Power outages in Franklin County, NC
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Franklin County yet. Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Wake Electric Membership Corp and Town of Louisburg - (NC) serve this county.
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No live outage data for Franklin 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.Outage map
Outage history in Franklin County
2014–2025 recordFranklin County averaged 44 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 42. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 14 hours, starting June 25, 2025.
The largest on record began February 6, 2020, with 15,099 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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| February 6, 2020 | 15,099 | 2.2 days | 234,984 |
| August 8, 2023 | 12,839 | 22 hours | 123,119 |
| October 8, 2016 | 10,889 | 4.1 days | 388,556 |
| June 17, 2022 | 6,238 | 25 hours | 94,408 |
| October 11, 2018 | 6,213 | 3 days | 230,595 |
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 Franklin County
Utilities
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC) no live feed
- Wake Electric Membership Corp no live feed
- Town of Louisburg - (NC) no live feed
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