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ZIP 28212Mecklenburg County

Outage history in Mecklenburg County, which includes 28212

2014–2025 record

Mecklenburg County averaged 235.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most North Carolina counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 211. Half were over within 3.5 hours; the longest lasted 2.1 days, starting June 12, 2025.

The largest on record began September 26, 2024, with 116,836 customers out at once.

235.7significant 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.
3 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
4.4 dayslongest on record (July 2016)
116,836most 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 26, 2024116,8364.4 days2,883,410
December 23, 2022105,7512.6 days820,802
May 8, 202475,3842.9 days1,005,798
May 22, 202064,6862.3 days844,370
December 9, 201855,9993.4 days1,039,950

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.

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