As of Monday morning Duke Energy reported some 330,000 power outages – that’s down from 1 million right after Hurricane Matthew. Click below to see the latest outage MAP. http://outagemap.duke-energy.com/ncsc/default.html To report an OUTAGE. https://www.duke-energy.com/north-carolina/outages.asp https://www.duke-energy.com/north-carolina/products/lighting/request-light-repair.asp  

Duke Energy is asking its customers to cut down on electricity usage during the cold snap. Customers should focus on reducing usage until 10 a.m. Duke Energy offered the following tips reduce the potential for power outages. Duke Energy offered tips to help reduce usage: *Turn off unnecessary lights. *Postpone household chores that use of […]

Dozens of homes are destroyed by fire in New York and more than 7.6m people lose power. Sandy’s Devastation

Hurricane Sandy has prompted emergency operations, flights to be canceled and thousands to be evacuated as it threatens the East Coast. The hurricane could disrupt life in the Northeast for days. Sandy is likely to be one of those rare tropical storms that might produce snow in the Mid-Atlantic region, southwest Virginia and West Virgina. […]