27 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Concord (27 mi); northeast toward Albemarle (32 mi); east toward Pinehurst (63 mi); southeast toward Florence, SC (72 mi); south toward Columbia, SC (70 mi); southwest toward Irmo, SC (72 mi); west toward Kings Mountain (47 mi); and northwest toward Belmont (31 mi).
Who serves Monroe?
We track live outage data from Union Power Cooperative ↗, Duke Energy Carolinas and Pee Dee Electric ↗ in Union County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Monroe also serves parts of Union 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.
Monroe's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 138 customers out, and was restored in 35 minutes. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 138 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 18 — 431 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 28 — 637 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Aug 27 — 1,063 customers out, restored in 7 hours
County context: across all of Union County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Union County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Monroe, NC?
To check your own street, search a Monroe ZIP code — 28110, 28111 or 28112 — and the map opens on that area.
