Thousands in NC still without power Wednesday morning. Track outages across Triangle
Tens of thousands of customers remain without power Wednesday morning — with over 2,000 in Wake County and over 6,000 in Durham County — as a January storm brought rain and heavy wind across North Carolina.
N,C. Emergency Management said power outages across the state totaled more than 66,646 as of 8:30 a.m.
We’re tracking outages from power companies in the Triangle and beyond from Duke Energy and other utility groups.
Remember: Stay away from power lines that have fallen or are sagging, Duke Energy says. Consider all lines energized, as well as trees, limbs or anything in contact with lines.
Check back regularly for updates.
Duke Energy power outages from NC storm
Updated 9 a.m.: Duke Energy reported 55,747 customers still without power throughout North and South Carolina.
Specific county-level impacts in the Triangle included:
Wake: 2,132 customers without power
Durham: 6,932. customers without power
Orange: 1,746 customers without power
Chatham: 1,008 customers without power
Johnston: 1,410 customers without power
View a map of Duke Energy power outages at duke-energy.com/outages. Report outages at outagereport.duke-energy.com
Duke Energy covers power for much of central and western North Carolina, including Greensboro, Charlotte and Orange County.
Duke Energy Progress covers power for much of central and eastern North Carolina, including Raleigh and Fayetteville.
Wake Electric power outages from NC storm
Updated 9 a.m.: Wake Electric Membership Corp. shows the following outages across Triangle counties:
Johnston: 8 customers without power
Granville: 3 customers without power
View a map of Wake Electric power outages at ebill.wemc.com/maps/external/OutageWebMap. Report outages at wemc.com/report-outages.
Wake Electric Membership Corporation is an energy cooperative that serves Durham, Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Vance and Wake counties.
Piedmont Electric power outages from NC storm
Updated 8 a.m.: Piedmont Electric Membership Corp. is reporting the following outages:
Orange: 559 customers without power
Durham: 383 customers without power
Alamance: 836 customers without power
Granville: 32 customers without power
View a map of Piedmont Electric power outages at outageviewer.pemc.org:88. Report outages at pemc.coop/outage-center.
Piedmont Electric Cooperative serves customers in Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange and Person counties.
South River Electric power outages from NC storm
Updated 9 a.m. Wednesday: South River Electric Membership Corp, is reporting the following outages:
- Johnston: 0 customers without power
- Harnett: 2 customers without power
- Sampson: 0 customers without power
- Cumberland: 3 customers without power
- Bladen: 0 customers without power
View a map of South River Electric outages at outage.sremc.com. Report outages at sremc.com/form/report-an-outage.
Piedmont Electric Cooperative serves electric customers in Harnett, Cumberland, Sampson, Johnston and Bladen counties.
Apex Power outages from NC storm
Updated 9 a.m.: Apex Power is reporting 1 outage.
View a map of power outages in Apex at apexnc.org. Report outages at apexnc.org.
The town of Apex has municipal electric utilities.
This story was originally published January 9, 2024 at 2:20 PM with the headline "Thousands in NC still without power Wednesday morning. Track outages across Triangle."
