Power Outages in Petersburg city, VA
Virginia Electric & Power Co publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.1 hours.
Petersburg city, VA is served by 1 tracked utility.
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- https://massoutage.com/virginia/petersburg-city
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Petersburg city, VA". https://massoutage.com/virginia/petersburg-city
Virginia Electric & Power Co publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~24,126 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 Petersburg 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 Petersburg city or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Petersburg city right now.
Petersburg 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 Petersburg city
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Petersburg city went about 7.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 11,431 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 7.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 11,431 customers out) · decade average 9.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 282 | 3,566 | 3.3 |
| 2016 | 459 | 3,557 | 4.5 |
| 2017 | 437 | 2,242 | 4.0 |
| 2018 | 442 | 4,741 | 11.3 |
| 2019 | 419 | 3,612 | 4.1 |
| 2020 | 417 | 3,875 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 479 | 11,431 | 36.1 |
| 2022 | 515 | 8,087 | 14.3 |
| 2023 | 464 | 11,320 | 12.1 |
| 2024 | 595 | 5,132 | 4.3 |
| 2025 | 549 | 3,845 | 7.1 |
Cost of power in Petersburg city
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Petersburg 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 · 9.6 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 Petersburg city: FAQ
- How often does Petersburg city, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Petersburg city, VA logged 549 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Petersburg city, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 11,431 customers without power, beginning February 13, 2021 and lasting about 12d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Petersburg city, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Petersburg city, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Petersburg 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 · 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/51730 and /api/v1/counties/51730/history.