When will the power be back in Virginia Beach, VA?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 29, 10,280 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.6 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.6 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Virginia Beach, Virginia — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Virginia Beach is a city in Virginia Beach; when the serving utility's public feed reports Virginia Beach directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the city-wide view as context.
Virginia Beach is a city of about 454,808 residents in Virginia Beach.
Dominion Energy has reported outages for Virginia Beach by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Virginia Beach is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the city-wide total.
ZIP codes in Virginia Beach: 23450 · 23451 · 23452 · 23453 · 23454 · 23455 · 23456 · 23457 · 23458 · 23459 · 23460 · 23461 · 23462 · 23463 · 23464 · 23465 · 23466 · 23467 · 23471 · 23479 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Virginia Beach: the closest other places we track are Norfolk, about 16 miles to the northwest; Portsmouth, about 20 miles to the west; Newport News, about 34 miles to the northwest; Suffolk, about 35 miles to the west. Also nearby: Elizabeth City, NC (36 mi S), Petersburg (81 mi W), Colonial Heights (83 mi NW), Roanoke Rapids, NC (93 mi W), Tarboro, NC (105 mi SW), Greenville, NC (112 mi SW), Salisbury, MD (113 mi N), Rocky Mount, NC (114 mi SW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Cambridge, MD (123 mi); south toward Havelock, NC (138 mi); southwest toward Winterville, NC (116 mi); west toward Henderson, NC (137 mi); northwest toward La Plata, MD (132 mi).
Who serves Virginia Beach?
We track live outage data from Dominion Energy in Virginia Beach — but several utilities can serve one city, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Virginia Beach's last tracked outage began Aug 28, peaked at 133 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 40 minutes.
- Aug 28 — 133 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Aug 26 — 45 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Aug 25 — 54 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
- Aug 25 — 41 customers out, restored in 3 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Virginia Beach, VA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Virginia Beach area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page. For context from Virginia Beach's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 40 minutes — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Virginia Beach, VA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Virginia Beach area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Virginia Beach ZIP code — 23450, 23451, 23452, 23453, 23454, 23455, or any of the other 14 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Virginia Beach, VA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Virginia Beach include Dominion Energy; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Virginia Beach specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Virginia Beach we have the city-level view: Dominion Energy has published outages for Virginia Beach under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Virginia Beach is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Virginia Beach city-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the city figure already includes Virginia Beach.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
