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2016 North Carolina Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average North Carolina customer went without power for about 26.5 hours, the 1st worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
26.5
vs prior year
▲ 309%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
49.3M
Peak customers out
509,014
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of NC customers
Counties reporting
99

North Carolina year over year

North Carolina: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 6.5h; 2016: 26.5h; 2017: 8.1h; 2018: 42.5h, coverage 82%; 2019: 11.4h, coverage 90%; 2020: 16.4h, coverage 91%; 2021: 8.9h, coverage 92%; 2022: 17.0h, coverage 92%; 2023: 10.8h; 2024: 36.3h; 2025: 8.5h02040600%50%100%6.5h201526.5h20168.1h201742.5h201811.4h201916.4h20208.9h202117.0h202210.8h202336.3h20248.5h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2016

Customer-hours without power across North Carolina; October was the worst.

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North Carolina customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 4.7M, Feb 2.6M, Mar 375K, Apr 830K, May 927K, Jun 1.6M, Jul 5.4M, Aug 1.0M, Sep 1.7M, Oct 28.9M, Nov 697K, Dec 554K010M20M30M4.7MJan2.6MFeb375KMar830KApr927KMay1.6MJun5.4MJul1.0MAug1.7MSep28.9MOct697KNov554KDec
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All 99 North Carolina counties, 2016

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Moore County161.0919K5,7085,708758
2Alamance County156.8145K925925826
3Johnston County154.72.1M13,82813,828802
4New Hanover County147.1374K2,5442,544921
5Wake County122.65.7M46,62246,622515
6Durham County107.2644K6,0086,008676
7Harnett County100.82.2M22,06022,060789
8Vance County96.884K863863531
9Mecklenburg County95.32.7M28,17228,172322
10Sampson County88.11.7M19,42019,420696
11Wilkes County84.2677K8,0428,042688
12Chatham County80.7306K3,7973,797686
13Wayne County80.61.5M18,04218,042713
14Columbus County75.21.7M22,73622,736948
15Robeson County70.64.3M60,45543,321891
16Duplin County63.7590K9,2589,258451
17Tyrrell County63.0125K1,9791,979147
18Scotland County59.6627K10,5187,066411
19Pamlico County57.9105K1,8111,811158
20Washington County55.9227K4,0624,062251
21Bladen County54.9643K11,7068,492336
22Lee County51.3671K13,06713,067611
23Caswell County50.997K1,9051,905423
24Anson County46.2293K6,3345,346367
25Montgomery County45.8231K5,0385,038488
26Currituck County45.1803K17,79514,968481
27Rockingham County40.2379K9,4169,416714
28Lenoir County39.7601K15,14810,490383
29Jones County38.487K2,2652,265238
30Dare County37.3881K23,62320,894592
31Nash County37.2976K26,24311,824553
32Greene County35.3194K5,4872,799119
33Hoke County34.7448K12,9129,973620
34Mitchell County34.759K1,6961,696311
35Richmond County34.6436K12,5927,444566
36Pender County34.2504K14,75014,719584
37Forsyth County33.0920K27,91516,198781
38Rutherford County29.9212K7,0845,418634
39Yadkin County29.5158K5,3642,574437
40Granville County27.3174K6,3956,395511
41Catawba County25.0204K8,1653,908820
42Franklin County22.4610K27,29610,889516
43Cumberland County22.02.1M93,84130,039914
44Warren County19.574K3,8133,743253
45Brunswick County19.11.6M82,03756,1781,437
46Stokes County18.2114K6,2424,209474
47Craven County18.0631K35,03312,191448
48Buncombe County17.8577K32,49914,367807
49Rowan County16.4277K16,9517,044824
50Bertie County16.1163K10,1654,501365
51Martin County15.2202K13,2754,801314
52Beaufort County14.2280K19,7204,712165
53Camden County13.483K6,1872,686105
54Guilford County12.8536K41,7568,692665
55Gaston County12.4583K47,21512,054723
56Person County11.563K5,4983,441508
57Watauga County11.3205K18,24811,689685
58Orange County11.1213K19,1636,866897
59Carteret County10.4410K39,43211,065613
60Surry County10.3111K10,8531,783628
61Randolph County10.1315K31,25513,901887
62Onslow County10.1782K77,66930,149956
63Northampton County8.954K6,0482,199395
64Madison County8.419K2,23155472
65McDowell County8.1101K12,4423,341481
66Gates County8.144K5,4601,527221
67Alexander County7.653K6,9031,413456
68Davie County7.668K8,9502,154478
69Cleveland County7.5141K18,8533,534659
70Polk County6.232K5,2152,964335
71Iredell County5.6199K35,1978,116825
72Davidson County5.4204K37,5925,098806
73Burke County5.4106K19,7463,932511
74Hertford County5.172K14,0121,934405
75Edgecombe County4.588K19,5601,391172
76Union County4.2276K65,40816,832904
77Lincoln County4.1105K25,5634,628484
78Stanly County4.1110K26,9687,706597
79Cabarrus County3.7133K36,2903,261784
80Caldwell County3.6154K43,2964,873768
81Yancey County3.46,9522,02362459
82Halifax County3.293K28,8263,807538
83Ashe County3.154K17,5065,195646
84Pitt County3.0239K80,6062,907112
85Alleghany County2.821K7,6175,385239
86Chowan County2.833K12,0471,77873
87Cherokee County2.438K16,1603,313199
88Wilson County2.280K35,64488891
89Perquimans County2.016K7,90777649
90Pasquotank County2.068K34,1223,136105
91Avery County0.12,76818,98645329
92Clay County0.02909,637826
93Graham County-75K-2,762259
94Haywood County-98K-2,680592
95Henderson County-371K-9,604734
96Jackson County-174K-2,680611
97Macon County-226K-4,267554
98Swain County-100K-2,532411
99Transylvania County-58K-2,110454

