Power Outages in Gloucester County, VA
Virginia Electric & Power Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.7 hours.
Gloucester County, VA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/virginia/gloucester-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Gloucester County, VA". https://massoutage.com/virginia/gloucester-county
Virginia Electric & Power Co publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~20,650 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Virginia Electric & Power Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Gloucester 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 (3)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23061 | 265 | ≤11 | 185 | ≤11 |
| 23072 | 151 | ≤11 | 114 | ≤11 |
| 23062 | 29 | ≤11 | 24 | 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 Gloucester County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Gloucester County right now.
Gloucester County has been under 38 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Coastal Flood Statement on October 11, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Warning ×21
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×6
- Flash Flood Warning ×5
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Coastal Flood Statement ×2
- Coastal Flood Watch ×1
Latest Gloucester County, VA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 5m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 292 customers out (1.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 55m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 227 customers out (1.1% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 50m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 276 customers out (1.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 660 customers out (3.2% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Gloucester County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Gloucester County went about 8.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 15,330 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 8.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 15,330 customers out) · decade average 15.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 375 | 8,163 | 6.7 |
| 2016 | 534 | 7,038 | 11.5 |
| 2017 | 437 | 4,028 | 7.5 |
| 2018 | 516 | 15,330 | 74.0 |
| 2019 | 490 | 4,788 | 6.7 |
| 2020 | 491 | 7,295 | 17.5 |
| 2021 | 462 | 4,586 | 6.8 |
| 2022 | 504 | 4,944 | 10.0 |
| 2023 | 518 | 5,656 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 492 | 6,054 | 9.4 |
| 2025 | 550 | 6,353 | 8.7 |
Cost of power in Gloucester County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Gloucester 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
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 · 15.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Gloucester County: FAQ
- How often does Gloucester County, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Gloucester County, VA logged 550 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Gloucester County, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 15,330 customers without power, beginning October 11, 2018 and lasting about 5d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Gloucester County, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Gloucester County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Gloucester County, VA?
- Tracked electric providers include Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Gloucester County.
23061, 23062, 23072
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 · 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/51073 and /api/v1/counties/51073/history.