Power outages in Franklin, NC
Live outages for Franklin and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Franklin has 4,403 residents.
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FranklinMacon County
Outage history in Macon County, which includes Franklin
2014–2025 recordMacon County averaged 111.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 123. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 1.9 days, starting March 15, 2025.
The largest on record began June 27, 2025, with 23,975 customers out at once.
111.7significant 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.3 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.14 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
23,975most 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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| June 27, 2025 | 23,975 | 7 hours | 146,738 |
| September 26, 2024 | 11,221 | 14 days | 792,748 |
| July 30, 2015 | 7,786 | 1 hour | 7,581 |
| December 8, 2017 | 7,263 | 3 days | 136,897 |
| September 11, 2017 | 7,148 | 4.2 days | 253,416 |
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.