Power Outages in Cabarrus County, NC
As of July 18, 2026 19:06 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Cabarrus County, NC across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.7 hours.
Cabarrus County, NC is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active NWS alerts for Cabarrus County right now.
Cabarrus County has been under 3 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 13, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Latest Cabarrus County, NC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 17m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 1,747 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 6m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 575 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Cabarrus County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Cabarrus Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Cabarrus County went about 8.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 26,906 customers.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 20,431 customers out) · decade average 11.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 801 | 9,949 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | 784 | 3,261 | 3.7 |
| 2017 | 743 | 7,823 | 4.1 |
| 2018 | 735 | 10,332 | 11.2 |
| 2019 | 694 | 2,222 | 3.5 |
| 2020 | 685 | 10,369 | 11.5 |
| 2021 | 782 | 10,143 | 9.7 |
| 2022 | 790 | 26,906 | 24.2 |
| 2023 | 690 | 16,561 | 14.0 |
| 2024 | 547 | 20,431 | 26.2 |
| 2025 | 543 | 12,549 | 8.7 |
Very High ice storms exposure · 11.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Cabarrus County: FAQ
- How often does Cabarrus County, NC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Cabarrus County, NC logged 543 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Cabarrus County, NC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 26,906 customers without power, beginning June 15, 2022 and lasting about 5d 18h.
- Is there a power outage in Cabarrus County, NC right now?
- Yes — about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Cabarrus County, NC?
- Tracked electric providers include Duke Energy.
Concord, Kannapolis. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Cabarrus County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Cabarrus County.
28025, 28027, 28075, 28081, 28083, 28107, 28124
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/37025 and /api/v1/counties/37025/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of North Carolina customers). Live data as of .