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Duke Energy outages spotlight scale of grid upgrades underway in North Carolina
A small Duke Energy outage highlights massive grid investments underway, including self-healing technology and a proposed $1.
Power outages affecting around 305 Duke Energy customers in North Carolina on December 19, 2025, have drawn attention to the utility’s broader infrastructure challenges and investment plans. The disruption comes as Duke Energy accelerates grid reliability upgrades to support rising demand and extreme weather risks. In November, the company sought approval for a $1.7 billion rate increase to fund grid hardening and capacity expansion. Over the past five years, Duke has replaced more than 116,000 distribution poles and trimmed 43,500 miles of vegetation.