Power Outages in Essex County, VA
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Essex County, VA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.0 hours.
Essex County, VA is served by 1 tracked utility.
No active power outages are currently reported in Essex County.
No active NWS alerts for Essex County right now.
Essex County has been under 92 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on August 28, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×31
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×18
- Special Weather Statement ×16
- Flood Watch ×8
- Coastal Flood Statement ×7
- Flood Advisory ×4
Latest Essex County, VA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 25m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 278 customers out (5.3% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Essex County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Essex County went about 8.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,819 customers.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 6,717 customers out) · decade average 10.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 296 | 4,102 | 4.6 |
| 2016 | 311 | 2,444 | 11.4 |
| 2017 | 279 | 6,819 | 10.1 |
| 2018 | 312 | 6,717 | 41.2 |
| 2019 | 331 | 2,463 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 279 | 6,633 | 7.5 |
| 2021 | 254 | 2,689 | 8.0 |
| 2022 | 304 | 2,501 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | 328 | 2,079 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 352 | 6,694 | 7.6 |
| 2025 | 383 | 3,090 | 8.0 |
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 10.5 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 Essex County: FAQ
- How often does Essex County, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Essex County, VA logged 383 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Essex County, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,819 customers without power, beginning June 13, 2017 and lasting about 7h.
- Is there a power outage in Essex County, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Essex County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Essex County, VA?
- Tracked electric providers include Dominion Energy.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Essex County.
22436, 22438, 22454, 22476, 22504, 22509, 22560
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Energy | — | ODIN ✓ |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/51057 and /api/v1/counties/51057/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Virginia customers).