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2024 North Carolina Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average North Carolina customer went without power for about 36.3 hours, the 3rd worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
36.3
vs prior year
▲ 237%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
88.9M
Peak customers out
585,053
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, 2024

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

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North Carolina customer-hours without power by month, 2024Jan 3.7M, Feb 604K, Mar 861K, Apr 1.3M, May 3.8M, Jun 1.1M, Jul 2.1M, Aug 3.6M, Sep 34.3M, Oct 35.3M, Nov 1.2M, Dec 1.2M010M20M30M40M3.7MJan604KFeb861KMar1.3MApr3.8MMay1.1MJun2.1MJul3.6MAug34.3MSep35.3MOct1.2MNov1.2MDec
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All 100 North Carolina counties, 2024

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Yancey County891.91.8M2,0232,023435
2Mitchell County666.31.1M1,6961,696436
3Buncombe County357.011.6M32,49932,499448
4Rutherford County332.32.4M7,0847,084611
5Madison County301.8673K2,2312,231429
6Alamance County264.2244K925925792
7McDowell County255.03.2M12,44212,442544
8Polk County244.71.3M5,2155,215473
9Burke County185.13.7M19,74619,746607
10Watauga County172.93.2M18,24818,248496
11Catawba County170.91.4M8,1658,165672
12Mecklenburg County168.44.7M28,17228,172236
13Cleveland County155.62.9M18,85318,853690
14Durham County143.4861K6,0086,008610
15Vance County133.7115K863863628
16Ashe County130.42.3M17,50617,506455
17Wilkes County123.7995K8,0428,042752
18Caldwell County78.93.4M43,29637,284676
19Gaston County77.13.6M47,21547,215699
20Chatham County75.8288K3,7973,797746
21Alexander County71.7495K6,9036,903578
22New Hanover County71.1181K2,5442,544809
23Surry County59.3644K10,85310,853813
24Lincoln County53.71.4M25,56323,646609
25Alleghany County52.3398K7,6174,295251
26Moore County48.3276K5,7085,708760
27Rowan County40.0678K16,95113,915733
28Yadkin County39.6212K5,3645,364604
29Caswell County33.163K1,9051,905477
30Pamlico County31.958K1,8111,811299
31Orange County31.4601K19,16311,997753
32Anson County26.4168K6,3344,577745
33Cabarrus County26.2951K36,29020,431547
34Stokes County25.2157K6,2421,964622
35Rockingham County24.9234K9,4164,609671
36Granville County24.2155K6,3955,981636
37Montgomery County23.3118K5,0382,834591
38Guilford County22.7947K41,75631,499523
39Forsyth County22.2619K27,91513,190785
40Iredell County21.9772K35,19716,509827
41Lee County21.8285K13,06711,501748
42Warren County21.180K3,8131,957430
43Hyde County19.514K700700234
44Wake County18.4856K46,62218,768618
45Cherokee County17.4281K16,1605,109760
46Johnston County16.7230K13,8286,385757
47Avery County14.8282K18,98698980
48Union County13.8902K65,40825,878871
49Jones County12.528K2,2651,195290
50Davie County11.6104K8,9505,251617
51Harnett County10.2225K22,0607,979863
52Stanly County10.1272K26,9687,700670
53Clay County9.794K9,6375,315530
54Duplin County9.487K9,2583,583684
55Washington County9.338K4,0623,000250
56Davidson County9.3348K37,5929,141814
57Tyrrell County9.218K1,9791,261115
58Person County9.049K5,4981,858612
59Randolph County8.6267K31,2554,494793
60Wayne County7.2130K18,0425,981823
61Scotland County6.871K10,5181,863524
62Richmond County6.380K12,5923,762795
63Robeson County6.3380K60,4557,998847
64Camden County5.936K6,1873,432209
65Franklin County5.6153K27,2965,287660
66Sampson County5.3103K19,4202,882765
67Hoke County5.166K12,9121,193621
68Bladen County4.957K11,7064,065625
69Craven County4.8168K35,03320,735764
70Gates County4.826K5,4601,013184
71Northampton County4.628K6,0481,976388
72Nash County4.5118K26,2435,902652
73Carteret County4.3169K39,4327,858819
74Bertie County4.243K10,1651,773445
75Pender County4.261K14,7507,667731
76Halifax County3.6104K28,8263,254635
77Beaufort County3.161K19,7202,487530
78Martin County3.040K13,2752,535384
79Dare County2.969K23,6237,994627
80Wilson County2.797K35,6442,832322
81Lenoir County2.639K15,1482,216424
82Onslow County2.6200K77,66912,387949
83Currituck County2.239K17,7954,079490
84Perquimans County2.116K7,9072,062208
85Edgecombe County1.836K19,5602,616491
86Cumberland County1.8166K93,8416,663891
87Columbus County1.738K22,7363,920767
88Chowan County1.518K12,0472,351178
89Hertford County1.521K14,0122,380349
90Greene County1.47,5885,4871,441111
91Pitt County1.4110K80,60620,438439
92Brunswick County1.3108K82,03721,897885
93Pasquotank County0.931K34,1221,771189
94Graham County-53K-2,492308
95Haywood County-2.5M-23,076825
96Henderson County-13.8M-131,460678
97Jackson County-1.5M-22,087675
98Macon County-976K-11,221688
99Swain County-207K-2,703491
100Transylvania County-3.7M-21,167629

