2017 North Carolina Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average North Carolina customer went without power for about 8.1 hours, the 8th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

8.1

vs prior year

▼ 70%

vs 2016

Customer-hours out

17.4M

Peak customers out

74,572

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of NC customers

Counties reporting

100

North Carolina year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2017

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

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All 100 North Carolina counties, 2017

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

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Alamance County	118.3	109K	925	925	732
2	Wilkes County	73.6	592K	8,042	8,042	694
3	Catawba County	71.0	579K	8,165	8,165	718
4	New Hanover County	70.0	178K	2,544	2,544	854
5	Mecklenburg County	60.8	1.7M	28,172	28,172	326
6	Mitchell County	54.9	93K	1,696	1,696	232
7	Durham County	53.9	324K	6,008	6,008	700
8	Vance County	48.9	42K	863	863	487
9	Alexander County	42.7	295K	6,903	6,903	502
10	Hyde County	42.3	30K	700	700	67
11	Rutherford County	40.0	283K	7,084	3,907	624
12	Buncombe County	38.6	1.3M	32,499	18,619	686
13	Rockingham County	35.3	333K	9,416	9,008	644
14	Polk County	30.7	160K	5,215	3,302	361
15	Chatham County	27.8	106K	3,797	3,370	828
16	Moore County	27.8	158K	5,708	5,708	824
17	Tyrrell County	26.8	53K	1,979	1,979	107
18	Forsyth County	24.9	696K	27,915	12,290	674
19	Caswell County	22.7	43K	1,905	1,905	336
20	Yadkin County	20.3	109K	5,364	3,492	424
21	Cleveland County	20.3	383K	18,853	6,713	684
22	Guilford County	18.8	786K	41,756	10,322	641
23	McDowell County	18.7	233K	12,442	2,946	459
24	Burke County	18.6	368K	19,746	5,228	513
25	Stokes County	16.9	106K	6,242	3,322	471
26	Wake County	15.9	743K	46,622	13,882	524
27	Anson County	15.3	97K	6,334	1,954	558
28	Montgomery County	14.7	74K	5,038	2,413	528
29	Lee County	13.5	177K	13,067	13,067	774
30	Washington County	13.2	54K	4,062	3,074	221
31	Rowan County	11.5	195K	16,951	4,114	768
32	Johnston County	10.6	147K	13,828	3,460	723
33	Surry County	10.1	109K	10,853	1,861	542
34	Pamlico County	9.2	17K	1,811	1,371	228
35	Dare County	8.7	205K	23,623	7,715	609
36	Granville County	8.6	55K	6,395	1,251	462
37	Alleghany County	8.3	63K	7,617	3,516	270
38	Bertie County	7.9	80K	10,165	1,428	448
39	Person County	7.7	42K	5,498	4,381	489
40	Orange County	7.5	143K	19,163	4,400	932
41	Caldwell County	6.7	290K	43,296	5,451	794
42	Harnett County	6.6	146K	22,060	6,810	819
43	Gaston County	6.4	303K	47,215	5,585	647
44	Yancey County	6.3	13K	2,023	225	51
45	Warren County	5.3	20K	3,813	1,720	282
46	Richmond County	5.2	65K	12,592	1,742	681
47	Davie County	5.2	46K	8,950	3,777	457
48	Northampton County	4.9	30K	6,048	2,072	421
49	Jones County	4.9	11K	2,265	1,549	219
50	Madison County	4.7	10K	2,231	556	48
51	Sampson County	4.5	87K	19,420	4,269	536
52	Union County	4.5	292K	65,408	8,958	956
53	Pender County	4.4	65K	14,750	5,997	554
54	Randolph County	4.4	138K	31,255	1,975	963
55	Cabarrus County	4.1	148K	36,290	7,823	743
56	Iredell County	3.9	138K	35,197	3,732	792
57	Davidson County	3.9	147K	37,592	5,129	764
58	Duplin County	3.6	33K	9,258	1,434	413
59	Scotland County	3.5	37K	10,518	2,445	556
60	Wayne County	3.2	58K	18,042	2,893	669
61	Cherokee County	3.2	52K	16,160	2,663	237
62	Columbus County	3.1	70K	22,736	3,177	894
63	Watauga County	3.0	55K	18,248	2,426	684
64	Nash County	2.7	71K	26,243	2,921	510
65	Stanly County	2.7	72K	26,968	2,318	647
66	Bladen County	2.6	31K	11,706	2,876	310
67	Currituck County	2.5	45K	17,795	4,210	442
68	Franklin County	2.5	67K	27,296	1,930	466
69	Lincoln County	2.4	62K	25,563	6,955	470
70	Hoke County	2.4	31K	12,912	2,114	648
71	Gates County	2.3	13K	5,460	875	249
72	Hertford County	2.2	31K	14,012	1,953	364
73	Ashe County	2.2	39K	17,506	1,755	645
74	Lenoir County	2.0	30K	15,148	3,016	368
75	Robeson County	1.9	116K	60,455	7,341	931
76	Beaufort County	1.7	34K	19,720	2,120	305
77	Greene County	1.7	9,200	5,487	1,662	132
78	Brunswick County	1.5	123K	82,037	13,357	1,325
79	Onslow County	1.4	109K	77,669	21,431	938
80	Camden County	1.4	8,598	6,187	559	115
81	Cumberland County	1.3	118K	93,841	5,199	826
82	Craven County	1.2	44K	35,033	3,286	464
83	Perquimans County	1.2	9,217	7,907	778	87
84	Halifax County	1.1	33K	28,826	1,586	541
85	Martin County	1.0	14K	13,275	2,171	292
86	Avery County	0.7	14K	18,986	1,194	47
87	Carteret County	0.7	27K	39,432	1,933	501
88	Chowan County	0.5	5,851	12,047	1,678	75
89	Edgecombe County	0.3	6,466	19,560	1,387	168
90	Pasquotank County	0.3	10K	34,122	1,348	102
91	Clay County	0.3	2,586	9,637	41	17
92	Wilson County	0.1	4,986	35,644	594	75
93	Pitt County	0.0	3,374	80,606	586	117
94	Graham County	-	64K	-	2,160	240
95	Haywood County	-	109K	-	23,001	576
96	Henderson County	-	877K	-	8,533	635
97	Jackson County	-	782K	-	9,583	571
98	Macon County	-	550K	-	7,263	573
99	Swain County	-	215K	-	3,705	407
100	Transylvania County	-	183K	-	2,703	419

