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2018 North Carolina Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average North Carolina customer went without power for about 42.5 hours, the 1st worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
42.5
vs prior year
▲ 428%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
80.1M
Peak customers out
528,045
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
82%
of NC customers
Counties reporting
100

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, 2018

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

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North Carolina customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 1.5M, Feb 446K, Mar 1.3M, Apr 2.3M, May 1.3M, Jun 1.8M, Jul 1.5M, Aug 1.7M, Sep 42.9M, Oct 16.9M, Nov 1.8M, Dec 6.7M020M40M60M1.5MJan446KFeb1.3MMar2.3MApr1.3MMay1.8MJun1.5MJul1.7MAug42.9MSep16.9MOct1.8MNov6.7MDec
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All 100 North Carolina counties, 2018

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1New Hanover County349.6889K2,5442,544844
2Alamance County309.8287K925925725
3Chatham County231.9880K3,7973,797798
4Pamlico County223.9405K1,8111,811463
5Jones County203.1460K2,2652,265268
6Vance County173.3150K863863561
7Caswell County166.2317K1,9051,905359
8Mecklenburg County165.84.7M28,17228,172226
9Durham County164.1986K6,0086,008692
10Moore County161.2920K5,7085,708814
11Rockingham County145.41.4M9,4169,416671
12Pender County142.12.1M14,75014,750603
13Duplin County129.81.2M9,2589,258426
14Guilford County124.55.2M41,75641,756560
15Montgomery County118.4597K5,0385,038619
16Hyde County108.976K700700212
17Rutherford County96.3682K7,0847,084643
18Columbus County93.02.1M22,73622,7361,060
19Onslow County90.87.1M77,66971,864931
20Bladen County86.31.0M11,70611,031590
21Carteret County86.13.4M39,43224,678621
22Johnston County84.01.2M13,82813,828751
23Polk County79.9417K5,2155,215378
24Scotland County79.6837K10,51810,518814
25Stokes County79.3495K6,2426,242503
26Brunswick County73.86.1M82,03782,0371,265
27Sampson County71.81.4M19,42019,420677
28Rowan County70.01.2M16,95116,951834
29Forsyth County69.41.9M27,91527,915746
30Granville County67.5432K6,3956,395482
31Wake County62.22.9M46,62246,622468
32Orange County59.21.1M19,16319,163833
33Craven County58.02.0M35,03317,546583
34Person County57.6317K5,4985,498560
35Richmond County57.4723K12,59212,592798
36Anson County56.1355K6,3346,334575
37Mitchell County55.995K1,6961,696215
38Harnett County54.91.2M22,06022,060875
39Wayne County54.7988K18,04218,042706
40Hoke County54.3701K12,91210,102941
41Robeson County52.13.2M60,45535,665958
42Randolph County44.51.4M31,25529,139975
43Beaufort County40.6801K19,72010,377545
44Buncombe County40.11.3M32,49926,554651
45Lenoir County40.1607K15,1488,518372
46Lee County40.1524K13,0679,775848
47Warren County40.0153K3,8133,463314
48Catawba County39.6323K8,1658,165761
49Wilkes County38.4309K8,0423,772651
50Davie County30.4273K8,9508,950488
51Davidson County29.31.1M37,59226,329877
52Surry County25.2273K10,8535,454652
53Cumberland County20.81.9M93,84135,970990
54Yadkin County18.6100K5,3644,407411
55Greene County15.183K5,4872,270125
56Stanly County14.9401K26,9685,547749
57McDowell County14.7183K12,4421,671563
58Cleveland County13.9262K18,8535,322675
59Iredell County13.4471K35,19712,951789
60Burke County12.7252K19,7464,806560
61Franklin County12.6343K27,2966,213523
62Gaston County11.7554K47,2157,063649
63Cherokee County11.5187K16,1602,874507
64Cabarrus County11.2405K36,29010,332735
65Nash County10.6279K26,2438,266582
66Caldwell County10.3444K43,29613,042821
67Lincoln County10.0256K25,5636,008492
68Alexander County9.666K6,9033,646541
69Union County9.3609K65,40851,973911
70Washington County9.137K4,0621,668321
71Northampton County8.451K6,0482,097456
72Alleghany County8.262K7,6172,518328
73Ashe County8.0139K17,5065,903671
74Dare County6.1145K23,6237,979639
75Bertie County5.455K10,1651,898516
76Currituck County4.885K17,79510,563426
77Watauga County4.785K18,2485,519706
78Halifax County4.5131K28,8267,286582
79Yancey County4.38,7232,02363649
80Tyrrell County4.28,3911,979456131
81Hertford County3.955K14,0125,655432
82Gates County3.016K5,4601,429284
83Camden County2.515K6,1871,514128
84Pitt County2.4196K80,6061,861196
85Martin County2.229K13,2755,361308
86Avery County2.039K18,9861,198130
87Madison County1.22,5662,23110254
88Edgecombe County1.121K19,5601,343196
89Wilson County0.724K35,64463088
90Perquimans County0.32,2427,90724385
91Clay County0.21,7709,6374012
92Pasquotank County0.25,90934,1221,344118
93Chowan County0.22,08312,04737878
94Graham County-39K-6,178296
95Haywood County-524K-15,248639
96Henderson County-878K-15,685688
97Jackson County-336K-5,849660
98Macon County-330K-7,125624
99Swain County-99K-2,869438
100Transylvania County-526K-10,779446

