When will the power be back in Apex, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Apex is a town of about 75,977 residents in Wake County.
Duke Energy Carolinas has reported outages for Apex by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Apex 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 Apex:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Apex: the closest other places we track are Cary, about 5 miles to the northeast; Holly Springs, about 5 miles to the south; Morrisville, about 8 miles to the north; and Fuquay-Varina, about 11 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Garner (15 mi E), Raleigh (15 mi NE), Chapel Hill (17 mi NW), Durham (17 mi N), Carrboro (18 mi NW), Knightdale (22 mi E), Sanford (23 mi SW) and Clayton (25 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: northeast toward Wake Forest (26 mi); east toward Wendell (28 mi); southeast toward Smithfield (33 mi); south toward Spring Lake (38 mi); southwest toward Southern Pines (47 mi); west toward Asheboro (52 mi); and northwest toward Mebane (33 mi).
Who serves Apex?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, Wake Electric Membership Corp and Town of Apex Electric Utilities in Wake County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Town of Wake Forest also serves parts of Wake 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.
Apex's last tracked outage began Sep 26, peaked at 66 customers out, and was restored in 3 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 26 — 66 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 17 — 130 customers out, restored in 3 hours
- Sep 15 — 65 customers out, restored in 55 minutes
- Sep 6 — 216 customers out, restored in 10 hours
County context: across all of Wake County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.8 hr. The full record for Wake County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Apex, 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 Apex'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 Apex, NC?
To check your own street, search an Apex ZIP code — 27502, 27523 or 27539 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Apex specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Apex we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Carolinas has published outages for Apex under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Apex is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Wake County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Apex.
