Power outages in Bessemer City, NC
Live outages for Bessemer City and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Bessemer City has 5,834 residents.
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Bessemer CityGaston County
Outage history in Gaston County, which includes Bessemer City
2014–2025 recordGaston County averaged 73.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 70. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 23 hours, starting June 25, 2025.
The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 52,626 customers out at once.
73.3significant 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 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.6.8 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
52,626most 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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| September 27, 2024 | 52,626 | 6.8 days | 2,348,229 |
| May 8, 2024 | 31,026 | 2.6 days | 905,525 |
| July 9, 2016 | 12,054 | 1.9 days | 238,830 |
| August 8, 2024 | 10,145 | 20 hours | 68,794 |
| October 29, 2020 | 9,482 | 34 hours | 95,721 |
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.