Electric Outages
Power Outage
Report a Power Outage at 704-282-4600 or 704-282-5766.
We understand how inconvenient it is to be without electricity. That's why we want to make it easy for you to report your power outage and also to check the status of our restoration effort. Simply call 704-282-4600 or 704-282-5766, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Whenever your power is interrupted, the City of Monroe's electric crews immediately implement a power restoration plan. When damage to the electrical system is severe and widespread, we cannot respond to every outage at once; therefore, our efforts must be prioritized.
Efforts to restore power to emergency and medical facilities are clearly essential to the health and safety of the public. Our first priority is to restore power to emergency and public service facilities (water treatment and pumping stations). Our second priority is to restore the largest number of customers in the shortest period of time, beginning with the transmission lines, distribution substations, and main distribution feeders and ending with individual customers' service hook-ups. Work usually proceeds in several of these areas at a time.
The City of Monroe's Electric Division strives to provide consistent, uninterrupted electric service 365 days a year, but sometimes unexpected conditions will cause our customers to lose power temporarily. Please be assured that the electric crews will work diligently to get the power back on for you.
Street Light Outage
For questions relating to street lighting please refer to our FAQs.