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2023 North Carolina Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average North Carolina customer went without power for about 10.8 hours, the 10th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
10.8
vs prior year
▼ 37%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
21.2M
Peak customers out
236,427
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
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, 2023

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

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North Carolina customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 1.0M, Feb 807K, Mar 1.1M, Apr 2.0M, May 1.5M, Jun 1.8M, Jul 2.4M, Aug 6.2M, Sep 1.5M, Oct 801K, Nov 917K, Dec 1.3M02M4M6M8M1.0MJan807KFeb1.1MMar2.0MApr1.5MMay1.8MJun2.4MJul6.2MAug1.5MSep801KOct917KNov1.3MDec
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All 100 North Carolina counties, 2023

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Alamance County186.5172K925925810
2Durham County141.3849K6,0086,008673
3New Hanover County110.4281K2,5442,544926
4Vance County86.575K863863661
5Mecklenburg County75.22.1M28,17228,172286
6Mitchell County74.1126K1,6961,696542
7Chatham County67.5256K3,7973,797803
8Catawba County58.0474K8,1658,165717
9Pamlico County43.779K1,8111,811365
10Rowan County41.7708K16,95116,951748
11Moore County39.9228K5,7085,708838
12Warren County36.5139K3,8133,031531
13Hyde County34.124K700700223
14Rutherford County33.2235K7,0844,222711
15Wake County32.31.5M46,62246,622612
16Yadkin County30.8165K5,3645,364651
17Yancey County29.560K2,0232,023617
18Madison County29.065K2,2311,792605
19Guilford County28.51.2M41,75620,891594
20Surry County26.2284K10,8535,469824
21Orange County24.3467K19,16314,804788
22Granville County24.2155K6,3953,905669
23Johnston County23.5325K13,82810,436785
24Polk County23.0120K5,2153,098414
25Buncombe County23.0747K32,49927,327641
26Rockingham County22.1208K9,4166,073778
27Wilkes County19.0153K8,0425,176787
28Iredell County17.4613K35,19723,376851
29Cherokee County17.1276K16,1605,822591
30Forsyth County16.7465K27,91521,048703
31Caswell County14.828K1,9051,905419
32Cabarrus County14.0509K36,29016,561690
33Burke County13.8272K19,7467,646830
34Clay County13.1126K9,6375,464458
35Montgomery County12.262K5,0383,078605
36Lee County11.6152K13,0678,226761
37Duplin County11.4106K9,2582,747734
38Stokes County11.471K6,2421,997610
39Anson County11.271K6,3342,036719
40Alexander County10.875K6,9032,032636
41Davie County10.493K8,9504,022686
42Lincoln County9.9253K25,56310,486589
43Person County9.954K5,4982,862644
44Davidson County9.8370K37,59211,152839
45Randolph County9.1285K31,25511,925838
46Wayne County8.7157K18,0423,410841
47McDowell County8.6108K12,4422,662507
48Harnett County8.4185K22,0605,534843
49Franklin County8.2223K27,29612,839684
50Cleveland County8.1153K18,8535,348673
51Carteret County7.7304K39,43219,161869
52Richmond County7.797K12,5925,134813
53Nash County7.6199K26,24313,209595
54Jones County7.517K2,2651,574294
55Pender County6.392K14,7502,601869
56Gaston County6.3296K47,2153,439724
57Bertie County6.264K10,165997602
58Washington County5.522K4,0621,677243
59Tyrrell County5.411K1,979640113
60Scotland County5.356K10,5182,022559
61Craven County5.3186K35,03313,384792
62Hoke County5.368K12,9126,081632
63Sampson County5.199K19,4204,659748
64Beaufort County5.098K19,7206,548530
65Union County4.7306K65,4085,749945
66Stanly County4.4120K26,9685,499666
67Bladen County4.047K11,7062,498701
68Perquimans County4.031K7,9072,265220
69Currituck County4.071K17,7957,536467
70Edgecombe County3.773K19,5604,195452
71Robeson County3.5212K60,4555,516947
72Camden County3.522K6,1871,545170
73Halifax County3.5100K28,8261,781618
74Caldwell County3.4149K43,2968,493797
75Greene County3.419K5,4871,803112
76Northampton County3.420K6,0481,659335
77Columbus County2.967K22,7364,944893
78Dare County2.867K23,6237,998667
79Lenoir County2.639K15,1483,939474
80Martin County2.230K13,2753,194422
81Watauga County2.037K18,2481,383690
82Onslow County1.9150K77,6694,3841,113
83Brunswick County1.8150K82,03717,8651,132
84Alleghany County1.814K7,6173,733309
85Ashe County1.831K17,5061,709603
86Cumberland County1.7161K93,8417,525816
87Avery County1.732K18,98691094
88Chowan County1.720K12,0472,338127
89Hertford County1.622K14,0122,405303
90Wilson County1.345K35,6441,670317
91Gates County0.84,5725,46057791
92Pitt County0.864K80,6066,013507
93Pasquotank County0.413K34,1221,378172
94Graham County-88K-1,983268
95Haywood County-285K-12,366887
96Henderson County-360K-9,024693
97Jackson County-264K-8,626700
98Macon County-300K-7,013698
99Swain County-118K-1,526468
100Transylvania County-172K-4,129602

