Power Outages in Pender County, NC
Is there a power outage in Pender County, NC right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 3 customers are without power in Pender County, NC across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted.
Pender County, NC is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.2 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/pender-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Pender County, NC", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC. https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/pender-county
Not counted: no live feed for Duke Energy.
Report an outage in Pender 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), Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp, Duke Energy and Four County Elec Member Corp; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
8.4%of this county's ~281,637 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 | 3 | 23,752 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Four County Elec Member Corp | 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), Four County Elec Member Corp 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 Pender 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28443 | 191 | ≤11 | 131 | ≤11 |
| 28425 | 126 | ≤11 | 91 | ≤11 |
| 28457 | 99 | ≤11 | 70 | ≤11 |
| 28478 | 59 | ≤11 | 45 | 0 |
| 28454 | 42 | ≤11 | 32 | ≤11 |
| 28435 | 32 | ≤11 | 23 | ≤11 |
| 28421 | 22 | ≤11 | 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 Pender County or any town and utility in it.
- Rip Current StatementMODERATE
Pender County has been under 96 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Rip Current Statement on October 19, 2026.
- Rip Current Statement ×28
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×26
- Beach Hazards Statement ×13
- High Surf Advisory ×6
- Tornado Warning ×6
- Flood Watch ×5
Latest Pender County, NC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 5m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 257 customers out (1.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Pender 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 Pender Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Pender County went about 0.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 245,938 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 0.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 20,660 customers out) · decade average 1.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 493 | 2,668 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 584 | 14,719 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 554 | 5,997 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 603 | 20,660 | 8.6 |
| 2019 | 696 | 9,316 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 895 | 29,214 | 2.2 |
| 2021 | 710 | 5,920 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 822 | 245,938 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 869 | 2,601 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 731 | 7,667 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 730 | 4,469 | 0.2 |
Cost of power in Pender County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Pender 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
- Four County Elec Member Corp15.1¢31,222 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 · 1.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Pender County: FAQ
- How often does Pender County, NC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Pender County, NC logged 730 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Pender County, NC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 245,938 customers without power, beginning December 24, 2022 and lasting about 18h.
- Is there a power outage in Pender County, NC right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:40 UTC, about 3 customers are without power in Pender 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 Pender County, NC?
- Tracked electric providers include Duke Energy, Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Four County Elec Member Corp, Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Pender County.
28421, 28425, 28435, 28443, 28457, 28478
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 Pender 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 | - |
| Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp | 1.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Duke Energy | - | No live feed | - |
| Four County 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/37141 and /api/v1/counties/37141/history. Live data as of .