Power restored to 3,000 people in Clayton after issue with underground lines

According to Duke Energy, the outage was caused by "an issue" affecting one of its underground powerlines.

Posted 5/18/2026, 3:19:39 AM Updated 5/18/2026, 8:37:11 AM

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Power restored to 3,000 people in Clayton after issue with underground lines

By Joseph Ochoa, WRAL multiplatform producer

Power has been restored to thousands of people in Clayton.

According to Duke Energy, the Sunday night outage was caused by "an issue" affecting one of its underground powerlines. Duke Energy said the outage affected about 3,000 customers.