When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Fuquay-Varina, NC?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Wake County, North Carolina
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customers reported out in Wake, North Carolina · updated 10:15 PM EDT · utility data as of 10:16 PM EDT
Official restoration time (Duke Energy Carolinas): ~3.5 hr from now
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — already running longer than the typical past outage here (~12 hr start to finish), based on 7 past outages
🔔 Check back after the next update, or keep me updated — we'll alert you when a dependable restoration estimate is ready.
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
Showing County-wide data because we don't have Fuquay-Varina-specific numbers right now — your neighborhood may be restored earlier or later.
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Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Fuquay-Varina is a town in Wake County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Fuquay-Varina directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Fuquay-Varina

Fuquay-Varina is a town of about 46,317 residents in Wake County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Fuquay-Varina by name, so this page reports the Wake County county-wide view, which covers Fuquay-Varina. If a serving utility does name Fuquay-Varina during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

Around Fuquay-Varina: the closest other places we track are Holly Springs, about 5 miles to the northwest; Apex, about 11 miles to the northwest; Garner, about 11 miles to the northeast; Cary, about 13 miles to the north. Also nearby: Morrisville (17 mi N), Raleigh (18 mi NE), Clayton (19 mi E), Knightdale (21 mi NE), Sanford (24 mi W), Smithfield (25 mi E), Wendell (25 mi NE), Chapel Hill (27 mi NW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Durham (27 mi); northeast toward Rolesville (28 mi); east toward Goldsboro (48 mi); southeast toward Jacksonville (98 mi); south toward Fayetteville (37 mi); southwest toward Spring Lake (31 mi); west toward Asheboro (58 mi); northwest toward Carrboro (29 mi).

Who serves Fuquay-Varina?

We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, Town of Apex Electric Utilities, Wake Electric Membership Corp in Wake County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Outage history — Wake County, NC (covers Fuquay-Varina)
Power here was restored about 4 hours ago — the outage peaked at 403 customers.
Last significant outage: Aug 19, 2026 — peaked at 403 customers, restored in ~15.5 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 19 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 7.3 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 8, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Wake County, NC (covers Fuquay-Varina)
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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Fuquay-Varina, NC?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Fuquay-Varina area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Fuquay-Varina, NC?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Fuquay-Varina area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Fuquay-Varina, NC?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Wake County include Duke Energy Carolinas, Town of Apex Electric Utilities, Wake Electric Membership Corp; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Fuquay-Varina specifically, or the whole county?

Right now, the Wake County county-wide view, which covers Fuquay-Varina. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Fuquay-Varina by name; utilities here have so far reported only county-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Fuquay-Varina. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Holly Springs (5 mi NW) is the closest place we track separately.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

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