Biggest North Carolina outages of 2023

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Wake County, NCAugust 7, 2023 07:15August 11, 2023 04:453d 21h46,622567K
2Mecklenburg County, NCAugust 26, 2023 06:45September 2, 2023 05:156d 22h28,172204K
3Mecklenburg County, NCAugust 5, 2023 11:15August 10, 2023 09:154d 22h27,890255K
4Buncombe County, NCApril 1, 2023 07:00April 4, 2023 03:002d 20h27,327170K
5Iredell County, NCAugust 7, 2023 21:15August 10, 2023 05:452d 8h23,376345K
6Forsyth County, NCOctober 3, 2023 13:15October 3, 2023 23:1510h21,04812K
7Guilford County, NCAugust 15, 2023 10:30August 19, 2023 06:153d 19h20,891357K
8Carteret County, NCJanuary 1, 2023 00:45January 1, 2023 12:1511h 30m19,16173K
9Guilford County, NCJuly 9, 2023 11:30July 11, 2023 17:152d 5h19,013120K
10Mecklenburg County, NCFebruary 10, 2023 12:15February 13, 2023 10:452d 22h18,52229K
11Brunswick County, NCJune 26, 2023 15:15June 26, 2023 18:153h17,86523K
12Brunswick County, NCJuly 23, 2023 01:45July 23, 2023 08:306h 45m17,00122K
13Rowan County, NCAugust 6, 2023 19:45August 10, 2023 08:003d 12h16,951358K
14Mecklenburg County, NCDecember 9, 2023 12:45December 12, 2023 07:152d 18h16,84666K
15Wake County, NCAugust 15, 2023 10:30August 19, 2023 04:153d 17h16,563106K
16Cabarrus County, NCAugust 7, 2023 20:00August 9, 2023 22:452d 2h16,561160K
17Orange County, NCAugust 15, 2023 16:15August 18, 2023 00:302d 8h14,804171K
18Cabarrus County, NCOctober 29, 2023 13:00October 30, 2023 11:0022h13,45821K
19Craven County, NCSeptember 22, 2023 22:00September 24, 2023 02:301d 4h13,38459K
20Carteret County, NCSeptember 22, 2023 17:15September 24, 2023 07:451d 14h13,354105K
21Nash County, NCAugust 8, 2023 00:00August 9, 2023 06:001d 6h13,20985K
22Franklin County, NCAugust 8, 2023 00:00August 9, 2023 03:001d 3h12,839122K
23Haywood County, NCApril 1, 2023 17:00April 3, 2023 01:451d 8h12,36658K
24Cabarrus County, NCAugust 24, 2023 12:15August 27, 2023 14:303d 2h12,31571K
25Randolph County, NCAugust 7, 2023 22:15August 10, 2023 00:152d 2h11,92587K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of North Carolina's electricity customers in 2023; 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:2025202420222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWVLAMS

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

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