Power outages in Black Mountain, NC
Live outages for Black Mountain and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Black Mountain has 8,491 residents.
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Black MountainBuncombe County
Outage history in Buncombe County, which includes Black Mountain
2014–2025 recordBuncombe County averaged 118.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 119. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 33 hours, starting February 12, 2025.
The largest on record began September 25, 2024, with 223,578 customers out at once.
118.3significant 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.23 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
223,578most 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 25, 2024 | 223,578 | 23 days | 23,519,889 |
| March 12, 2022 | 30,158 | 35 hours | 92,282 |
| April 1, 2023 | 25,289 | 36 hours | 155,356 |
| December 9, 2018 | 24,498 | 2.8 days | 549,736 |
| May 17, 2025 | 20,155 | 5 hours | 84,607 |
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.