2022 North Carolina Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average North Carolina customer went without power for about 17.0 hours, the 4th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

17.0

vs prior year

▲ 92%

vs 2021

Customer-hours out

33.0M

Peak customers out

369,076

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

92%

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, 2022

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

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All 100 North Carolina counties, 2022

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	340.6	315K	925	925	912
2	Moore County	201.5	1.2M	5,708	5,708	869
3	Durham County	157.8	948K	6,008	6,008	705
4	Vance County	148.0	128K	863	863	676
5	Chatham County	123.3	468K	3,797	3,797	803
6	New Hanover County	104.6	266K	2,544	2,544	948
7	Mecklenburg County	95.9	2.7M	28,172	28,172	255
8	Wake County	76.6	3.6M	46,622	46,622	657
9	Caswell County	70.2	134K	1,905	1,905	435
10	Rockingham County	66.0	621K	9,416	9,416	795
11	Guilford County	64.2	2.7M	41,756	41,756	539
12	Stokes County	61.5	384K	6,242	6,242	632
13	Forsyth County	59.2	1.7M	27,915	25,845	695
14	Orange County	54.9	1.1M	19,163	16,403	808
15	Montgomery County	48.8	246K	5,038	5,038	558
16	Granville County	48.8	312K	6,395	6,395	684
17	Johnston County	45.9	634K	13,828	12,116	781
18	Mitchell County	36.0	61K	1,696	1,696	633
19	Catawba County	33.6	274K	8,165	7,477	815
20	Hyde County	32.8	23K	700	700	202
21	Person County	32.7	180K	5,498	5,498	663
22	Yadkin County	32.1	172K	5,364	4,839	669
23	Rowan County	31.6	535K	16,951	6,425	773
24	Anson County	31.5	200K	6,334	4,774	793
25	Pamlico County	26.5	48K	1,811	1,811	390
26	Warren County	26.3	100K	3,813	3,813	448
27	Cabarrus County	24.2	877K	36,290	26,906	790
28	Wilkes County	23.3	188K	8,042	3,392	822
29	Rutherford County	21.9	155K	7,084	3,377	802
30	Randolph County	20.9	653K	31,255	13,563	979
31	Lee County	20.5	268K	13,067	5,756	762
32	Harnett County	20.4	449K	22,060	11,945	777
33	Buncombe County	19.9	645K	32,499	30,158	720
34	Richmond County	18.8	237K	12,592	5,602	809
35	Yancey County	18.1	37K	2,023	1,278	688
36	Hoke County	16.9	219K	12,912	5,892	685
37	Surry County	16.6	181K	10,853	4,216	803
38	Scotland County	16.6	174K	10,518	3,193	558
39	Cherokee County	16.4	265K	16,160	6,743	605
40	Madison County	16.3	36K	2,231	838	609
41	Davie County	16.1	145K	8,950	2,478	667
42	Davidson County	13.3	499K	37,592	11,090	882
43	Bladen County	12.6	148K	11,706	6,733	660
44	Columbus County	12.1	275K	22,736	10,697	935
45	Iredell County	12.1	425K	35,197	9,562	838
46	Polk County	12.0	63K	5,215	3,132	460
47	Duplin County	11.7	108K	9,258	6,716	754
48	Gaston County	10.5	498K	47,215	7,713	764
49	Wayne County	10.4	187K	18,042	18,042	895
50	Franklin County	10.2	278K	27,296	6,238	684
51	Stanly County	10.0	268K	26,968	7,028	589
52	Sampson County	9.1	177K	19,420	10,488	725
53	Lenoir County	9.1	138K	15,148	9,769	503
54	Alexander County	9.0	62K	6,903	3,636	599
55	Lincoln County	8.7	222K	25,563	4,805	688
56	Pender County	8.4	124K	14,750	14,750	822
57	Jones County	8.4	19K	2,265	1,644	327
58	Robeson County	7.9	481K	60,455	21,903	948
59	Washington County	7.9	32K	4,062	2,559	270
60	Bertie County	7.9	80K	10,165	2,174	584
61	McDowell County	7.7	95K	12,442	2,377	621
62	Carteret County	7.2	282K	39,432	13,506	883
63	Nash County	7.1	187K	26,243	5,476	686
64	Burke County	6.1	120K	19,746	4,202	707
65	Northampton County	6.0	36K	6,048	2,098	408
66	Union County	5.9	388K	65,408	6,012	905
67	Craven County	5.8	202K	35,033	9,538	734
68	Tyrrell County	5.8	11K	1,979	983	127
69	Clay County	5.3	52K	9,637	2,955	480
70	Cleveland County	5.3	100K	18,853	4,301	735
71	Wilson County	4.9	175K	35,644	14,278	338
72	Perquimans County	4.5	35K	7,907	2,945	171
73	Beaufort County	4.4	87K	19,720	5,883	529
74	Greene County	4.1	22K	5,487	2,175	272
75	Pitt County	3.9	312K	80,606	3,775	426
76	Edgecombe County	3.7	73K	19,560	4,152	440
77	Martin County	3.7	49K	13,275	2,508	392
78	Cumberland County	3.5	332K	93,841	17,378	919
79	Alleghany County	3.5	26K	7,617	2,272	330
80	Onslow County	3.4	263K	77,669	14,892	1,154
81	Brunswick County	3.1	253K	82,037	20,275	1,175
82	Watauga County	3.1	56K	18,248	6,029	714
83	Halifax County	2.8	80K	28,826	2,510	623
84	Camden County	2.7	17K	6,187	2,669	186
85	Caldwell County	2.5	107K	43,296	5,433	759
86	Dare County	2.4	56K	23,623	2,526	672
87	Ashe County	2.4	41K	17,506	4,886	661
88	Gates County	2.3	13K	5,460	1,502	181
89	Currituck County	1.8	32K	17,795	3,672	444
90	Hertford County	1.6	22K	14,012	1,355	330
91	Chowan County	0.9	11K	12,047	2,327	138
92	Pasquotank County	0.4	12K	34,122	2,543	171
93	Avery County	0.3	6,309	18,986	817	121
94	Graham County	-	94K	-	3,612	247
95	Haywood County	-	208K	-	3,529	878
96	Henderson County	-	325K	-	11,430	760
97	Jackson County	-	592K	-	13,578	644
98	Macon County	-	361K	-	5,459	684
99	Swain County	-	210K	-	3,427	429
100	Transylvania County	-	164K	-	3,240	589

