Power outages in Williamsburg, VA

Live outages for Williamsburg and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Williamsburg has 15,861 residents.

Right now

Elevated outages

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

11customers without power in Williamsburg city

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

0.15% of 7,476 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 Williamsburg itself; see its ZIP codes below.

Outage map

WilliamsburgWilliamsburg 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 Williamsburg city, which includes Williamsburg

2014–2025 record

Williamsburg city averaged 15.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 18. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 8 hours, starting March 5, 2025.

The largest on record began June 22, 2022, with 3,582 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in July.

15.7significant 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.

2 hourstypical (median) length

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

2.7 dayslongest on record (October 2018)

3,582most 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 22, 2022	3,582	9 hours	9,562
October 12, 2018	3,211	2.7 days	64,843
February 7, 2020	2,895	8.5 hours	3,447
September 25, 2022	2,554	19 hours	13,494
October 9, 2016	2,473	23 hours	33,475

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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