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Power Outages in Nelson County, VA

Appalachian Power Co, Central Virginia Electric Coop, Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop and Virginia Electric & Power Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 31.7 hours.

Nelson County, VA is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Appalachian Power Co, Central Virginia Electric Coop, Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop and Virginia Electric & Power Co publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Nelson County

0.0%of this county's ~11,907 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Appalachian Power Co, Central Virginia Electric Coop, Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop, Virginia Electric & Power Co.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Appalachian Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------
Central Virginia Electric CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
Shenandoah Valley Elec CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
Virginia Electric & Power CoLive · total onlynot by county------

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Nelson 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
262
Oxygen service
110
Dialysis (facility)
77
Home health / hospice
165
By ZIP code (12)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
2292037≤1125≤11
24553360280
22958290200
2296721017≤11
2294918≤11≤110
2292218≤11140
22971170≤110
2293815≤11≤110
24581≤110≤110
24464≤11≤11≤110
22976≤110≤110
22964≤11≤11≤110

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

🔔 Alerts for Nelson County, VA

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS
  • Freeze WarningSEVERE
  • Frost AdvisoryMINOR
Recent NWS alert activity · Nelson County

Nelson County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 18, 2026.

  • Flood Watch ×3
  • Special Weather Statement ×3
  • Wind Advisory ×3
  • Freeze Warning ×2
  • Frost Advisory ×2
  • Freeze Watch ×1

Latest Nelson 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 36m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 122 customers out (1.0% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 3h 15m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 134 customers out (1.1% of the county)

Outage trend · Nelson County, VA
0customers out · peak 55
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Nelson County, VA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 55 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0204060Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Nelson County

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

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Nelson County went about 31.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,606 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 31.7 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Nelson County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 3.9h, 2016 6.7h, 2017 12.9h, 2018 46.6h, 2019 27.3h, 2020 25.8h, 2021 16.1h, 2022 71.3h, 2023 16.1h, 2024 25.8h, 2025 31.7h. Highlighted: 2022.0204060803.9h20156.7h201612.9h201746.6h201827.3h201925.8h202016.1h202171.3h202216.1h202325.8h202431.7h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 2,936 customers out) · decade average 25.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20151405363.9
20161339396.7
20173952,41812.9
20185055,60646.6
20194963,71427.3
20204765,60625.8
20214393,56716.1
20224932,93671.3
20235512,30716.1
20245274,17225.8
20255295,60631.7

Cost of power in Nelson County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Nelson 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.

16.3¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 28% 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
May 22, 20205,60611h 30m
August 5, 20205,6064h
September 15, 20255,6065h 45m
June 28, 20255,6066h 15m
August 11, 20205,6061d 5h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 25.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

HurricaneRelatively Low
TornadoVery Low
Ice stormVery Low
Strong windRelatively Low
WildfireVery Low

FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.

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Power outages in Nelson County: FAQ

How often does Nelson County, VA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Nelson County, VA logged 529 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 31.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Nelson County, VA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,606 customers without power, beginning May 22, 2020 and lasting about 11h 30m.
Is there a power outage in Nelson County, VA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Nelson County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Nelson County, VA?
Tracked electric providers include Appalachian Power Co, Central Virginia Electric Coop, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Nearby counties
Albemarle CountyAmherst CountyAppomattox CountyAugusta County
ZIP codes in Nelson County

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

22920, 22922, 22938, 22949, 22958, 22964, 22967, 22969, 22971, 22976, 24464, 24581

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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Central Virginia Electric Coop13.3 hrsLive · total only-
Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop6.5 hrsLive · total only-
Virginia Electric & Power Co-Live · total only
☎ 866-366-4357Report ↗Map ↗

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/51125 and /api/v1/counties/51125/history.