Power outages in Mitchell County, NC
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Mitchell County yet. Duke Energy Progress - (NC), Rutherford Elec Member Corp and French Broad Elec Member Corp serve this county.
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No live outage data for Mitchell 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 Mitchell County
2014–2025 recordMitchell County averaged 51 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 56. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 2 days, starting February 12, 2025.
The largest on record began September 30, 2024, with 11,504 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 30, 2024 | 11,504 | 28 days | 2,803,106 |
| September 26, 2024 | 10,280 | 3.8 days | 609,709 |
| August 7, 2020 | 8,379 | 17 hours | 19,538 |
| April 1, 2023 | 8,043 | 29 hours | 58,118 |
| September 3, 2021 | 5,486 | 4.5 hours | 9,608 |
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 Mitchell County
Utilities
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC) no live feed
- Rutherford Elec Member Corp no live feed
- French Broad Elec Member Corp no live feed
- All North Carolina outages