Power outages in Chatham County, NC

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Chatham County yet. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Progress - (NC) and Piedmont Electric Member Corp serve this county.

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Duke Energy Carolinas, LLCno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Duke Energy Progress - (NC)no live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Piedmont Electric Member Corpno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Randolph Electric Member Corpno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC)no live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Outage history in Chatham County

2014–2025 record

Chatham County averaged 111.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 128. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 1.8 days, starting July 6, 2025.

The largest on record began October 11, 2018, with 17,228 customers out at once.

111.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
6.8 dayslongest on record (September 2018)
17,228most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
October 11, 201817,2284.3 days677,373
December 23, 202215,52334 hours129,336
September 30, 202215,4752.6 days255,986
February 26, 201513,3511.7 days210,602
August 8, 202412,3871.6 days63,472

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom 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.