WRAL Investigates
WRAL Investigates what happened during December 2022 power outages in North Carolina
On Dec. 3, 2022, someone shot up two substations in Moore County, cutting power to about 45,000 homes and businesses for days. Three weeks later, on Christmas Eve, the temperatures dipped to around 10 degrees. With concerns about demand out pacing generation, Duke instituted rolling blackouts, leaving more than 500,000 customers in the cold
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On Dec. 3, 2022, someone shot up two substations in Moore County, cutting power to about 45,000 homes and businesses for days. Three weeks later, on Christmas Eve, the temperatures dipped to around 10 degrees. With concerns about demand out pacing generation, Duke instituted rolling blackouts, leaving more than 500,000 customers in the cold
Web Editor : Mark BerginReporter : Cullen Browder
Photographer : Jamie Munden
Producer : Randall Kerr
Producer : Ashley Talley
Posted 2023-02-09T19:07:47-0500 - Updated 2023-02-09T19:07:47-0500
