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2024 North Carolina Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average North Carolina customer went without power for about 66.1 hours — the 1st worst of any US state that year, 2.8× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
66.1
Peak customers out
223,578
Rank (worst state)
1st
Counties affected
20

North Carolina outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2024 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit North Carolina counties in 2024

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

1Buncombe County223,5782Henderson County131,4603Mecklenburg County116,8364Gaston County52,6265Rutherford County51,1666McDowell County43,0217Cleveland County41,5198Caldwell County37,2849Burke County35,17810Guilford County31,49911Catawba County28,30312Alamance County26,70413Union County25,87814Watauga County25,40515Durham County24,49516Lincoln County23,64617Haywood County23,07618Wilkes County22,62819Ashe County22,25820Jackson County22,087

Biggest North Carolina outages of 2024

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Buncombe CountySeptember 25, 2024223,578
Henderson CountySeptember 25, 2024131,460
Mecklenburg CountySeptember 26, 2024116,836
Mecklenburg CountyMay 8, 202475,384
Mecklenburg CountyJanuary 7, 202461,063
Gaston CountySeptember 26, 202452,626
Rutherford CountySeptember 26, 202451,166
McDowell CountySeptember 25, 202443,021
Cleveland CountySeptember 26, 202441,519
Caldwell CountySeptember 26, 202437,284
North Carolina by year:20252023202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2024:SCMEGATXFLWV

Part of the 2024 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.