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Power Outages in Charlotte County, VA

Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, 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 48.1 hours.

Charlotte County, VA is served by 3 tracked utilities.

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

Live status by utility · Charlotte County

0.0%of this county's ~9,892 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

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

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Mecklenburg Electric CooperativeLive · 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 Charlotte 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
244
Oxygen service
111
Dialysis (facility)
88
Home health / hospice
132
By ZIP code (9)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
23923430350
2393732≤1124≤11
23964160≤11≤11
2396714≤11120
23959120≤110
23976≤110≤110
23963≤110≤110
23962≤110≤110
23934≤110≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Charlotte County, VA

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Charlotte County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Charlotte County

Charlotte County has been under 1 National Weather Service alert recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on September 18, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Charlotte County, VA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 54m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 283 customers out (3.9% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 35m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 208 customers out (4.0% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 35m

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 197 customers out (3.8% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 41m

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 198 customers out (3.8% of the county)

Outage trend · Charlotte County, VA
0customers out · peak 1
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte County went about 48.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,148 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 48.1 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Charlotte County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 5.9h, 2016 22.6h, 2017 25.8h, 2018 121.4h, 2019 17.9h, 2020 10.4h, 2021 175.2h, 2022 12.9h, 2023 6.2h, 2024 8.0h, 2025 48.1h. Highlighted: 2021.0501001502005.9h201522.6h201625.8h2017121.4h201817.9h201910.4h2020175.2h202112.9h20226.2h20238.0h202448.1h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 5,148 customers out) · decade average 41.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151952,8465.9
20163923,42722.6
20173734,39025.8
20184365,148121.4
20194193,34517.9
20204151,43910.4
20214415,148175.2
20224301,23212.9
20233909766.2
20243771,4028.0
20254203,58448.1

Cost of power in Charlotte County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Charlotte 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.

15.2¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 17% 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
October 11, 20185,1486d 13h
February 13, 20215,14813d 14h
December 8, 20174,3902d 23h
December 9, 20183,6312d 5h
February 12, 20253,5846d 2h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 41.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneRelatively Low
TornadoVery Low
Ice stormVery Low
Strong windRelatively Low
WildfireVery Low

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Charlotte County: FAQ

How often does Charlotte County, VA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Charlotte County, VA logged 420 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 48.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Charlotte County, VA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,148 customers without power, beginning October 11, 2018 and lasting about 6d 13h.
Is there a power outage in Charlotte County, VA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Charlotte County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Charlotte County, VA?
Tracked electric providers include Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, Southside Electric Coop, Inc, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Nearby counties
Appomattox CountyCampbell CountyHalifax CountyLunenburg County
ZIP codes in Charlotte County

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

23923, 23937, 23959, 23962, 23963, 23964, 23967, 23976

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Southside Electric Coop, Inc35.4 hrsLive · total only-
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative12.0 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/51037 and /api/v1/counties/51037/history.