Power Outages in Essex County, VA
Rappahannock Electric Coop and Virginia Electric & Power Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.0 hours.
Essex County, VA is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
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- https://massoutage.com/virginia/essex-county
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Essex County, VA". https://massoutage.com/virginia/essex-county
Rappahannock Electric Coop and Virginia Electric & Power Co publish no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~10,450 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Rappahannock Electric Coop, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rappahannock Electric Coop | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Essex 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22560 | 83 | ≤11 | 52 | ≤11 |
| 22454 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 22436 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 22504 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 22476 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 22438 | ≤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 Essex County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Essex County right now.
Essex County has been under 34 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Coastal Flood Advisory on October 11, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Warning ×21
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×12
- Coastal Flood Watch ×1
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 5,226 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 8.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 5,226 customers out) · decade average 10.3 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 | 5,226 | 9.9 |
| 2018 | 312 | 5,226 | 40.2 |
| 2019 | 331 | 2,463 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 279 | 5,226 | 7.3 |
| 2021 | 254 | 2,689 | 8.0 |
| 2022 | 304 | 2,501 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | 328 | 2,079 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 352 | 5,226 | 7.5 |
| 2025 | 383 | 3,090 | 8.0 |
Cost of power in Essex County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Essex 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 · 10.3 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 5,226 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 Rappahannock Electric Coop, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rappahannock Electric Coop | 7.1 hrs | Live · total only | |
| 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/51057 and /api/v1/counties/51057/history.