Power Outages in Jones County, NC
Is there a power outage in Jones County, NC right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC, no outages are reported by Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC), Carteret-Craven El Member Corp, City of New Bern - (NC) and Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp in Jones County, NC. There is no live feed for Duke Energy.
Jones County, NC is served by 6 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.5 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Jones County, NC", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC. https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/jones-county
No active outages are reported by Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC), Carteret-Craven El Member Corp, City of New Bern - (NC) and Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp in Jones County.
No live feed for Duke Energy: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Jones 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), Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC), Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp, Carteret-Craven El Member Corp, City of New Bern - (NC) and Duke Energy; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
29%of this county's ~7,205 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 | 0 | 2,054 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC) | Live · county | 0 | 57 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Carteret-Craven El Member Corp | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| City of New Bern - (NC) | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Duke Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC), Carteret-Craven El Member Corp, City of New Bern - (NC) and Jones-Onslow Elec Member 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 Jones 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 (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28585 | 37 | ≤11 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 28573 | 31 | ≤11 | 19 | 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 Jones County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Jones County right now.
Jones County has been under 20 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 16, 2026.
- Tornado Warning ×8
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Flood Watch ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Tornado Watch ×1
Latest Jones County, NC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 146 customers out (6.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Jones County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Jones County went about 7.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,265 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 7.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 2,265 customers out) · decade average 31.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 129 | 1,524 | 8.5 |
| 2016 | 238 | 2,265 | 38.4 |
| 2017 | 219 | 1,549 | 4.9 |
| 2018 | 268 | 2,265 | 203.1 |
| 2019 | 235 | 2,265 | 21.2 |
| 2020 | 351 | 2,265 | 31.5 |
| 2021 | 362 | 1,665 | 7.2 |
| 2022 | 327 | 1,644 | 8.4 |
| 2023 | 294 | 1,574 | 7.5 |
| 2024 | 290 | 1,195 | 12.5 |
| 2025 | 370 | 2,265 | 7.5 |
Cost of power in Jones County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Jones 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
- Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp13.4¢81,070 cust
- Carteret-Craven El Member Corp12.5¢39,424 cust
- Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC)13.3¢22,887 cust
- City of New Bern - (NC)14.8¢21,545 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 hurricanes exposure · 31.9 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 Jones County: FAQ
- How often does Jones County, NC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Jones County, NC logged 370 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Jones County, NC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,265 customers without power, beginning August 4, 2020 and lasting about 1d 18h.
- Is there a power outage in Jones County, NC right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC, no outages are reported by Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC), Carteret-Craven El Member Corp, City of New Bern - (NC) and Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp in Jones County, NC. There is no live feed for Duke Energy.
- Which utilities serve Jones County, NC?
- Tracked electric providers include Carteret-Craven El Member Corp, Duke Energy, Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp, Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC).
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Jones County.
28573, 28585
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 Jones 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 | - |
| Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC) | 1.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp | 1.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Carteret-Craven El Member Corp | 2.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| City of New Bern - (NC) | 1.9 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/37103 and /api/v1/counties/37103/history.