Power outages in Hanover County, VA

Live outage counts for Ashland and the rest of Hanover County, updated every 10 minutes from Dominion Energy.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

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

1customers without power

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

<0.01% of 45,955 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 Energy1 / 45,955

Rappahannock Electric Coopno live feed

This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.

Also serves this county, per federal utility records

From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.

. Check its own outage map.

Outage map

County outlineDominion Energy publishes 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 Hanover County

2014–2025 record

Hanover County averaged 39.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 42. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 31 hours, starting February 12, 2025.

The largest on record began June 17, 2016, with 27,009 customers out at once.

39.3significant 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.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

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

3.2 dayslongest on record (January 2022)

27,009most 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.
June 17, 2016	27,009	2.7 days	658,968
July 27, 2025	26,417	28 hours	280,444
June 22, 2022	17,638	26 hours	94,856
February 13, 2021	15,936	2.3 days	301,044
June 19, 2025	15,637	26 hours	148,358

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
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.