Power Outages in Fairfax city, VA
As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Virginia Electric & Power Co in Fairfax city, VA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.6 hours.
Fairfax city, VA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/virginia/fairfax-city
- As of
- October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Fairfax city, VA", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC. https://massoutage.com/virginia/fairfax-city
No active outages are reported by Virginia Electric & Power Co in Fairfax city.
8.6%of this county's ~142,597 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 12,284 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - |
Virginia Electric & Power Co reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Fairfax citywho 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.
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 Fairfax city or any town and utility in it.
- Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Fairfax city has been under 11 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 19, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Frost Advisory ×1
Latest Fairfax city, VA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 30m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 209 customers out (1.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Fairfax city
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Fairfax city went about 3.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 12,701 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 3.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 12,701 customers out) · decade average 41.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 187 | 3,550 | 2.4 |
| 2016 | 231 | 2,268 | 2.3 |
| 2017 | 237 | 7,379 | 7.6 |
| 2018 | 394 | 12,701 | 178.8 |
| 2019 | 511 | 12,701 | 150.0 |
| 2020 | 460 | 12,701 | 100.1 |
| 2021 | 213 | 1,717 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 246 | 2,193 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 223 | 4,799 | 2.8 |
| 2024 | 267 | 3,513 | 4.1 |
| 2025 | 238 | 4,202 | 3.6 |
Cost of power in Fairfax city
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Fairfax city, 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 · 41.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Fairfax city: FAQ
- How often does Fairfax city, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Fairfax city, VA logged 238 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Fairfax city, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 12,701 customers without power, beginning November 1, 2020 and lasting about 1d 20h.
- Is there a power outage in Fairfax city, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Fairfax city, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Fairfax city, VA?
- Tracked electric providers include Virginia Electric & Power Co.
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 · county |
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/51600 and /api/v1/counties/51600/history.