Power Outages in Falls Church city, VA
As of October 19, 2026 03:10 UTC, no outages are reported by Virginia Electric & Power Co in Falls Church city, VA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.9 hours.
Falls Church city, VA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/virginia/falls-church-city
- As of
- October 19, 2026 03:10 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Falls Church city, VA", live data as of October 19, 2026 03:10 UTC. https://massoutage.com/virginia/falls-church-city
No active outages are reported by Virginia Electric & Power Co in Falls Church city.
100%of this county's ~6,578 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 | 7,599 | 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 Falls Church 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.
By ZIP code (1)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22046 | 83 | ≤11 | 36 | ≤11 |
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 Falls Church city or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Falls Church city right now.
Falls Church city has been under 35 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on October 16, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×21
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
- Special Weather Statement ×4
- Coastal Flood Warning ×3
- Coastal Flood Watch ×1
Latest Falls Church city, VA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 50m
- GREW
Outage grew to 390 customers out (5.1% of the county)
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 92 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 384 customers out (5.1% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Falls Church city
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Falls Church city went about 4.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,829 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 4.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 5,829 customers out) · decade average 6.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 104 | 3,003 | 2.0 |
| 2016 | 121 | 561 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 142 | 1,353 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 153 | 2,798 | 11.5 |
| 2019 | 151 | 2,521 | 9.8 |
| 2020 | 145 | 3,257 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 140 | 5,829 | 16.2 |
| 2022 | 126 | 1,366 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 121 | 3,238 | 8.5 |
| 2024 | 129 | 1,166 | 1.4 |
| 2025 | 117 | 1,724 | 4.9 |
Cost of power in Falls Church city
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Falls Church 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 high winds exposure · 6.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Falls Church city: FAQ
- How often does Falls Church city, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Falls Church city, VA logged 117 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Falls Church city, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,829 customers without power, beginning August 10, 2021 and lasting about 2d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Falls Church city, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Falls Church city, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Falls Church city, VA?
- Tracked electric providers include Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Falls Church city.
22046
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/51610 and /api/v1/counties/51610/history.