Power outages in Elm City, NC
Live outages for Elm City and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Elm City has 1,250 residents.
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Elm CityWilson County
Outage history in Wilson County, which includes Elm City
2014–2025 recordWilson County averaged 27 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 17. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 5 hours, starting May 11, 2025.
The largest on record began May 20, 2022, with 14,278 customers out at once.
27significant 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.1 hourtypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.2.8 dayslongest on record (January 2016)
14,278most 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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| May 20, 2022 | 14,278 | 7.5 hours | 72,216 |
| October 30, 2020 | 13,355 | 7.5 hours | 17,986 |
| December 23, 2022 | 12,516 | 10 hours | 12,674 |
| October 1, 2020 | 9,155 | 30 minutes | 4,578 |
| October 24, 2019 | 8,715 | 1.5 hours | 9,348 |
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.