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2022 North Carolina Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average North Carolina customer went without power for about 21.3 hours — the 2nd worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
21.3
Peak customers out
245,938
Rank (worst state)
2nd
Counties affected
20

North Carolina outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2022 highlighted.

7.5h201530.5h201610.0h201755.2h201812.9h201920.3h202010.3h202121.3h202212.6h202366.1h20249.8h2025

Hardest-hit North Carolina counties in 2022

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Pender County245,9382Mecklenburg County105,7513Wake County95,0054Granville County82,5285Guilford County50,7126Moore County40,7367Durham County34,2568Buncombe County30,1589Cabarrus County26,90610Forsyth County25,84511Robeson County21,90312Brunswick County20,27513Wayne County19,92714Alamance County19,19115New Hanover County17,90616Cumberland County17,37817Orange County16,40318Caswell County16,24719Person County15,87320Chatham County15,523

Biggest North Carolina outages of 2022

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Pender CountyDecember 24, 2022245,938
Mecklenburg CountyDecember 22, 2022105,751
Wake CountyJune 16, 202295,005
Wake CountySeptember 30, 202291,342
Granville CountyApril 26, 202282,528
Guilford CountySeptember 30, 202250,712
Moore CountyDecember 4, 202240,736
Durham CountySeptember 30, 202234,256
Wake CountyDecember 23, 202230,905
Buncombe CountyMarch 12, 202230,158
North Carolina by year:20252024202320212020201920182017
Other states in 2022:MEFLWVVTAKMI

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.