Power outages in Yancey County, NC

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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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French Broad 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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Outage history in Yancey County

2014–2025 record

Yancey County averaged 35.3 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 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 35 hours, starting February 12, 2025.

The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 14,335 customers out at once.

35.3significant 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.
34 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
14,335most 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.
September 27, 202414,33534 days4,384,236
August 7, 20207,88919 hours33,717
April 1, 20234,36924 hours27,294
September 25, 20192,1062 hours1,107
March 25, 20231,6112 hours1,437

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.