Biggest North Carolina outages of 2024

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Henderson County, NCSeptember 25, 2024 00:15November 1, 2024 01:3037d 1h131,46013.5M
2Gaston County, NCSeptember 26, 2024 20:15October 7, 2024 05:4510d 9h47,2152.3M
3Caldwell County, NCSeptember 26, 2024 09:45October 12, 2024 02:4515d 17h37,2843.3M
4Buncombe County, NCSeptember 25, 2024 11:30November 14, 2024 23:0050d 11h32,49911.0M
5Guilford County, NCMay 3, 2024 13:15May 4, 2024 23:451d 10h31,49917K
6Gaston County, NCMay 8, 2024 13:30May 13, 2024 06:304d 17h31,026908K
7Mecklenburg County, NCSeptember 26, 2024 11:30October 6, 2024 02:159d 14h28,1721.6M
8Mecklenburg County, NCMay 8, 2024 11:45May 13, 2024 03:154d 15h28,172781K
9Mecklenburg County, NCJanuary 7, 2024 12:30January 11, 2024 08:453d 20h28,172367K
10Mecklenburg County, NCMarch 19, 2024 01:00March 20, 2024 06:001d 5h28,17211K
11Guilford County, NCMarch 19, 2024 01:00March 20, 2024 00:4523h 45m26,8516,988
12Union County, NCSeptember 27, 2024 03:45October 1, 2024 01:003d 21h25,878491K
13Mecklenburg County, NCAugust 6, 2024 11:15August 17, 2024 09:1510d 22h25,379374K
14Lincoln County, NCSeptember 26, 2024 02:45October 6, 2024 00:159d 21h23,6461.2M
15Haywood County, NCSeptember 25, 2024 21:00October 21, 2024 22:3026d 1h23,0762.3M
16Gaston County, NCAugust 8, 2024 08:15August 11, 2024 00:002d 15h22,75289K
17Mecklenburg County, NCMay 3, 2024 12:30May 8, 2024 05:454d 17h22,25462K
18Jackson County, NCSeptember 25, 2024 23:30October 16, 2024 02:3020d 3h22,0871.2M
19Brunswick County, NCJuly 23, 2024 13:00July 23, 2024 20:007h21,89716K
20Transylvania County, NCSeptember 25, 2024 19:45October 16, 2024 20:0021d21,1673.4M
21Craven County, NCJanuary 9, 2024 17:00January 11, 2024 03:451d 10h20,735103K
22Pitt County, NCMarch 23, 2024 14:00March 23, 2024 18:304h 30m20,43827K
23Cabarrus County, NCSeptember 26, 2024 18:15September 30, 2024 05:453d 11h20,431198K
24Burke County, NCSeptember 26, 2024 13:45October 13, 2024 17:0017d 3h19,7463.6M
25Mecklenburg County, NCDecember 28, 2024 06:45January 1, 2025 00:003d 17h18,973121K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of North Carolina's electricity customers in 2024; 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:2025202320222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2024:SCMEGATXFLWVLANH

Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.

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