Power outages in Newport News city, VA

Live outage counts for Newport News and the rest of Newport News city, 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 85,539 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 / 85,539

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 Newport News city

2014–2025 record

Newport News city averaged 25 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 33. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 12 hours, starting February 16, 2025.

The largest on record began August 4, 2020, with 32,625 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in August.

25significant 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.

2.7 dayslongest on record (October 2016)

32,625most 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.
August 4, 2020	32,625	2.6 days	788,430
October 12, 2018	29,961	2.7 days	794,521
October 8, 2016	23,363	2.7 days	542,455
September 3, 2016	12,516	11 hours	36,604
September 30, 2022	11,607	33 hours	102,385

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.

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