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North Carolina Power Outages

As of July 18, 2026 17:01 UTC, about 4,650 customers are currently without power across 47 counties in North Carolina.

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COUNTIES WITH ACTIVE OUTAGES

MOST OUTAGE-PRONE COUNTIES (2025)

  1. 1Henderson County15176.7h/cust
  2. 2Alamance County440.7h/cust
  3. 3Vance County115.6h/cust
  4. 4Chatham County96.4h/cust
  5. 5Durham County92.8h/cust
  6. 6Mitchell County80.7h/cust
  7. 7Mecklenburg County59.7h/cust
  8. 8New Hanover County57.7h/cust
OUTAGE TREND
North Carolina
4,650
AS OF LAST UPDATE · PEAK 4,650
Updated July 18, 2026
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Cost of power in North Carolina

▲ 49% since 2010

What North Carolinapays for electricity, from the US EIA — and how fast it’s rising as national demand climbs. See energy & the AI data-center surge.

Residential
16.3¢
per kWh
Commercial
10.4¢
per kWh
Industrial
7.7¢
per kWh
RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh BY YEAR
10.2¢201010.3¢201110.9¢201211.0¢201311.2¢201411.3¢201511.1¢201611.0¢201711.1¢201811.4¢201911.4¢202011.4¢202111.7¢202213.0¢202314.3¢202414.2¢202515.1¢2026

Retail prices from the US EIA (Form 861). Energy & the data-center surge →

Hardest-hit cities statewide

The individual towns and townships with the most customers out right now.

DurhamDURHAM COUNTY2,322RaleighWAKE COUNTY1,184CaryWAKE COUNTY1,184ApexWAKE COUNTY1,184Wake ForestWAKE COUNTY1,184Holly SpringsWAKE COUNTY1,184Fuquay-VarinaWAKE COUNTY1,184CharlotteMECKLENBURG COUNTY123

A decade of outages in North Carolina

US annual reports →

Average hours without power per customer each year (EAGLE-I).

7.5h201530.5h201610.0h201755.2h201812.9h201920.3h202010.3h202121.3h202212.6h202366.1h20249.8h2025

North Carolina's worst year on record was 2024 (peak 223,578 customers out) · decade average 23.3 hrs per customer/yr.

See how North Carolina ranks against every state →

Official reliability

Source: US EIA
EIA reliability not reported

Major disturbances (DOE)

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  • October 3, 2023 · - Suspicious activity
  • February 26, 2023 · Actual Physical Attack/Vandalism

Electric providers in North Carolina

All North Carolina counties