Power Outages in Prince Edward County, VA
As of September 3, 2026 21:06 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Prince Edward County, VA across 1 reported incident. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 39.6 hours.
Prince Edward County, VA is served by 1 tracked utility.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Prince Edward County has been under 57 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on September 3, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×14
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×14
- Special Weather Statement ×10
- Flood Watch ×9
- Heat Advisory ×6
- Air Quality Alert ×3
Latest Prince Edward County, VA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 15h 50m
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 680 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,136 customers out (10% of the county)
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 680 customers out
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 2,407 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 4,359 customers out (40% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 2,847 customers out (26% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Prince Edward County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Prince Edward Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Prince Edward County went about 39.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 16,283 customers.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 16,283 customers out) · decade average 26.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 245 | 2,908 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 440 | 1,995 | 4.8 |
| 2017 | 436 | 4,581 | 12.6 |
| 2018 | 489 | 16,283 | 99.8 |
| 2019 | 474 | 4,928 | 13.0 |
| 2020 | 480 | 1,892 | 6.4 |
| 2021 | 468 | 8,428 | 78.7 |
| 2022 | 526 | 4,197 | 17.6 |
| 2023 | 426 | 2,235 | 4.3 |
| 2024 | 471 | 2,567 | 7.9 |
| 2025 | 492 | 7,932 | 39.6 |
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 26.2 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 Prince Edward County: FAQ
- How often does Prince Edward County, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Prince Edward County, VA logged 492 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 39.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Prince Edward County, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 16,283 customers without power, beginning October 11, 2018 and lasting about 7d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Prince Edward County, VA right now?
- Yes — about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Prince Edward County, VA?
- Tracked electric providers include Dominion Energy.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Prince Edward County.
23909, 23934, 23942, 23943, 23954, 23960, 23966
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Energy | — | ODIN ✓ |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/51147 and /api/v1/counties/51147/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Virginia customers). Live data as of .