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customer reported out in Wake County, 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, 1:15 AM EDT
A small number of customers are reported out county-wide — too few for a live restoration estimate. past outages here typically ran ~6 hr, based on 2596 past outages of any size over 12 years of records.
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
Updated 11:30 PM EDT.
11county-wide trend of customers without power · last 60 min · tap or hover a point to see its number
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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.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Duke Energy Carolinas, Wake Electric Membership Corp and Town of Apex Electric Utilities, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Town of Wake Forest also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. 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 — Wake County, NC
Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 1,806 customers, restored in ~5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 40 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 7 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 — Wake County, NC
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
2,596 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 42 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~5.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is longer than the North Carolina norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3 hr.
Largest on record: ~119,303 customers out in October 2016, restored after about 3.7 days. The busiest year on record here was 2023.
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.
Communities in Wake County include Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Wake Forest, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Garner and Morrisville. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Wake County, NC?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Wake include Duke Energy Carolinas, Wake Electric Membership Corp, Town of Apex Electric Utilities and others — 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.
