Power outages in Orange County, NC
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Orange County yet. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, Duke Energy Progress - (NC) and Piedmont Electric Member Corp serve this county.
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No live outage data for Orange 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 Orange County
2014–2025 recordOrange County averaged 89 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 80. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 33 hours, starting July 6, 2025.
The largest on record began October 11, 2018, with 29,013 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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| October 11, 2018 | 29,013 | 3.4 days | 906,136 |
| July 6, 2025 | 23,235 | 33 hours | 307,564 |
| September 30, 2022 | 16,403 | 2.6 days | 427,171 |
| February 26, 2015 | 14,879 | 1.6 days | 203,939 |
| August 15, 2023 | 14,804 | 29 hours | 169,591 |
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 Orange County
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Utilities
- Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC no live feed
- Duke Energy Progress - (NC) no live feed
- Piedmont Electric Member Corp no live feed
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