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Power Outages in Montgomery County, VA

Appalachian Power Co and Craig-Botetourt Electric Coop publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for City of Radford - (VA) and Virginia Tech Electric Service. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 38.9 hours.

Montgomery County, VA is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Appalachian Power Co and Craig-Botetourt Electric Coop publish no county-level figures.

No live feed for City of Radford - (VA) and Virginia Tech Electric Service: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Montgomery County

0.0%of this county's ~58,675 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Radford - (VA), Virginia Tech Electric Service. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

System-wide total only, no county split: Appalachian Power Co, Craig-Botetourt Electric Coop.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Appalachian Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Craig-Botetourt Electric CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
City of Radford - (VA)No live feedcan't see------
Virginia Tech Electric ServiceNo live feedcan't see------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Montgomery 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.

Power-dependent
1,063
Oxygen service
273
Dialysis (facility)
67
Home health / hospice
200
By ZIP code (5)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
2407348318394≤11
24060331≤11257≤11
24087690530
24149630530
2416242≤11360

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Montgomery County, VA

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Montgomery County or any town and utility in it.

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS
  • Freeze WarningSEVERE
Recent NWS alert activity · Montgomery County

Montgomery County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×8
  • Flood Advisory ×3
  • Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×3
  • Freeze Warning ×1

Latest Montgomery County, VA outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 50m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026

  5. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 5, 2026

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 657 customers out (1.5% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4h 36m

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026

Outage trend · Montgomery County, VA
0customers out · peak 20
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Montgomery County, VA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 20 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.05101520Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Montgomery County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • Blacksburgno outage reported

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Montgomery County went about 38.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 22,393 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 38.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Montgomery County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 6.6h, 2016 8.5h, 2017 5.2h, 2018 36.0h, 2019 7.2h, 2020 7.2h, 2021 9.3h, 2022 10.7h, 2023 8.2h, 2024 12.0h, 2025 38.9h. Highlighted: 2025.0102030406.6h20158.5h20165.2h201736.0h20187.2h20197.2h20209.3h202110.7h20228.2h202312.0h202438.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 22,393 customers out) · decade average 13.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20154803,0626.6
20165124,8408.5
20174926,3085.2
201858914,64236.0
20196682,5947.2
20206515,5937.2
20216316,4529.3
20226443,50310.7
20237044,9008.2
20246824,84612.0
202569922,39338.9

Cost of power in Montgomery County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Montgomery 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.

17.2¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 53% since 2015
vs Virginia avg 17.6¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
February 12, 202522,3937d 2h
March 24, 201814,6426d 6h
January 6, 20256,7222d 20h
June 10, 20216,4521d
October 9, 20176,3082d 21h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate winter weather exposure · 13.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneVery Low
TornadoVery Low
Ice stormVery Low
Strong windRelatively Low
WildfireVery Low
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Power outages in Montgomery County: FAQ

How often does Montgomery County, VA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Montgomery County, VA logged 699 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 38.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Montgomery County, VA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 22,393 customers without power, beginning February 12, 2025 and lasting about 7d 2h.
Is there a power outage in Montgomery County, VA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Montgomery County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Montgomery County, VA?
Tracked electric providers include Appalachian Power Co, Craig-Botetourt Electric Coop.
Nearby counties
Craig CountyFloyd CountyGiles CountyPulaski County
Cities & towns in Montgomery County

Blacksburg. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Montgomery County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Montgomery County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Montgomery County.

24060, 24061, 24073, 24087, 24138, 24149, 24162

Electric providers serving this county

From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Appalachian Power Co18.0 hrsLive · total only
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Craig-Botetourt Electric Coop-Live · total only-
City of Radford - (VA)-No live feed-
Virginia Tech Electric Service-No live feed-

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/51121 and /api/v1/counties/51121/history.