Power outages in Benson, NC
Live outages for Benson and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Benson has 4,660 residents.
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BensonJohnston County
Outage history in Johnston County, which includes Benson
2014–2025 recordJohnston County averaged 104.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 108. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 35 hours, starting July 7, 2025.
The largest on record began October 8, 2016, with 39,337 customers out at once.
104.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.2.5 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.5.7 dayslongest on record (September 2018)
39,337most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| October 8, 2016 | 39,337 | 5.4 days | 1,952,524 |
| January 22, 2016 | 30,913 | 3.3 days | 1,060,144 |
| September 13, 2018 | 28,356 | 5.7 days | 948,811 |
| October 11, 2018 | 14,853 | 31 hours | 115,291 |
| September 30, 2022 | 12,116 | 2.5 days | 224,180 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.