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Power Outages in Union County, NC

Is there a power outage in Union County, NC right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:10 UTC, about 6 customers are without power in Union County, NC across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Duke Energy, so outages in their service area aren't counted.

Union County, NC is served by 5 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.7 hours.

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October 19, 2026 15:10 UTC
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Scattered outages

6 customers without power

Across 1 reported incident.

Not counted: no live feed for Duke Energy.

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No outage contact on file for Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Pee Dee Electric Member Corp, Union Electric Membership Corp - (NC), City of Monroe - (NC) and Duke Energy; check your electric bill or the utility's website.

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Live status by utility · Union County

23%of this county's ~172,135 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: Duke Energy. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCLive · county037,3100.0%---
Pee Dee Electric Member CorpLive · county01,8400.0%---
City of Monroe - (NC)Live · county0-----
Union Electric Membership Corp - (NC)Live · county6---1-
Duke EnergyNo live feedcan't see------

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Pee Dee Electric Member Corp, City of Monroe - (NC) and Union 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 Union County1

Individual outages as listed by Union Electric Membership Corp - (NC), largest first. “<N” means the utility only publishes that the outage affects fewer than N customers.

CustomersCauseCrew statusUtility ETRStartedUtility
6--October 19, 2026 16:00 UTCUnion Electric Membership Corp - (NC)

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Union 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.

Power-dependent
1,729
Oxygen service
305
Dialysis (facility)
183
Home health / hospice
312
By ZIP code (7)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
2811039217279≤11
2811227316200≤11
2807925113176≤11
28173243≤11157≤11
2810421112139≤11
28103103≤1178≤11
2817462≤1148≤11

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Union County, NC

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Union County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Union County

Union County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on September 18, 2026.

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Latest Union County, NC outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 50m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 560 customers out (0.9% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 11m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 545 customers out (0.8% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 10m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 898 customers out (1.4% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 35m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 552 customers out (0.8% of the county)

Outage trend · Union County, NC
6customers out · peak 11
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 15:00 UTC
Union County, NC: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 11 customers out; latest 6 as of Oct 19, 2026 15:00 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.05101512 PM6 PMOct 196 AM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Union County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

Per-city live breakdown needs data

Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Union Countyisn't available yet.

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Union County went about 4.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 51,973 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 4.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Union County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 2.6h, 2016 4.2h, 2017 4.5h, 2018 9.3h, 2019 4.3h, 2020 7.0h, 2021 3.1h, 2022 5.9h, 2023 4.6h, 2024 13.8h, 2025 4.7h. Highlighted: 2024.0510152.6h20154.2h20164.5h20179.3h20184.3h20197.0h20203.1h20215.9h20224.6h202313.8h20244.7h2025
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Worst year here was 2024 (peak 25,878 customers out) · decade average 5.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151,0134,4382.6
201690416,8324.2
20179568,9584.5
201891151,9739.3
20199136,9704.3
202092114,6937.0
202196112,7503.1
20229056,0125.9
20239455,7494.6
202487125,87813.8
20257956,2734.7

Cost of power in Union County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Union 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.

13.6¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 21% since 2015
vs North Carolina avg 15.2¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
May 23, 201851,9731h 45m
May 23, 201851,92030m
September 27, 202425,8783d 21h
October 11, 201820,5363d 17h
May 22, 201616,8324h 45m
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Natural hazards & outage risk
HIGH

Very High ice storms exposure · 5.8 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormVery High
TornadoRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
FloodingRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Union County: FAQ

How often does Union County, NC lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Union County, NC logged 795 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Union County, NC?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 51,973 customers without power, beginning May 23, 2018 and lasting about 1h 45m.
Is there a power outage in Union County, NC right now?
Yes. As of October 19, 2026 15:10 UTC, about 6 customers are without power in Union 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 Union County, NC?
Tracked electric providers include City of Monroe - (NC), Duke Energy, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Pee Dee Electric Member Corp, Union Electric Membership Corp - (NC).
Nearby counties
Anson CountyCabarrus CountyChesterfield CountyLancaster County
Cities & towns in Union County

Indian Trail. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Union County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Union County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Union County.

28079, 28103, 28104, 28108, 28110, 28112, 28173, 28174

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 Union County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in North Carolina →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC3.6 hrsLive · county-
Pee Dee Electric Member Corp4.7 hrsLive · county-
Union Electric Membership Corp - (NC)0.9 hrsLive · county-
City of Monroe - (NC)0.5 hrsLive · 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/37179 and /api/v1/counties/37179/history. Live data as of .