Power Outages in Charles City County, VA
Virginia Electric & Power Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 31.8 hours.
Charles City County, VA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/virginia/charles-city-county
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Charles City County, VA". https://massoutage.com/virginia/charles-city-county
Virginia Electric & Power Co publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~4,175 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Virginia Electric & Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Charles City 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 (1)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23030 | 76 | 0 | 60 | 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 Charles City County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Charles City County right now.
Charles City County has been under 26 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Tornado Watch on October 11, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Warning ×19
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×4
- Coastal Flood Watch ×2
- Tornado Watch ×1
Latest Charles City County, VA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 296 customers out (7.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 49m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 311 customers out (7.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Charles City County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Charles City County went about 31.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,516 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 31.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 2,516 customers out) · decade average 27.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 177 | 2,516 | 7.2 |
| 2016 | 239 | 2,516 | 17.5 |
| 2017 | 194 | 2,516 | 18.2 |
| 2018 | 232 | 2,516 | 101.8 |
| 2019 | 222 | 2,516 | 24.5 |
| 2020 | 211 | 2,046 | 24.3 |
| 2021 | 223 | 2,131 | 32.7 |
| 2022 | 215 | 2,516 | 13.7 |
| 2023 | 213 | 2,516 | 7.3 |
| 2024 | 281 | 2,516 | 19.6 |
| 2025 | 268 | 2,516 | 31.8 |
Cost of power in Charles City County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Charles City 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
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 · 27.1 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 Charles City County: FAQ
- How often does Charles City County, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Charles City County, VA logged 268 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 31.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Charles City County, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,516 customers without power, beginning September 12, 2023 and lasting about 1d.
- Is there a power outage in Charles City County, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Charles City County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Charles City County, VA?
- Tracked electric providers include Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Charles City County.
23030, 23147
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | - | Live · total only |
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/51036 and /api/v1/counties/51036/history.