Power Outages in Chowan County, NC
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Albemarle Electric Member Corp, Virginia Electric & Power Co and Roanoke Electric Member Corp in Chowan County, NC. There is no live feed for Town of Edenton - (NC). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.4 hours.
Chowan County, NC is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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- https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/chowan-county
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- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Chowan County, NC", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/north-carolina/chowan-county
No active outages are reported by Albemarle Electric Member Corp, Virginia Electric & Power Co and Roanoke Electric Member Corp in Chowan County.
No live feed for Town of Edenton - (NC): outages in itsservice area won't show here.
47%of this county's ~9,167 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Town of Edenton - (NC). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albemarle Electric Member Corp | Live · county | 0 | 2,451 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 1,874 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Roanoke Electric Member Corp | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |
| Town of Edenton - (NC) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Albemarle Electric Member Corp, Virginia Electric & Power Co and Roanoke Electric Member Corp reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Chowan Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (2)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27932 | 155 | ≤11 | 120 | ≤11 |
| 27980 | 29 | ≤11 | 21 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Chowan County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Chowan County right now.
Chowan County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Tornado Watch on October 11, 2026.
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
- Tornado Watch ×1
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Latest Chowan County, NC outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 23h 9m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 160 customers out (1.3% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Chowan County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Chowan County went about 0.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,308 customers.
The US EIA reports North Carolina utilities averaged 3.3 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 0.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 3,308 customers out) · decade average 1.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 48 | 979 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | 73 | 1,778 | 2.8 |
| 2017 | 75 | 1,678 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 78 | 378 | 0.2 |
| 2019 | 158 | 2,195 | 1.8 |
| 2020 | 187 | 3,308 | 6.6 |
| 2021 | 147 | 701 | 0.3 |
| 2022 | 138 | 2,327 | 0.9 |
| 2023 | 127 | 2,338 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 178 | 2,351 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 125 | 221 | 0.4 |
Cost of power in Chowan County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Chowan County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Virginia Electric & Power Co12.7¢109,057 cust
- Albemarle Electric Member Corp15.1¢12,810 cust
- Roanoke Electric Member Corp20.7¢12,045 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 1.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Chowan County: FAQ
- How often does Chowan County, NC lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Chowan County, NC logged 125 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Chowan County, NC?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,308 customers without power, beginning August 4, 2020 and lasting about 2d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Chowan County, NC right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Chowan County, NC. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Chowan County, NC?
- Tracked electric providers include Albemarle Electric Member Corp, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Chowan County.
27932, 27980
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke Electric Member Corp | 3.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | - | Live · county | |
| Albemarle Electric Member Corp | - | Live · county | - |
| Town of Edenton - (NC) | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of North Carolina customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/37041 and /api/v1/counties/37041/history.