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Power Outages in Appomattox County, VA

Appalachian Power Co, Central Virginia Electric Coop, Southside Electric Coop, Inc and Virginia Electric & Power Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 40.0 hours.

Appomattox County, VA is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Appalachian Power Co, Central Virginia Electric Coop, Southside Electric Coop, Inc and Virginia Electric & Power Co publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Appomattox County

0.0%of this county's ~9,552 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Appalachian Power Co, Central Virginia Electric Coop, Southside Electric Coop, Inc, Virginia Electric & Power Co.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Appalachian Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Central Virginia Electric CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
Southside Electric Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Virginia Electric & Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Appomattox 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.

Power-dependent
239
Oxygen service
74
Dialysis (facility)
43
Home health / hospice
80
By ZIP code (3)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
24522147≤11118≤11
2395842≤11310
24593240220

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Appomattox County, VA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Appomattox County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Appomattox County

Appomattox County has been under 1 National Weather Service alert recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on September 17, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Appomattox County, VA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 5m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 162 customers out (1.8% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 7h 56m

  4. GREW

    Outage grew to 397 customers out (4.3% of the county)

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 70 customers out

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 397 customers out (5.9% of the county)

Outage trend · Appomattox County, VA
0customers out · peak 1
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Appomattox County, VA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 1 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Appomattox County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Appomattox County went about 40.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,274 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

The US EIA reports Virginia utilities averaged 14.6 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 40.0 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Appomattox County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.6h, 2016 18.0h, 2017 4.9h, 2018 31.3h, 2019 5.4h, 2020 3.9h, 2021 34.6h, 2022 18.7h, 2023 6.4h, 2024 5.2h, 2025 40.0h. Highlighted: 2025.02040601.6h201518.0h20164.9h201731.3h20185.4h20193.9h202034.6h202118.7h20226.4h20235.2h202440.0h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 6,274 customers out) · decade average 15.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151391,0741.6
20162315,49318.0
20173251,1744.9
20183595,19331.3
20192932,9115.4
20203112,0853.9
20212983,66034.6
20223523,54418.7
20233712,8076.4
20243591,4175.2
20253756,27440.0

Cost of power in Appomattox County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Appomattox 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.

15.7¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 24% since 2015
vs Virginia avg 17.6¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
February 12, 20256,2745d 16h
February 24, 20165,4931d 13h
October 11, 20185,1936d 3h
February 13, 20213,6608d 9h
June 22, 20223,5441d 2h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 15.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneRelatively Low
TornadoVery Low
Ice stormVery Low
Strong windRelatively Low
WildfireVery Low
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Power outages in Appomattox County: FAQ

How often does Appomattox County, VA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Appomattox County, VA logged 375 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 40.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Appomattox County, VA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,274 customers without power, beginning February 12, 2025 and lasting about 5d 16h.
Is there a power outage in Appomattox County, VA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Appomattox County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Appomattox County, VA?
Tracked electric providers include Central Virginia Electric Coop, Southside Electric Coop, Inc.
Nearby counties
Amherst CountyBuckingham CountyCampbell CountyCharlotte County
ZIP codes in Appomattox County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Appomattox County.

23958, 24522, 24593

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Appalachian Power Co18.0 hrsLive · total only
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Southside Electric Coop, Inc35.4 hrsLive · total only-
Central Virginia Electric Coop13.3 hrsLive · total only-
Virginia Electric & Power Co-Live · total only
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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 Virginia customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/51011 and /api/v1/counties/51011/history.