Biggest North Carolina outages of 2018

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Brunswick County, NCSeptember 13, 2018 15:00September 14, 2018 21:451d 6h82,037721K
2Brunswick County, NCSeptember 15, 2018 04:00September 27, 2018 02:1511d 22h82,0375.2M
3Onslow County, NCSeptember 15, 2018 04:00September 29, 2018 01:1513d 21h71,8645.8M
4Onslow County, NCSeptember 13, 2018 15:00September 14, 2018 21:451d 6h61,372977K
5Union County, NCMay 23, 2018 14:00May 23, 2018 15:451h 45m51,97313K
6Union County, NCMay 23, 2018 12:45May 23, 2018 13:1530m51,92013K
7Wake County, NCOctober 11, 2018 09:45October 18, 2018 04:306d 18h46,6221.0M
8Guilford County, NCOctober 11, 2018 13:30October 18, 2018 05:306d 16h41,7563.4M
9Cumberland County, NCSeptember 15, 2018 04:00September 26, 2018 00:1510d 20h35,9701.6M
10Robeson County, NCSeptember 15, 2018 04:00September 27, 2018 08:4512d 4h35,6652.9M
11Wake County, NCSeptember 13, 2018 11:30September 14, 2018 21:451d 10h31,888272K
12Guilford County, NCApril 15, 2018 12:15April 21, 2018 04:455d 16h29,669881K
13Wake County, NCSeptember 15, 2018 04:00September 22, 2018 07:307d 3h29,284543K
14Randolph County, NCOctober 11, 2018 13:30October 17, 2018 06:305d 17h29,139921K
15Mecklenburg County, NCDecember 6, 2018 10:45December 13, 2018 11:007d28,172955K
16Mecklenburg County, NCOctober 8, 2018 10:30October 19, 2018 06:3010d 20h28,1721.3M
17Mecklenburg County, NCSeptember 15, 2018 04:00September 25, 2018 07:1510d 3h28,172940K
18Forsyth County, NCOctober 11, 2018 11:15October 17, 2018 07:005d 19h27,9151.2M
19Wake County, NCDecember 9, 2018 09:00December 11, 2018 09:002d27,489202K
20Buncombe County, NCJuly 6, 2018 11:45July 7, 2018 09:1521h 30m26,55443K
21Davidson County, NCOctober 11, 2018 14:15October 17, 2018 03:455d 13h26,329928K
22Carteret County, NCSeptember 13, 2018 14:00September 14, 2018 21:451d 7h24,678618K
23Carteret County, NCSeptember 15, 2018 04:00September 28, 2018 14:0013d 10h24,6372.7M
24Buncombe County, NCDecember 9, 2018 00:15December 14, 2018 00:455d24,498553K
25Columbus County, NCSeptember 15, 2018 04:00September 26, 2018 23:4511d 19h22,7361.8M
EAGLE-I tracked about 82% of North Carolina's electricity customers in 2018; 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:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:VAWVMARIVTMEMINJ

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

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