Power Outages in Bertie County, NC
Is there a power outage in Bertie County, NC right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 15:10 UTC, no outages are reported by Virginia Electric & Power Co, Edgecombe-Martin County E M C and Roanoke Electric Member Corp in Bertie County, NC. There is no live feed for Town of Windsor- (NC).
Bertie County, NC is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.4 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 15:10 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Bertie County, NC", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:10 UTC. https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/bertie-county
No active outages are reported by Virginia Electric & Power Co, Edgecombe-Martin County E M C and Roanoke Electric Member Corp in Bertie County.
No live feed for Town of Windsor- (NC): outages in itsservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Bertie County, NC
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Edgecombe-Martin County E M C, Roanoke Electric Member Corp and Town of Windsor- (NC); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
23%of this county's ~16,332 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Town of Windsor- (NC). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 3,777 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Edgecombe-Martin County E M C | Live · county | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Roanoke Electric Member Corp | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Town of Windsor- (NC) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Virginia Electric & Power Co, Edgecombe-Martin County E M C and Roanoke Electric Member Corp reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Bertie Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27983 | 100 | ≤11 | 77 | ≤11 |
| 27805 | 43 | ≤11 | 27 | ≤11 |
| 27924 | 35 | ≤11 | 22 | ≤11 |
| 27957 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 27847 | 12 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 27872 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 27849 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Bertie County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Bertie County right now.
Bertie County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Tornado Watch on October 11, 2026.
- Flash Flood Warning ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Tornado Watch ×1
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Bertie County, NC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 21m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 92 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 392 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 837 customers out (8.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 50m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 135 customers out (1.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 50m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 360 customers out (3.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Bertie County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bertie County went about 3.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,381 customers.
The US EIA reports North Carolina utilities averaged 3.3 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 3.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 5,381 customers out) · decade average 8.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 390 | 1,490 | 3.9 |
| 2016 | 365 | 4,501 | 16.0 |
| 2017 | 448 | 1,428 | 7.9 |
| 2018 | 516 | 1,898 | 5.4 |
| 2019 | 508 | 2,363 | 11.9 |
| 2020 | 512 | 5,381 | 17.7 |
| 2021 | 567 | 2,697 | 6.3 |
| 2022 | 584 | 2,174 | 7.9 |
| 2023 | 602 | 997 | 6.2 |
| 2024 | 445 | 1,773 | 4.2 |
| 2025 | 494 | 1,209 | 3.4 |
Cost of power in Bertie County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Bertie County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Virginia Electric & Power Co12.7¢109,057 cust
- Roanoke Electric Member Corp20.7¢12,045 cust
- Edgecombe-Martin County E M C16.5¢10,810 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High hurricanes exposure · 8.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Bertie County: FAQ
- How often does Bertie County, NC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bertie County, NC logged 494 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bertie County, NC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,381 customers without power, beginning August 4, 2020 and lasting about 6d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Bertie County, NC right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 15:10 UTC, no outages are reported by Virginia Electric & Power Co, Edgecombe-Martin County E M C and Roanoke Electric Member Corp in Bertie County, NC. There is no live feed for Town of Windsor- (NC).
- Which utilities serve Bertie County, NC?
- Tracked electric providers include Roanoke Electric Member Corp, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bertie County.
27805, 27847, 27849, 27872, 27924, 27957, 27967, 27983
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Bertie County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in North Carolina →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgecombe-Martin County E M C | 1.7 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Roanoke Electric Member Corp | 3.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | - | Live · county | ☎ 866-366-4357Report online ↗Outage map ↗ |
| Town of Windsor- (NC) | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of North Carolina customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/37015 and /api/v1/counties/37015/history.