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Power Outages in Stafford County, VA

Northern Neck Elec Coop, Inc, Northern Virginia Elec Coop, Rappahannock Electric 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 3.6 hours.

Stafford County, VA is served by 4 tracked utilities.

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Northern Neck Elec Coop, Inc, Northern Virginia Elec Coop, Rappahannock Electric Coop and Virginia Electric & Power Co publish no county-level figures.

Live status by utility · Stafford County

0.0%of this county's ~73,402 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

System-wide total only, no county split: Northern Neck Elec Coop, Inc, Northern Virginia Elec Coop, Rappahannock Electric Coop, Virginia Electric & Power Co.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Northern Neck Elec Coop, IncLive · total onlynot by county------
Northern Virginia Elec CoopLive · total onlynot by county------
Rappahannock Electric 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 Stafford 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
1,043
Oxygen service
226
Dialysis (facility)
133
Home health / hospice
176
By ZIP code (4)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
22554290≤11176≤11
22406235≤111600
22405217≤11147≤11
22556152≤1194≤11

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

🔔 Alerts for Stafford County, VA

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

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◢ ACTIVE WEATHER ALERTS · NWS

No active NWS alerts for Stafford County right now.

Recent NWS alert activity · Stafford County

Stafford County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on October 16, 2026.

  • Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×6
  • Special Weather Statement ×3

Latest Stafford County, VA outage updates

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

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 13m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,570 customers out (3.8% of the county)

  3. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 44m

  4. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 2,571 customers out (3.8% of the county)

  5. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 2h 35m

  6. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 313 customers out

  7. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 1,193 customers out

  8. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 3,691 customers out (5.4% of the county)

Outage trend · Stafford County, VA
0customers out · peak 193
Data as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
Stafford County, VA: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 193 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.050100150200Oct 146 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Stafford 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 Stafford County went about 3.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 48,311 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 3.6 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Stafford County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 1.0h, 2016 3.4h, 2017 2.9h, 2018 18.6h, 2019 4.4h, 2020 1.5h, 2021 3.0h, 2022 40.3h, 2023 1.6h, 2024 3.8h, 2025 3.6h. Highlighted: 2022.02040601.0h20153.4h20162.9h201718.6h20184.4h20191.5h20203.0h202140.3h20221.6h20233.8h20243.6h2025
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Worst year here was 2022 (peak 48,311 customers out) · decade average 7.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20155374,1441.0
20166906,9533.4
201763211,0332.9
201860433,10818.6
201963612,2614.4
20206714,3111.5
202169222,1383.0
202280248,31140.3
20237225,0761.6
20247808,5163.8
202573610,9623.6

Cost of power in Stafford County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Stafford 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.

15.0¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 33% 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
January 3, 202248,3115d 20h
March 1, 201833,1084d 2h
July 29, 202122,1381d 17h
August 12, 201815,5232d
May 23, 201912,2611d 5h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 7.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Strong windRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Stafford County: FAQ

How often does Stafford County, VA lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Stafford County, VA logged 736 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Stafford County, VA?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 48,311 customers without power, beginning January 3, 2022 and lasting about 5d 20h.
Is there a power outage in Stafford County, VA right now?
No major outage is currently reported for Stafford County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Which utilities serve Stafford County, VA?
Tracked electric providers include Northern Neck Elec Coop, Inc, Northern Virginia Elec Coop, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Nearby counties
Caroline CountyCharles CountyCulpeper CountyFauquier County
ZIP codes in Stafford County

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

22134, 22405, 22406, 22554, 22556

Electric providers serving this county

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

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Rappahannock Electric Coop7.1 hrsLive · total only
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Northern Virginia Elec Coop1.6 hrsLive · total only-
Virginia Electric & Power Co-Live · total only
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Northern Neck Elec Coop, Inc-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/51179 and /api/v1/counties/51179/history.