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Power Outages in Gaston County, NC

City of Gastonia - (NC), Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp and Rutherford Elec Member Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Cherryville - (NC), City of Kings Mountain - (NC), Duke Energy, Town of Dallas - (NC) and York Electric Coop Inc. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.1 hours.

Gaston County, NC is served by 9 tracked utilities.

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City of Gastonia - (NC), Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp and Rutherford Elec Member Corp publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for City of Cherryville - (NC), City of Kings Mountain - (NC), Duke Energy, Town of Dallas - (NC) and York Electric Coop Inc: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Gaston County

0.0%of this county's ~133,696 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Cherryville - (NC), City of Kings Mountain - (NC), Duke Energy, Town of Dallas - (NC), York Electric Coop Inc. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: City of Gastonia - (NC), Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp, Rutherford Elec Member Corp.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
City of Gastonia - (NC)Live · total onlynot by county------
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCLive · total onlynot by county------
EnergyUnited Elec Member CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
Rutherford Elec Member CorpLive · total onlynot by county------
City of Cherryville - (NC)No live feedcan't see------
City of Kings Mountain - (NC)No live feedcan't see------
Duke EnergyNo live feedcan't see------
Town of Dallas - (NC)No live feedcan't see------
York Electric Coop IncNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Gaston 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.

Power-dependent
2,674
Oxygen service
620
Dialysis (facility)
299
Home health / hospice
479
By ZIP code (14)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
28054417≤1129812
28052371≤11286≤11
28056304≤11225≤11
28120231≤11171≤11
28034226≤11175≤11
28012226≤11157≤11
28016201≤111580
28021170≤11134≤11
28164148≤11125≤11
2809844≤1133≤11
28032280170
28006120≤110
28101≤11≤11≤110
28077≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Gaston County, NC

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Gaston County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Gaston County

Gaston County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on September 22, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×4
  • Air Quality Alert ×3

Latest Gaston County, NC outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 35m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,470 customers out (3.7% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4h 45m

  4. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 322 customers out

  5. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,664 customers out (2.5% of the county)

  6. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 12h 39m

  7. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 534 customers out (1.1% of the county)

  8. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 55m

Outage trend · Gaston County, NC
0customers out · peak 86
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Gaston County, NC: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 86 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0255075100Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Gaston County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Gastoniano outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Gaston County went about 6.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 47,215 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 6.1 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Gaston County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 6.0h, 2016 12.4h, 2017 6.4h, 2018 11.7h, 2019 5.3h, 2020 11.5h, 2021 3.7h, 2022 10.5h, 2023 6.3h, 2024 77.1h, 2025 6.1h. Highlighted: 2024.0204060806.0h201512.4h20166.4h201711.7h20185.3h201911.5h20203.7h202110.5h20226.3h202377.1h20246.1h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 47,215 customers out) · decade average 14.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20157244,9646.0
201672312,05412.4
20176475,5856.4
20186497,06311.7
20196876,4595.3
20207419,48211.5
20218493,8453.7
20227647,71310.5
20237243,4396.3
202469947,21577.1
20257955,9546.1

Cost of power in Gaston County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Gaston 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.

13.4¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 26% since 2015
vs North Carolina avg 15.2¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
September 26, 202447,21510d 9h
May 8, 202431,0264d 17h
August 8, 202422,7522d 15h
July 8, 201612,0544d 12h
October 29, 20209,4825d 8h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High ice storms exposure · 14.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormVery High
TornadoRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
FloodingRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Gaston County: FAQ

How often does Gaston County, NC lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Gaston County, NC logged 795 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Gaston County, NC?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 47,215 customers without power, beginning September 26, 2024 and lasting about 10d 9h.
Is there a power outage in Gaston County, NC right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Gaston County, NC. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Gaston County, NC?
Tracked electric providers include City of Gastonia - (NC), Duke Energy, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp, Rutherford Elec Member Corp.
Nearby counties
Cleveland CountyLincoln CountyMecklenburg CountyYork County
Cities & towns in Gaston County

Gastonia. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Gaston County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Gaston County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Gaston County.

28006, 28012, 28016, 28021, 28032, 28034, 28052, 28054, 28056, 28077, 28098, 28101, 28120, 28164

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC3.6 hrsLive · total only-
EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp2.8 hrsLive · total only-
Rutherford Elec Member Corp2.5 hrsLive · total only-
York Electric Coop Inc1.1 hrsNo live feed-
City of Gastonia - (NC)6.0 hrsLive · total only-
Duke Energy-No live feed-
City of Kings Mountain - (NC)-No live feed-
City of Cherryville - (NC)-No live feed-
Town of Dallas - (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/37071 and /api/v1/counties/37071/history.