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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 and Tri-County EMC, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Town of Fremont and Town of Pikeville also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. 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 — Wayne County, NC
Last significant outage: Sep 24, 2026 — peaked at 838 customers, restored in ~1.8 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 14 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 5, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Wayne County, NC
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
474 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 4 major events of 10,000+ customers.
Typical restoration ran ~2.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~27,873 customers out in October 2016, restored after about 5.1 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 in Wayne County include Goldsboro, Mount Olive, Fremont, Walnut Creek, Pikeville, Seven Springs, Brogden and Dudley. 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 Wayne County, NC?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Wayne include Duke Energy Carolinas, Tri-County EMC, Town of Fremont 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.
