When will the power be back in Watauga County, NC?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Watauga County, NC right now.

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Elsewhere in North Carolina: 2,890 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:31 PM EDT.

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Who serves Watauga County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include NC Electric Cooperatives and Tennessee Electric Cooperatives ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. New River Light & Power Co 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.

Outage history — Watauga County, NC

Last significant outage: Sep 30, 2026 — peaked at 1,519 customers, restored in ~1 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 9 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 9, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Watauga County, NC

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 252 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.4 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in fall.

Largest on record: ~25,405 customers out in September 2024, restored after about 13.9 days. The busiest year on record here was 2025.

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 covered

Communities in Watauga County include Boone, Blowing Rock, Beech Mountain, Seven Devils, Cove Creek, Foscoe and Valle Crucis. 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 Watauga County, NC?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Watauga include New River Light & Power Co, NC Electric Cooperatives and Tennessee Electric Cooperatives — 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.

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