Power Outages in Sussex County, VA
As of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Virginia Electric & Power Co, Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, Southside Electric Coop, Inc and Community Electric Coop in Sussex County, VA. There is no live feed for Prince George Electric Coop and Town of Wakefield - (VA). In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.5 hours.
Sussex County, VA is served by 6 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/virginia/sussex-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Sussex County, VA", live data as of October 19, 2026 12:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/virginia/sussex-county
No active outages are reported by Virginia Electric & Power Co, Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, Southside Electric Coop, Inc and Community Electric Coop in Sussex County.
No live feed for Prince George Electric Coop and Town of Wakefield - (VA): outages in theirservice area won't show here.
55%of this county's ~6,786 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Prince George Electric Coop, Town of Wakefield - (VA). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 3,362 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative | Live · county | 0 | 151 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Southside Electric Coop, Inc | Live · county | 0 | 136 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Community Electric Coop | Live · county | 0 | 59 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Prince George Electric Coop | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wakefield - (VA) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Virginia Electric & Power Co, Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative, Southside Electric Coop, Inc and Community Electric Coop reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Sussex 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.
By ZIP code (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23890 | 64 | ≤11 | 36 | ≤11 |
| 23882 | 35 | ≤11 | 24 | ≤11 |
| 23888 | 34 | ≤11 | 23 | 0 |
| 23897 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
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 Sussex County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Sussex County right now.
Sussex County has been under 1 National Weather Service alert recently, most recently a Tornado Watch on October 11, 2026.
- Tornado Watch ×1
Latest Sussex County, VA outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 277 customers out (6.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 50m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 159 customers out (3.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Sussex County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Sussex County went about 6.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,582 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 6.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 1,541 customers out) · decade average 6.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 136 | 402 | 3.3 |
| 2016 | 180 | 989 | 5.8 |
| 2017 | 173 | 566 | 2.2 |
| 2018 | 172 | 1,582 | 9.6 |
| 2019 | 246 | 1,003 | 7.4 |
| 2020 | 219 | 925 | 7.7 |
| 2021 | 207 | 1,541 | 17.9 |
| 2022 | 271 | 665 | 4.2 |
| 2023 | 243 | 1,002 | 4.2 |
| 2024 | 276 | 1,048 | 7.1 |
| 2025 | 311 | 1,219 | 6.5 |
Cost of power in Sussex County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Sussex 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.
- Virginia Electric & Power Co15.2¢2,408,901 cust
- Southside Electric Coop, Inc15.5¢57,305 cust
- Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative14.3¢30,077 cust
- Prince George Electric Coop13.5¢10,917 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 · 6.9 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 Sussex County: FAQ
- How often does Sussex County, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Sussex County, VA logged 311 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Sussex County, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,582 customers without power, beginning June 19, 2018 and lasting about 5h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Sussex County, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Sussex County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Sussex County, VA?
- Tracked electric providers include Community Electric Coop, Southside Electric Coop, Inc, Virginia Electric & Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Sussex County.
23867, 23882, 23884, 23888, 23890, 23891, 23897
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Electric Coop, Inc | 35.4 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative | 12.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Prince George Electric Coop | 6.4 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | - | Live · county | |
| Community Electric Coop | - | Live · county | - |
| Town of Wakefield - (VA) | - | No live feed | - |
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/51183 and /api/v1/counties/51183/history.