Power outages in Franklin, VA
Live outages for Franklin and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Franklin has 8,478 residents.
Right now
No outages reported
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.0customers without power in Franklin city
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A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.Outage map
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Outage history in Franklin city, which includes Franklin
2014–2025 recordFranklin city averaged 66.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Virginia counties.
There were none in the 12 months to December 2025. Over the full record, half of outages were over within 4 hours.
The largest on record began December 23, 2022, with 8,019 customers out at once.
66.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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.4 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.3.6 dayslongest on record (December 2022)
8,019most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| December 23, 2022 | 8,019 | 3.6 days | 313,744 |
| August 21, 2022 | 5,957 | 4 hours | 14,588 |
| January 3, 2022 | 5,899 | 2.5 days | 103,098 |
| September 27, 2024 | 4,043 | 3.5 days | 102,489 |
| November 1, 2020 | 3,689 | 27 hours | 19,962 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
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.