When will the power be back in Garner, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Garner is a town of about 39,345 residents in Wake County.
Duke Energy Carolinas has reported outages for Garner by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-16) — so when Garner 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 Garner:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Garner: the closest other places we track are Clayton, about 10 miles to the east; Knightdale, about 10 miles to the northeast; Raleigh, about 10 miles to the north; and Fuquay-Varina, about 11 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Holly Springs (13 mi W), Cary (13 mi NW), Wendell (14 mi NE), Apex (15 mi W), Morrisville (16 mi NW), Rolesville (18 mi NE), Smithfield (19 mi SE) and Zebulon (19 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Wake Forest (20 mi); northeast toward Rocky Mount (49 mi); east toward Wilson (39 mi); southeast toward Goldsboro (42 mi); south toward Hope Mills (53 mi); southwest toward Sanford (34 mi); west toward Asheboro (67 mi); and northwest toward Durham (26 mi).
Who serves Garner?
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.
Garner's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 228 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 2 — 228 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 29 — 66 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 22 — 58 customers out, restored in 35 minutes
- Sep 21 — 647 customers out, restored in 3 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 Garner, 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 Garner's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Garner, NC?
To check your own street, search a Garner ZIP code — 27529 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Garner specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Garner we have the city-level view: Duke Energy Carolinas has published outages for Garner under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-16. When Garner 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 Garner.