Biggest North Carolina outages of 2017

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

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#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Mecklenburg County, NC	April 24, 2017 09:00	April 25, 2017 08:00	23h	28,172	101K
2	Haywood County, NC	December 5, 2017 14:00	December 5, 2017 16:45	2h 45m	23,001	10K
3	Onslow County, NC	April 30, 2017 08:00	April 30, 2017 10:00	2h	21,431	20K
4	Buncombe County, NC	September 11, 2017 11:45	September 16, 2017 03:30	4d 15h	18,619	553K
5	Buncombe County, NC	December 8, 2017 17:00	December 12, 2017 08:15	3d 15h	15,493	280K
6	Mecklenburg County, NC	May 29, 2017 09:15	June 2, 2017 04:15	3d 19h	14,496	84K
7	Wake County, NC	April 25, 2017 09:15	April 26, 2017 03:30	18h 15m	13,882	20K
8	Brunswick County, NC	January 8, 2017 12:30	January 8, 2017 17:15	4h 45m	13,357	20K
9	Lee County, NC	January 26, 2017 13:45	January 27, 2017 04:15	14h 30m	13,067	45K
10	Mecklenburg County, NC	September 11, 2017 06:30	September 15, 2017 09:15	4d 2h	13,049	262K
11	Brunswick County, NC	October 29, 2017 11:00	October 29, 2017 18:45	7h 45m	12,344	15K
12	Wake County, NC	November 28, 2017 11:15	November 28, 2017 23:30	12h 15m	12,334	13K
13	Forsyth County, NC	May 20, 2017 11:15	May 23, 2017 01:15	2d 14h	12,290	24K
14	Guilford County, NC	July 23, 2017 13:00	July 24, 2017 19:15	1d 6h	10,322	59K
15	Brunswick County, NC	April 5, 2017 00:15	April 5, 2017 07:45	7h 30m	9,825	12K
16	Jackson County, NC	September 11, 2017 17:45	September 16, 2017 01:30	4d 7h	9,583	480K
17	Mecklenburg County, NC	January 19, 2017 10:00	January 20, 2017 04:45	18h 45m	9,177	9,809
18	Rockingham County, NC	May 31, 2017 16:45	June 2, 2017 07:45	1d 15h	9,008	130K
19	Union County, NC	January 7, 2017 07:15	January 9, 2017 01:15	1d 18h	8,958	66K
20	Lee County, NC	September 1, 2017 20:00	September 3, 2017 05:45	1d 9h	8,948	64K
21	Mecklenburg County, NC	August 14, 2017 17:45	August 19, 2017 06:45	4d 13h	8,832	57K
22	Mecklenburg County, NC	June 30, 2017 12:15	July 6, 2017 22:45	6d 10h	8,743	104K
23	Henderson County, NC	October 23, 2017 11:15	October 26, 2017 01:15	2d 14h	8,533	105K
24	Henderson County, NC	December 8, 2017 08:15	December 11, 2017 12:45	3d 4h	8,528	226K
25	Lee County, NC	December 29, 2017 13:15	December 29, 2017 17:45	4h 30m	8,369	8,487

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of North Carolina's electricity customers in 2017; 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:2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2016 2015

Other states in 2017:FL ME WV NH GA RI VT LA

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.

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