Power outages in Matthews, NC
Live outages for Matthews and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Matthews has 32,769 residents.
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MatthewsMecklenburg County
Outage history in Mecklenburg County, which includes Matthews
2014–2025 recordMecklenburg County averaged 235.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 211. Half were over within 3.5 hours; the longest lasted 2.1 days, starting June 12, 2025.
The largest on record began September 26, 2024, with 116,836 customers out at once.
235.7significant 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.4.4 dayslongest on record (July 2016)
116,836most 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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| September 26, 2024 | 116,836 | 4.4 days | 2,883,410 |
| December 23, 2022 | 105,751 | 2.6 days | 820,802 |
| May 8, 2024 | 75,384 | 2.9 days | 1,005,798 |
| May 22, 2020 | 64,686 | 2.3 days | 844,370 |
| December 9, 2018 | 55,999 | 3.4 days | 1,039,950 |
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.