Power Outages in Greene County, NC
City of Wilson - (NC), Duke Energy Progress - (NC) and Pitt & Greene Elec Member Corp publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, Town of Hookerton - (NC), Town of Stantonsburg - (NC) and Town of Walstonburg. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.1 hours.
Greene County, NC is served by 7 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Greene County, NC". https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/greene-county
City of Wilson - (NC), Duke Energy Progress - (NC) and Pitt & Greene Elec Member Corp publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for Duke Energy, Town of Hookerton - (NC), Town of Stantonsburg - (NC) and Town of Walstonburg: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~14,041 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Duke Energy, Town of Hookerton - (NC), Town of Stantonsburg - (NC), Town of Walstonburg. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: City of Wilson - (NC), Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Pitt & Greene Elec Member Corp.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Wilson - (NC) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pitt & Greene Elec Member Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Duke Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hookerton - (NC) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stantonsburg - (NC) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Walstonburg | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Greene 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 (3)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28580 | 100 | ≤11 | 74 | ≤11 |
| 28538 | 23 | ≤11 | 16 | 0 |
| 27888 | 21 | ≤11 | 16 | 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 Greene County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Greene County right now.
Greene County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Tornado Watch on October 11, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
- Tornado Watch ×2
Latest Greene County, NC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 55m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 210 customers out (3.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Greene County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Greene County went about 2.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,799 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 2.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2016 (peak 2,799 customers out) · decade average 6.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 104 | 1,652 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 119 | 2,799 | 35.3 |
| 2017 | 132 | 1,662 | 1.7 |
| 2018 | 125 | 2,270 | 15.1 |
| 2019 | 79 | 2,409 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 123 | 1,752 | 5.0 |
| 2021 | 99 | 498 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 272 | 2,175 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 112 | 1,803 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 111 | 1,441 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 103 | 1,883 | 2.1 |
Cost of power in Greene County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Greene 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
- City of Wilson - (NC)12.8¢32,472 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.
Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 6.5 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 Greene County: FAQ
- How often does Greene County, NC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Greene County, NC logged 103 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Greene County, NC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,799 customers without power, beginning October 8, 2016 and lasting about 5d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Greene County, NC right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Greene County, NC. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Greene County, NC?
- Tracked electric providers include City of Wilson - (NC), Duke Energy, Duke Energy Progress - (NC).
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Greene County.
27888, 28538, 28554, 28580
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 | - |
| City of Wilson - (NC) | 1.1 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Duke Energy | - | No live feed | - |
| Pitt & Greene Elec Member Corp | - | Live · total only | - |
| Town of Stantonsburg - (NC) | - | No live feed | - |
| Town of Walstonburg | - | No live feed | - |
| Town of Hookerton - (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/37079 and /api/v1/counties/37079/history.