Power Outages in Franklin County, NC
Is there a power outage in Franklin County, NC right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC, about 4 customers are without power in Franklin County, NC across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Duke Energy and Town of Louisburg - (NC), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Franklin County, NC is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.1 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/franklin-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Franklin County, NC", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/franklin-county
Not counted: no live feed for Duke Energy and Town of Louisburg - (NC).
Report an outage in Franklin 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 Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Wake Electric Membership Corp, Duke Energy and Town of Louisburg - (NC); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
50%of this county's ~77,483 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Duke Energy, Town of Louisburg - (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | Live · county | 4 | 25,759 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Wake Electric Membership Corp | Live · county | 0 | 13,116 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Duke Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Louisburg - (NC) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Duke Energy Progress - (NC) and Wake Electric Membership 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 Franklin 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 (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27549 | 247 | ≤11 | 185 | ≤11 |
| 27525 | 154 | ≤11 | 114 | ≤11 |
| 27596 | 151 | ≤11 | 107 | ≤11 |
| 27816 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 27508 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 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 Franklin County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Franklin County right now.
Franklin County has been under 24 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Tornado Warning on October 11, 2026.
- Tornado Warning ×12
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Tornado Watch ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Franklin 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 Franklin Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Franklin County went about 4.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 15,099 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 4.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2016 (peak 10,889 customers out) · decade average 8.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 501 | 2,806 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 516 | 10,889 | 22.4 |
| 2017 | 466 | 1,930 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 523 | 6,213 | 12.5 |
| 2019 | 620 | 5,942 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 709 | 15,099 | 13.1 |
| 2021 | 694 | 3,008 | 3.3 |
| 2022 | 684 | 6,238 | 10.2 |
| 2023 | 684 | 12,839 | 8.2 |
| 2024 | 660 | 5,287 | 5.6 |
| 2025 | 615 | 4,562 | 4.1 |
Cost of power in Franklin County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Franklin 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
- Wake Electric Membership Corp14.3¢56,069 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 winter weather exposure · 8.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Franklin County: FAQ
- How often does Franklin County, NC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Franklin County, NC logged 615 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Franklin County, NC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 15,099 customers without power, beginning February 6, 2020 and lasting about 2d 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Franklin County, NC right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC, about 4 customers are without power in Franklin County, NC across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Duke Energy and Town of Louisburg - (NC), so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Franklin County, NC?
- Tracked electric providers include Duke Energy, Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Wake Electric Membership Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Franklin County.
27508, 27525, 27549, 27596, 27816
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 Franklin County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in North Carolina →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | 2.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Wake Electric Membership Corp | 3.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Duke Energy | - | No live feed | - |
| Town of Louisburg - (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/37069 and /api/v1/counties/37069/history. Live data as of .