Power outages in Wayne County, NC

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Wayne County yet. Duke Energy Progress - (NC), City of Wilson - (NC) and Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC) serve this county.

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Duke Energy Progress - (NC)no live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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City of Wilson - (NC)no live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC)no live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Town of Fremont - (NC)no live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Pitt & Greene Elec Member Corpno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Wayne County

2014–2025 record

Wayne 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 55. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 15 hours, starting June 25, 2025.

The largest on record began October 8, 2016, with 27,873 customers out at once.

51significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
9.8 dayslongest on record (October 2019)
27,873most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
October 8, 201627,8738.3 days1,470,285
December 24, 202219,92713 hours91,464
September 13, 201819,5465 days930,356
May 6, 20198,4481.5 hours8,588
May 10, 20167,94730 minutes3,974

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom 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.