Power outages in New Hanover County, NC
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving New Hanover County yet. Duke Energy Progress - (NC) serves this county.
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No live outage data for New Hanover County yet.
Duke Energy Progress - (NC)no live feedServes this county, per federal utility records.
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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.Outage map
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Outage history in New Hanover County
2014–2025 recordNew Hanover County averaged 144.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 122. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 9.5 hours, starting July 6, 2025.
The largest on record began September 13, 2018, with 114,738 customers out at once.
144.7significant 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.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.15 dayslongest on record (September 2018)
114,738most 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 13, 2018 | 114,738 | 15 days | 11,637,612 |
| August 3, 2020 | 92,710 | 2.2 days | 1,640,676 |
| October 8, 2016 | 47,694 | 4.6 days | 1,545,410 |
| September 5, 2019 | 24,660 | 1.8 days | 334,633 |
| August 24, 2022 | 14,821 | 8 hours | 30,519 |
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 New Hanover County
Utilities
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC) no live feed
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