Power outages in Buncombe County, NC
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Buncombe County yet. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Progress - (NC) and French Broad Elec Member Corp serve this county.
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No live outage data for Buncombe County yet.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in Buncombe County
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.
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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.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| 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.
Cities in Buncombe County
Utilities
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC no live feed
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC) no live feed
- French Broad Elec Member Corp no live feed
- Haywood Electric Member Corp no live feed
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