Power outages in Watauga County, NC
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Watauga County yet. Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC), Mountain Electric Coop, Inc and New River Light & Power Co serve this county.
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No live outage data for Watauga 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 Watauga County
2014–2025 recordWatauga County averaged 29 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most North Carolina counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 38. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 2.6 days, starting February 12, 2025.
The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 25,405 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 | 25,405 | 16 days | 3,219,579 |
| July 8, 2016 | 11,689 | 2.8 days | 166,891 |
| February 5, 2021 | 6,745 | 45 minutes | 5,058 |
| December 23, 2022 | 6,029 | 17 hours | 10,606 |
| February 12, 2025 | 5,711 | 2.6 days | 102,666 |
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 Watauga County
Utilities
- Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC) no live feed
- Mountain Electric Coop, Inc no live feed
- New River Light & Power Co no live feed
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