Power Outages in Caroline County, VA
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Rappahannock Electric Coop and Virginia Electric & Power Co in Caroline County, VA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.3 hours.
Caroline County, VA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/virginia/caroline-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Caroline County, VA", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/virginia/caroline-county
No active outages are reported by Rappahannock Electric Coop and Virginia Electric & Power Co in Caroline County.
54%of this county's ~29,572 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rappahannock Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 14,461 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 1,520 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - |
Rappahannock Electric Coop and Virginia Electric & Power Co reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Municipalities in Caroline County
Town-by-town counts as reported by Rappahannock Electric Coop, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .
| Town | Utility | Out | Served | % out | Utility ETR | Small outages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No outages reported in any town by Rappahannock Electric Coop. | ||||||
Show 3 towns with no outages
| CAROLINE | Rappahannock Electric Coop | 0 | 14,386 | 0.0% | - | - |
| TOWN OF BOWLING GREEN | Rappahannock Electric Coop | 0 | 38 | 0.0% | - | - |
| TOWN OF PORT ROYAL | Rappahannock Electric Coop | 0 | 37 | 0.0% | - | - |
Active outages in Caroline County0
No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Caroline 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 (6)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22546 | 156 | ≤11 | 103 | ≤11 |
| 22580 | 71 | ≤11 | 55 | ≤11 |
| 22427 | 49 | ≤11 | 35 | 0 |
| 22514 | 33 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 22538 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 22535 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Caroline County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Caroline County right now.
Caroline 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 Caroline County, VA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 35m
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,044 customers out (6.5% of the county)
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 24, 2026
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 554 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,044 customers out (6.5% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 382 customers out (2.4% of the county)
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Caroline County went about 3.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,612 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 3.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 6,022 customers out) · decade average 6.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 507 | 3,597 | 4.2 |
| 2016 | 465 | 5,900 | 7.2 |
| 2017 | 515 | 5,080 | 6.0 |
| 2018 | 533 | 5,653 | 14.2 |
| 2019 | 501 | 10,612 | 5.6 |
| 2020 | 522 | 2,433 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 493 | 3,917 | 8.4 |
| 2022 | 568 | 6,022 | 19.3 |
| 2023 | 557 | 1,361 | 2.0 |
| 2024 | 560 | 1,390 | 2.9 |
| 2025 | 605 | 1,676 | 3.3 |
Cost of power in Caroline County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Caroline 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
- Rappahannock Electric Coop15.5¢172,883 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 Low hurricanes exposure · 6.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Caroline County: FAQ
- How often does Caroline County, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Caroline County, VA logged 605 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Caroline County, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,612 customers without power, beginning April 18, 2019 and lasting about 2h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Caroline County, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Caroline County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Caroline County, VA?
- Tracked electric providers include Rappahannock Electric Coop, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Caroline County.
22427, 22514, 22535, 22538, 22546, 22580
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rappahannock Electric Coop | 7.1 hrs | Live · county | |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | - | Live · county |
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/51033 and /api/v1/counties/51033/history.