Biggest North Carolina outages of 2016

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Brunswick County, NCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 14, 2016 10:455d 12h56,1781.4M
2Wake County, NCJanuary 22, 2016 08:15January 25, 2016 18:153d 10h46,6221.7M
3Wake County, NCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 15, 2016 07:156d 8h46,6223.2M
4Robeson County, NCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 22, 2016 08:4513d 10h43,3213.9M
5Onslow County, NCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 13, 2016 00:454d 2h30,149649K
6Cumberland County, NCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 22, 2016 08:4513d 10h30,0391.6M
7Brunswick County, NCApril 20, 2016 04:15April 20, 2016 06:302h 15m29,76826K
8Wake County, NCOctober 8, 2016 11:15October 8, 2016 17:456h 30m29,05123K
9Mecklenburg County, NCJuly 5, 2016 08:00July 19, 2016 09:3014d 1h28,1721.1M
10Columbus County, NCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 22, 2016 08:4513d 10h22,7361.6M
11Harnett County, NCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 15, 2016 03:006d 4h22,0601.5M
12Dare County, NCOctober 9, 2016 00:45October 20, 2016 10:0011d 9h20,894653K
13Mecklenburg County, NCFebruary 24, 2016 11:00February 28, 2016 04:003d 17h20,422297K
14Sampson County, NCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 16, 2016 13:157d 14h19,4201.6M
15Harnett County, NCJanuary 22, 2016 16:30January 25, 2016 18:153d 1h19,153444K
16Wayne County, NCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 19, 2016 14:3010d 16h18,0421.3M
17Union County, NCMay 22, 2016 00:15May 22, 2016 05:004h 45m16,83228K
18Forsyth County, NCFebruary 24, 2016 10:00February 27, 2016 05:152d 19h16,198290K
19Dare County, NCSeptember 3, 2016 00:00September 5, 2016 23:452d 23h15,648191K
20Currituck County, NCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 14, 2016 16:155d 17h14,968642K
21Pender County, NCOctober 8, 2016 22:30October 13, 2016 20:154d 21h14,719425K
22Buncombe County, NCJuly 6, 2016 17:00July 10, 2016 22:304d 5h14,367100K
23Forsyth County, NCJuly 24, 2016 20:45July 26, 2016 05:301d 8h14,020161K
24Randolph County, NCApril 20, 2016 12:45April 20, 2016 22:009h 15m13,90112K
25Johnston County, NCJanuary 22, 2016 16:30January 25, 2016 18:153d 1h13,828734K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of North Carolina's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
North Carolina by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172015
Other states in 2016:WVSCVAMEFLLAARGA

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.