Duke: More than 10,000 NC customers without power

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke Energy says more than 10,000 customers are still without electric service in the North Carolina mountains.

The company reported on its Web site early Monday that nearly 10,300 customers were without power following last week’s snow and ice storms.

Almost all of the outages were in Jackson, Macon and Swain counties. 

Progress Energy reported most service has been restored to its customers. More than 55,000 customers in North Carolina and South Carolina lost service during the snow and ice.
     
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