Power Outages in Portsmouth 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 3.6 hours.
Portsmouth city, VA is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/virginia/portsmouth-city
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Portsmouth city, VA". https://massoutage.com/virginia/portsmouth-city
Virginia Electric & Power Co publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~45,272 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 Portsmouth 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.
By ZIP code (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23701 | 314 | 14 | 199 | ≤11 |
| 23703 | 241 | ≤11 | 135 | ≤11 |
| 23704 | 215 | ≤11 | 136 | ≤11 |
| 23707 | 150 | ≤11 | 91 | ≤11 |
| 23702 | 118 | ≤11 | 81 | ≤11 |
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 Portsmouth city or any town and utility in it.
- Coastal Flood AdvisoryMINOR
Portsmouth city has been under 43 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Coastal Flood Advisory on October 19, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Warning ×21
- Coastal Flood Advisory ×10
- Coastal Flood Statement ×3
- Coastal Flood Watch ×3
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
Latest Portsmouth city, VA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 12h 20m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 296 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 1,889 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 6,970 customers out (15% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 3,183 customers out (6.9% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 40m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 784 customers out (1.8% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Portsmouth city
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Portsmouthno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Portsmouth city went about 3.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 21,038 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 3.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 14,872 customers out) · decade average 5.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 486 | 13,261 | 2.2 |
| 2016 | 690 | 8,525 | 9.9 |
| 2017 | 669 | 3,564 | 2.1 |
| 2018 | 656 | 10,626 | 9.8 |
| 2019 | 653 | 21,038 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | 655 | 14,872 | 15.2 |
| 2021 | 672 | 2,967 | 2.1 |
| 2022 | 687 | 7,194 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 707 | 7,130 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 755 | 3,772 | 2.0 |
| 2025 | 730 | 3,646 | 3.6 |
Cost of power in Portsmouth city
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Portsmouth 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 Moderate hurricanes exposure · 5.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Portsmouth city: FAQ
- How often does Portsmouth city, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Portsmouth city, VA logged 730 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Portsmouth city, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 21,038 customers without power, beginning May 2, 2019 and lasting about 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Portsmouth city, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Portsmouth city, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Portsmouth city, VA?
- Tracked electric providers include Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Portsmouth. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Portsmouth city level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Portsmouth city.
23701, 23702, 23703, 23704, 23707, 23708, 23709
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/51740 and /api/v1/counties/51740/history.