Power outages in Virginia Beach, VA

Live outages for Virginia Beach and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Virginia Beach has 453,737 residents.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

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

23customers without power in Virginia Beach city

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

0.01% of 207,566 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 doesn't publish a count for Virginia Beach itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

Virginia BeachVirginia Beach cityDominion 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 Virginia Beach city, which includes Virginia Beach

2014–2025 record

Virginia Beach city averaged 29.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 41. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 16 hours, starting September 16, 2025.

The largest on record began October 9, 2016, with 77,449 customers out at once.

29.7significant 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 hourtypical (median) length

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

3.9 dayslongest on record (October 2016)

77,449most 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.
October 9, 2016	77,449	3.9 days	3,038,237
August 4, 2020	74,967	2.4 days	1,249,312
October 12, 2018	55,532	2.5 days	1,130,609
April 13, 2020	44,808	30 hours	451,249
September 3, 2016	33,509	32 hours	254,116

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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