Power Outages in Brunswick County, VA
Is there a power outage in Brunswick County, VA right now? No. As of October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC, no outages are reported by Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, Virginia Electric & Power Co and Southside Electric Coop, Inc in Brunswick County, VA.
Brunswick County, VA is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.6 hours.
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- October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Brunswick County, VA", live data as of October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC. https://massoutage.com/virginia/brunswick-county
No active outages are reported by Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, Virginia Electric & Power Co and Southside Electric Coop, Inc in Brunswick County.
Report an outage in Brunswick County, VA
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Southside Electric Coop, Inc and Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
65%of this county's ~14,358 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative | Live · county | 0 | 3,726 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 3,182 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Southside Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 2,381 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, Virginia Electric & Power Co and Southside Electric Coop, Inc 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 Brunswick 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 (12)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23868 | 73 | ≤11 | 44 | ≤11 |
| 23920 | 50 | ≤11 | 34 | ≤11 |
| 23821 | 26 | ≤11 | 19 | ≤11 |
| 23856 | 16 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 23889 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 23845 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 23938 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 23893 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 23887 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 23876 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 23857 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 23843 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
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 Brunswick County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Brunswick County right now.
Brunswick County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Tornado Watch on October 11, 2026.
- Tornado Watch ×2
Latest Brunswick County, VA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 11m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 108 customers out (1.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 16m
- GREW
Outage grew to 390 customers out (4.2% of the county)
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 82 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 390 customers out (4.2% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 6h 19m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 445 customers out (4.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Brunswick County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Brunswick County went about 8.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,778 customers.
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 8.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 7,778 customers out) · decade average 19.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 224 | 2,014 | 5.3 |
| 2016 | 376 | 4,054 | 9.6 |
| 2017 | 408 | 3,768 | 6.4 |
| 2018 | 403 | 6,933 | 43.5 |
| 2019 | 411 | 1,470 | 5.4 |
| 2020 | 407 | 1,553 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 467 | 7,778 | 107.8 |
| 2022 | 443 | 2,210 | 9.0 |
| 2023 | 482 | 1,543 | 6.5 |
| 2024 | 438 | 1,070 | 6.1 |
| 2025 | 408 | 2,218 | 8.6 |
Cost of power in Brunswick County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Brunswick 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 Co15.2¢2,408,901 cust
- Southside Electric Coop, Inc15.5¢57,305 cust
- Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative14.3¢30,077 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 19.4 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 Brunswick County: FAQ
- How often does Brunswick County, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Brunswick County, VA logged 408 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Brunswick County, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,778 customers without power, beginning February 13, 2021 and lasting about 13d 14h.
- Is there a power outage in Brunswick County, VA right now?
- No. As of October 20, 2026 03:35 UTC, no outages are reported by Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, Virginia Electric & Power Co and Southside Electric Coop, Inc in Brunswick County, VA.
- Which utilities serve Brunswick County, VA?
- Tracked electric providers include Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, Southside Electric Coop, Inc, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Brunswick County.
23821, 23843, 23845, 23856, 23857, 23868, 23876, 23887, 23889, 23893, 23920, 23938
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Brunswick County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Virginia →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Electric Coop, Inc | 35.4 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative | 12.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | - | Live · county | ☎ 866-366-4357Report online ↗Outage map ↗ |
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/51025 and /api/v1/counties/51025/history.