Official EIA-861 State Grid Summary
North Carolina Power Outage Risk, Electric Utilities & Generator Sizing
North Carolina households average 24.0 hrs/yr (1441 minutes/year) of total blackout duration across 1.81 outages/year (Reliability Grade F — Severe Outage Risk), with an average residential electricity rate of 14.13 ¢/kWh.
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Electric Utilities Operating in North Carolina (EIA Form 861)
| Utility Name | Ownership | Customers | Outages/Yr | Annual Outage Time | Avg Restoration | Residential Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (#5416) | Investor-Owned | 1,919,372 | 1.96x/yr | 1626 min (27.1h) | 832 min | 13.94 ¢/kWh |
| Duke Energy Progress - (NC) (#3046) | Investor-Owned | 1,356,079 | 1.69x/yr | 1803 min (30.1h) | 1068 min | 15.54 ¢/kWh |
| EnergyUnited Elec Member Corp (#21632) | Cooperative | 121,995 | 2.13x/yr | 424 min (7.1h) | 199 min | 11.54 ¢/kWh |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co (#19876) | Investor-Owned | 108,656 | 1.24x/yr | 167 min (2.8h) | 135 min | 13.93 ¢/kWh |
| Brunswick Electric Member Corp (#24889) | Cooperative | 105,562 | 0.85x/yr | 44 min (0.7h) | 52 min | 13.66 ¢/kWh |
| Union Electric Membership Corp - (NC) (#19435) | Cooperative | 84,602 | 1.43x/yr | 357 min (6.0h) | 250 min | 13.37 ¢/kWh |
| Jones-Onslow Elec Member Corp (#9837) | Cooperative | 79,690 | 1.05x/yr | 125 min (2.1h) | 119 min | 13.09 ¢/kWh |
| Fayetteville Public Works Commission (#6235) | Municipal | 75,987 | 1.76x/yr | 129 min (2.2h) | 73 min | 12.21 ¢/kWh |
| Blue Ridge Elec Member Corp - (NC) (#1889) | Cooperative | 71,926 | 3.32x/yr | 6038 min (100.6h) | 1819 min | 14.59 ¢/kWh |
| Rutherford Elec Member Corp (#16496) | Cooperative | 70,743 | 2.48x/yr | 5532 min (92.2h) | 2228 min | 13.13 ¢/kWh |
| Greenville Utilities Comm (#7639) | Municipal | 65,731 | 0.46x/yr | 33 min (0.6h) | 72 min | 11.97 ¢/kWh |
| Lumbee River Elec Member Corp (#11291) | Cooperative | 64,396 | 1.84x/yr | 283 min (4.7h) | 154 min | 12.81 ¢/kWh |
| Wake Electric Membership Corp (#19981) | Cooperative | 53,268 | 1.90x/yr | 166 min (2.8h) | 87 min | 13.42 ¢/kWh |
| South River Elec Member Corp (#17572) | Cooperative | 45,730 | 1.00x/yr | 95 min (1.6h) | 100 min | 13.30 ¢/kWh |
| Carteret-Craven El Member Corp (#3107) | Cooperative | 38,858 | 1.26x/yr | 104 min (1.7h) | 83 min | 12.15 ¢/kWh |
| Town of High Point (#8571) | Municipal | 38,079 | 0.83x/yr | 79 min (1.3h) | 94 min | 11.63 ¢/kWh |
| French Broad Elec Member Corp (#6784) | Cooperative | 36,147 | 2.79x/yr | 68 min (1.1h) | 24 min | 14.78 ¢/kWh |
| City of Wilson - (NC) (#20785) | Municipal | 32,078 | 1.07x/yr | 123 min (2.1h) | 115 min | 12.13 ¢/kWh |
| Randolph Electric Member Corp (#15671) | Cooperative | 31,086 | 2.08x/yr | 224 min (3.7h) | 108 min | 15.91 ¢/kWh |
| Four County Elec Member Corp (#6640) | Cooperative | 30,807 | 1.23x/yr | 77 min (1.3h) | 63 min | 13.98 ¢/kWh |
| Piedmont Electric Member Corp (#15023) | Cooperative | 30,334 | 2.20x/yr | 398 min (6.6h) | 181 min | 15.60 ¢/kWh |
| City of Concord - (NC) (#4150) | Municipal | 29,857 | 1.91x/yr | 172 min (2.9h) | 90 min | 11.84 ¢/kWh |
| Town of Apex- (NC) (#719) | Municipal | 29,289 | 0.74x/yr | 116 min (1.9h) | 156 min | 10.52 ¢/kWh |
| Haywood Electric Member Corp (#8333) | Cooperative | 29,078 | 6.66x/yr | 9612 min (160.2h) | 1442 min | 16.60 ¢/kWh |
| Surry-Yadkin Elec Member Corp (#18339) | Cooperative | 28,080 | 3.06x/yr | 1432 min (23.9h) | 468 min | 16.06 ¢/kWh |
| City of Gastonia - (NC) (#7027) | Municipal | 27,008 | 3.39x/yr | 1378 min (23.0h) | 406 min | 12.40 ¢/kWh |
| City of Rocky Mount - (NC) (#16226) | Municipal | 25,407 | 1.52x/yr | 87 min (1.4h) | 57 min | 12.18 ¢/kWh |
| Tri-County Elec Member Corp (NC) (#18957) | Cooperative | 22,523 | 1.05x/yr | 112 min (1.9h) | 106 min | 12.76 ¢/kWh |
| Central Electric Membership Corp. - (NC) (#3250) | Cooperative | 22,071 | 1.00x/yr | 442 min (7.4h) | 100 min | 14.34 ¢/kWh |
| Tideland Electric Member Corp (#19108) | Cooperative | 21,551 | 2.54x/yr | 268 min (4.5h) | 105 min | 16.18 ¢/kWh |
| City of New Bern - (NC) (#13416) | Municipal | 21,226 | 1.19x/yr | 144 min (2.4h) | 121 min | 12.65 ¢/kWh |
| Pee Dee Electric Member Corp (#14717) | Cooperative | 19,396 | 3.65x/yr | 532 min (8.9h) | 146 min | 14.77 ¢/kWh |
| City of Lexington - (NC) (#10966) | Municipal | 18,053 | 2.25x/yr | 267 min (4.4h) | 118 min | 11.75 ¢/kWh |
| Blue Ridge Mountain EMC - (GA) (#1891) | Cooperative | 15,879 | 4.79x/yr | 588 min (9.8h) | 123 min | 14.05 ¢/kWh |
| Mountain Electric Coop, Inc (#13027) | Cooperative | 15,491 | 2.91x/yr | 166 min (2.8h) | 57 min | 12.51 ¢/kWh |