Biggest North Carolina outages of 2022

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	Wake County, NC	June 16, 2022 12:00	June 20, 2022 07:30	3d 19h	46,622	920K
2	Wake County, NC	September 30, 2022 06:30	October 4, 2022 03:30	3d 21h	46,622	1.1M
3	Guilford County, NC	September 30, 2022 11:15	October 12, 2022 09:00	11d 21h	41,756	1.1M
4	Wake County, NC	December 23, 2022 08:45	December 26, 2022 04:15	2d 19h	30,905	437K
5	Buncombe County, NC	March 12, 2022 07:45	March 14, 2022 06:45	1d 23h	30,158	96K
6	Mecklenburg County, NC	December 22, 2022 06:15	December 29, 2022 03:30	6d 21h	28,172	478K
7	Cabarrus County, NC	June 15, 2022 16:45	June 21, 2022 11:00	5d 18h	26,906	249K
8	Forsyth County, NC	January 3, 2022 04:45	January 6, 2022 02:15	2d 21h	25,845	329K
9	Guilford County, NC	January 3, 2022 06:45	January 8, 2022 09:45	5d 3h	25,017	382K
10	Guilford County, NC	December 23, 2022 09:15	December 26, 2022 01:00	2d 15h	23,600	333K
11	Mecklenburg County, NC	January 1, 2022 12:30	January 6, 2022 08:45	4d 20h	23,554	188K
12	Mecklenburg County, NC	June 15, 2022 10:30	June 20, 2022 06:15	4d 19h	22,871	163K
13	Forsyth County, NC	December 22, 2022 19:30	December 26, 2022 05:45	3d 10h	21,954	268K
14	Robeson County, NC	July 30, 2022 18:45	July 31, 2022 01:45	7h	21,903	23K
15	Brunswick County, NC	October 2, 2022 07:45	October 2, 2022 12:45	5h	20,275	16K
16	Robeson County, NC	September 30, 2022 02:45	October 4, 2022 00:30	3d 21h	19,504	287K
17	Cabarrus County, NC	December 23, 2022 07:45	December 28, 2022 11:45	5d 4h	19,208	190K
18	Buncombe County, NC	January 1, 2022 00:00	January 5, 2022 05:00	4d 5h	19,063	86K
19	Brunswick County, NC	October 13, 2022 16:45	October 14, 2022 00:15	7h 30m	18,982	12K
20	Wayne County, NC	December 24, 2022 10:00	December 25, 2022 04:15	18h 15m	18,042	86K
21	Forsyth County, NC	September 30, 2022 07:00	October 3, 2022 06:45	2d 23h	18,023	355K
22	Cumberland County, NC	December 24, 2022 06:30	December 27, 2022 20:15	3d 13h	17,378	73K
23	Cabarrus County, NC	March 11, 2022 13:15	March 14, 2022 10:45	2d 21h	17,072	66K
24	Forsyth County, NC	October 4, 2022 10:45	October 5, 2022 03:15	16h 30m	16,482	13K
25	Orange County, NC	September 30, 2022 15:15	October 4, 2022 05:45	3d 14h	16,403	431K

EAGLE-I tracked about 92% of North Carolina's electricity customers in 2022; 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 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2022:ME FL WV VT AK MI VA TN

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.

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