CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More than 3,000 Duke Energy customers now have power again following an outage in south Charlotte Saturday afternoon, the company's outage map reported.
The outage was first reported just before noon Saturday with about 3,277 being impacted, officials said. Power was restored in the area as of 1:45 p.m., according to Duke Energy.
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WCNC Charlotte has reached out to Duke Energy officials for more information about what caused the outage.
Check back here for updates and on the WCNC Charlotte app.
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