Power outages in Chapel Hill, NC
Live outages for Chapel Hill and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Chapel Hill has 63,565 residents.
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Chapel HillOrange County
Outage history in Orange County, which includes Chapel Hill
2014–2025 recordOrange County averaged 89 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 80. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 33 hours, starting July 6, 2025.
The largest on record began October 11, 2018, with 29,013 customers out at once.
89significant 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.3.4 dayslongest on record (October 2018)
29,013most 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 11, 2018 | 29,013 | 3.4 days | 906,136 |
| July 6, 2025 | 23,235 | 33 hours | 307,564 |
| September 30, 2022 | 16,403 | 2.6 days | 427,171 |
| February 26, 2015 | 14,879 | 1.6 days | 203,939 |
| August 15, 2023 | 14,804 | 29 hours | 169,591 |
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.