Power Outages in Hopewell city, VA
As of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC, no outages are reported by Virginia Electric & Power Co in Hopewell city, VA. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.5 hours.
Hopewell city, VA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/virginia/hopewell-city
- As of
- October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Hopewell city, VA", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:45 UTC. https://massoutage.com/virginia/hopewell-city
No active outages are reported by Virginia Electric & Power Co in Hopewell city.
100%of this county's ~11,019 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 | 11,002 | 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 Hopewell 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 Hopewell city or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Hopewell city right now.
Hopewell city has been under 25 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Tornado Watch on October 11, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Warning ×19
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×4
- Coastal Flood Watch ×1
- Tornado Watch ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Hopewell city
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Hopewell city went about 3.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,936 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 3.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 3,981 customers out) · decade average 4.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 168 | 1,920 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | 273 | 5,936 | 4.5 |
| 2017 | 240 | 3,962 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 262 | 3,981 | 10.8 |
| 2019 | 253 | 4,202 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | 238 | 4,024 | 3.3 |
| 2021 | 252 | 2,465 | 7.7 |
| 2022 | 263 | 1,620 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 228 | 3,983 | 3.0 |
| 2024 | 310 | 1,898 | 2.7 |
| 2025 | 301 | 1,268 | 3.5 |
Cost of power in Hopewell city
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Hopewell 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 · 4.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Hopewell city: FAQ
- How often does Hopewell city, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Hopewell city, VA logged 301 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Hopewell city, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,936 customers without power, beginning July 19, 2016 and lasting about 21h.
- Is there a power outage in Hopewell city, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Hopewell city, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Hopewell 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/51670 and /api/v1/counties/51670/history.