Power Outages in Craven County, NC
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Craven County, NC across 1 reported incident. Carteret-Craven El Member Corp, City of New Bern - (NC), Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp and Tideland Electric Member Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.2 hours.
Craven County, NC is served by 6 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/craven-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Craven County, NC", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/craven-county
Not counted: no live feed for Duke Energy.
0.0%of this county's ~69,770 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Duke Energy. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Carteret-Craven El Member Corp, City of New Bern - (NC), Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp, Tideland Electric Member Corp.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carteret-Craven El Member Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of New Bern - (NC) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tideland Electric Member Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Duke Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Craven 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28562 | 401 | ≤11 | 304 | ≤11 |
| 28560 | 333 | ≤11 | 259 | ≤11 |
| 28532 | 152 | ≤11 | 114 | ≤11 |
| 28586 | 76 | ≤11 | 56 | ≤11 |
| 28523 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 28527 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 28526 | 25 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 28563 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 28519 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
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 Craven County or any town and utility in it.
- Coastal Flood AdvisoryMINOR
Craven County has been under 27 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Coastal Flood Advisory on October 18, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×8
- Tornado Warning ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×5
- Flood Watch ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
- Flood Advisory ×1
Latest Craven County, NC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 25m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 288 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,293 customers out (3.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 544 customers out (1.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Craven 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 Craven Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Craven County went about 4.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 20,735 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 4.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 17,546 customers out) · decade average 11.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 435 | 7,186 | 3.0 |
| 2016 | 448 | 12,191 | 18.0 |
| 2017 | 464 | 3,286 | 1.2 |
| 2018 | 583 | 17,546 | 58.0 |
| 2019 | 589 | 19,061 | 10.4 |
| 2020 | 690 | 16,107 | 7.8 |
| 2021 | 685 | 3,653 | 2.1 |
| 2022 | 734 | 9,538 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 792 | 13,384 | 5.3 |
| 2024 | 764 | 20,735 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 757 | 5,732 | 4.2 |
Cost of power in Craven County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Craven 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.
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC)15.2¢1,383,941 cust
- Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp13.4¢81,070 cust
- Carteret-Craven El Member Corp12.5¢39,424 cust
- Tideland Electric Member Corp16.4¢21,906 cust
- City of New Bern - (NC)14.8¢21,545 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.
Very High hurricanes exposure · 11.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Craven County: FAQ
- How often does Craven County, NC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Craven County, NC logged 757 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Craven County, NC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 20,735 customers without power, beginning January 9, 2024 and lasting about 1d 10h.
- Is there a power outage in Craven County, NC right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Craven County, NC?
- Tracked electric providers include Carteret-Craven El Member Corp, City of New Bern - (NC), Duke Energy, Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Tideland Electric Member Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Craven County.
28519, 28523, 28526, 28527, 28532, 28533, 28560, 28562, 28586
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | 2.9 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp | 1.0 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Tideland Electric Member Corp | 3.4 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Carteret-Craven El Member Corp | 2.0 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| City of New Bern - (NC) | 1.9 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Duke Energy | - | 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/37049 and /api/v1/counties/37049/history. Live data as of .