Power Outages in Harnett County, NC
Is there a power outage in Harnett County, NC right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC, about 30 customers are without power in Harnett County, NC across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Harnett County, NC is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.4 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/harnett-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Harnett County, NC", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC. https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/harnett-county
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC)
- South River Elec Member Corp
Not counted: no live feed for Duke Energy.
Report an outage in Harnett 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), Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC), Duke Energy and South River Elec Member Corp; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
85%of this county's ~83,402 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.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Progress - (NC) | Live · county | 25 | 46,591 | 0.1% | - | - | - | |
| South River Elec Member Corp | Live · county | 5 | 12,249 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC) | Live · county | 0 | 12,161 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Duke Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Duke Energy Progress - (NC), South River Elec Member Corp and Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC) reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Active outages in Harnett County1
Individual outages as listed by South River Elec Member Corp, largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.
| Customers | Cause | Crew status | Utility ETR | Started | Utility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | - | - | - | South River Elec Member Corp |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Harnett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27526 | 433 | ≤11 | 270 | ≤11 |
| 27546 | 180 | 0 | 119 | ≤11 |
| 27501 | 164 | ≤11 | 126 | ≤11 |
| 28326 | 160 | ≤11 | 123 | ≤11 |
| 28390 | 138 | ≤11 | 98 | ≤11 |
| 28339 | 88 | ≤11 | 61 | ≤11 |
| 27505 | 76 | ≤11 | 59 | ≤11 |
| 27521 | 48 | 0 | 32 | ≤11 |
| 28323 | 30 | 0 | 17 | ≤11 |
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 Harnett County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Harnett County right now.
Harnett County has been under 22 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Advisory on October 11, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×10
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Tornado Warning ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Tornado Watch ×2
- Dense Fog Advisory ×1
Latest Harnett County, NC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,282 customers out (1.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Harnett 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 Harnett Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Harnett County went about 4.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 22,060 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 4.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2016 (peak 22,060 customers out) · decade average 23.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 791 | 6,682 | 5.8 |
| 2016 | 789 | 22,060 | 100.6 |
| 2017 | 819 | 6,810 | 6.5 |
| 2018 | 875 | 22,060 | 54.8 |
| 2019 | 818 | 13,627 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 894 | 7,169 | 12.5 |
| 2021 | 788 | 7,420 | 29.5 |
| 2022 | 777 | 11,945 | 20.3 |
| 2023 | 843 | 5,534 | 8.3 |
| 2024 | 863 | 7,979 | 10.2 |
| 2025 | 878 | 3,313 | 4.4 |
Cost of power in Harnett County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Harnett 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
- South River Elec Member Corp14.6¢46,422 cust
- Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC)15.4¢20,677 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 Moderate hurricanes exposure · 23.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Harnett County: FAQ
- How often does Harnett County, NC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Harnett County, NC logged 878 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Harnett County, NC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 22,060 customers without power, beginning October 8, 2016 and lasting about 6d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Harnett County, NC right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC, about 30 customers are without power in Harnett County, NC across 2 reported incidents. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Harnett County, NC?
- Tracked electric providers include Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC), Duke Energy, Duke Energy Progress - (NC), South River Elec Member Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Harnett County.
27501, 27505, 27506, 27521, 27526, 27546, 28323, 28326, 28339, 28368, 28390
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 Harnett 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 | - |
| Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC) | 4.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Duke Energy | - | No live feed | - |
| South River Elec Member Corp | - | Live · county | - |
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/37085 and /api/v1/counties/37085/history. Live data as of .