Power Outages in Dinwiddie County, VA
Southside Electric Coop, Inc and Virginia Electric & Power Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Prince George Electric Coop. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.4 hours.
Dinwiddie County, VA is served by 3 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Dinwiddie County, VA". https://massoutage.com/virginia/dinwiddie-county
Southside Electric Coop, Inc and Virginia Electric & Power Co publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for Prince George Electric Coop: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~20,094 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Prince George Electric Coop. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Southside Electric Coop, Inc, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prince George Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Dinwiddie 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23803 | 437 | 23 | 302 | ≤11 |
| 23841 | 51 | ≤11 | 37 | ≤11 |
| 23885 | 37 | ≤11 | 30 | ≤11 |
| 23872 | 37 | ≤11 | 25 | ≤11 |
| 23833 | 27 | 0 | 20 | ≤11 |
| 23840 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 23830 | 20 | ≤11 | 15 | 0 |
| 23894 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 23850 | ≤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 Dinwiddie County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Dinwiddie County right now.
Dinwiddie County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Tornado Watch on October 11, 2026.
- Tornado Watch ×2
Latest Dinwiddie County, VA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 56m
- GREW
Outage grew to 844 customers out (6.2% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 185 customers out (1.4% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Dinwiddie County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Dinwiddie County went about 7.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 12,472 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 7.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 12,472 customers out) · decade average 21.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 267 | 7,950 | 4.3 |
| 2016 | 483 | 4,240 | 8.2 |
| 2017 | 482 | 5,070 | 5.9 |
| 2018 | 510 | 11,908 | 38.2 |
| 2019 | 545 | 4,054 | 7.6 |
| 2020 | 521 | 4,511 | 8.9 |
| 2021 | 571 | 12,472 | 129.6 |
| 2022 | 622 | 8,375 | 11.8 |
| 2023 | 573 | 2,637 | 7.6 |
| 2024 | 577 | 7,123 | 7.0 |
| 2025 | 525 | 3,117 | 7.4 |
Cost of power in Dinwiddie County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Dinwiddie 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
- Prince George Electric Coop13.5¢10,917 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 · 21.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Dinwiddie County: FAQ
- How often does Dinwiddie County, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Dinwiddie County, VA logged 525 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Dinwiddie County, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 12,472 customers without power, beginning February 13, 2021 and lasting about 13d 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Dinwiddie County, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Dinwiddie County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Dinwiddie County, VA?
- Tracked electric providers include Southside Electric Coop, Inc, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Dinwiddie County.
23803, 23830, 23833, 23840, 23841, 23850, 23872, 23885, 23894
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Electric Coop, Inc | 35.4 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Prince George Electric Coop | 6.4 hrs | No live feed | - |
| 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/51053 and /api/v1/counties/51053/history.