Power outages in Altavista, VA

Live outages for Altavista and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Altavista has 3,353 residents.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

fewer than 5customers without power in Campbell County

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Utilities hide very small outages for privacy and publish them only as "fewer than 5". Where many of these add up, we show an estimate ("about …").

<0.01% of 25,990 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power doesn't publish a count for Altavista itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

AltavistaCampbell CountyDominion Energy and Appalachian Power publish totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outage history in Campbell County, which includes Altavista

2014–2025 record

Campbell County averaged 42.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 44. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 5.2 days, starting February 12, 2025.

The largest on record began February 12, 2025, with 13,926 customers out at once.

42.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.

2 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

7.6 dayslongest on record (February 2021)

13,926most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
February 12, 2025	13,926	5.2 days	492,419
February 13, 2021	12,518	7.6 days	564,474
January 6, 2025	11,175	2.6 days	281,822
March 1, 2018	9,845	3.1 days	246,323
October 11, 2018	7,992	2.5 days	109,565

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

Dominion Energy: outage map and reporting
Appalachian Power: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

Altavista is in

Campbell County