Power outages in McDowell County, NC
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving McDowell County yet. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Progress - (NC) and Rutherford Elec Member Corp serve this county.
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No live outage data for McDowell 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.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 McDowell County
2014–2025 recordMcDowell County averaged 53.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 59. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 25 hours, starting February 12, 2025.
The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 43,021 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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| September 27, 2024 | 43,021 | 20 days | 4,530,201 |
| August 17, 2021 | 14,647 | 26 hours | 60,912 |
| December 22, 2021 | 3,884 | 4 hours | 15,536 |
| February 2, 2021 | 3,872 | 30 minutes | 1,936 |
| October 14, 2015 | 3,751 | 1.5 hours | 4,290 |
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.
Utilities
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC no live feed
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC) no live feed
- Rutherford Elec Member Corp no live feed
- French Broad Elec Member Corp no live feed
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