Power outages in York County, VA

Live outage counts for York 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.

5customers without power

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

0.01% of 33,497 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 Energy5 / 33,497

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 York County

2014–2025 record

York County averaged 29.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 34. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 15 hours, starting December 8, 2025.

The largest on record began October 12, 2018, with 16,037 customers out at once.

29.3significant 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.

2 hourstypical (median) length

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

2.9 dayslongest on record (October 2018)

16,037most 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 12, 2018	16,037	2.9 days	489,727
July 30, 2019	13,201	45 minutes	7,089
August 4, 2020	10,192	2.4 days	121,747
October 8, 2016	6,286	2.7 days	129,635
July 27, 2025	5,964	12 hours	14,413

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

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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.