Power Outages in Iredell County, NC
Is there a power outage in Iredell County, NC right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Iredell County, NC across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Iredell County, NC is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.9 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/iredell-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Iredell County, NC", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/iredell-county
Not counted: no live feed for Duke Energy.
Report an outage in Iredell 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 Carolinas, LLC, EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp, City of Statesville - (NC) and Duke Energy; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
76%of this county's ~125,086 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 Carolinas, LLC | Live · county | 0 | 66,253 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp | Live · county | 0 | 28,712 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| City of Statesville - (NC) | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Duke Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp and City of Statesville - (NC) 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 Iredell 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 (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28625 | 581 | 38 | 473 | ≤11 |
| 28677 | 482 | 26 | 410 | ≤11 |
| 28115 | 312 | 12 | 246 | ≤11 |
| 28117 | 256 | ≤11 | 178 | ≤11 |
| 28166 | 121 | ≤11 | 92 | 0 |
| 28634 | 105 | ≤11 | 89 | ≤11 |
| 28678 | 72 | ≤11 | 50 | ≤11 |
| 28660 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 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 Iredell County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Iredell County right now.
Iredell County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Flood Warning on October 13, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×9
- Flood Warning ×3
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
Latest Iredell County, NC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 25m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 722 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 46m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 724 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 689 customers out (0.7% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 11h 14m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 581 customers out (1.7% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Iredell 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 Iredell Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Iredell County went about 6.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 33,405 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 6.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 33,405 customers out) · decade average 11.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 828 | 4,260 | 3.9 |
| 2016 | 825 | 8,116 | 5.6 |
| 2017 | 792 | 3,732 | 3.9 |
| 2018 | 789 | 12,951 | 13.3 |
| 2019 | 766 | 7,040 | 7.3 |
| 2020 | 804 | 33,405 | 26.3 |
| 2021 | 848 | 4,667 | 5.4 |
| 2022 | 838 | 9,562 | 12.1 |
| 2023 | 851 | 23,376 | 17.4 |
| 2024 | 827 | 16,509 | 21.9 |
| 2025 | 815 | 7,188 | 6.9 |
Cost of power in Iredell County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Iredell 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 Carolinas, LLC13.4¢1,961,108 cust
- EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp11.6¢124,446 cust
- City of Statesville - (NC)11.5¢12,442 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 ice storms exposure · 11.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Iredell County: FAQ
- How often does Iredell County, NC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Iredell County, NC logged 815 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Iredell County, NC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 33,405 customers without power, beginning October 29, 2020 and lasting about 4d 12h.
- Is there a power outage in Iredell County, NC right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:05 UTC, about 2 customers are without power in Iredell County, NC across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
- Which utilities serve Iredell County, NC?
- Tracked electric providers include Duke Energy, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp.
Mooresville. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Iredell County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Iredell County.
28115, 28117, 28166, 28625, 28634, 28660, 28677, 28678, 28689
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 Iredell County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in North Carolina →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC | 3.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp | 2.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| City of Statesville - (NC) | 1.3 hrs | Live · county | - |
| 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/37097 and /api/v1/counties/37097/history. Live data as of .