Power Outages in Franklin city, VA
No live outage feed is available for Franklin city, VA yet. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.0 hours.
Franklin city, VA is served by local tracked utilities.
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No utility serving Franklin city has a live outage feed we can read. The historical record below is complete.
0.0%of this county's ~5,533 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
No utilities on file for Franklin city, so we can't tell whether any outages here are visible to us.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Franklin 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 Franklin city or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Franklin city right now.
Franklin city has been under 5 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Tornado Watch on October 11, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Tornado Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Franklin city
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Franklin city went about 0.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,397 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 0.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 5,397 customers out) · decade average 47.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 273 | 3,689 | 31.7 |
| 2021 | 329 | 3,104 | 41.1 |
| 2022 | 607 | 5,397 | 128.0 |
| 2023 | 568 | 3,550 | 59.7 |
| 2024 | 446 | 4,043 | 73.6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 |
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 47.7 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 Franklin city: FAQ
- How often does Franklin city, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Franklin city, VA logged 4 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Franklin city, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,397 customers without power, beginning December 23, 2022 and lasting about 4d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Franklin city, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Franklin city, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
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/51620 and /api/v1/counties/51620/history.