When will the power be back in Charlottesville, 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 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 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 Charlottesville, Virginia — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Charlottesville is a city in Charlottesville; when the serving utility's public feed reports Charlottesville directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the city-wide view as context.
Charlottesville is a city of about 44,767 residents in Charlottesville.
Dominion Energy has reported outages for Charlottesville by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Charlottesville 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 Charlottesville: 22902 · 22903 · 22905 · 22906 · 22907 · 22908 · 22910 (Charlottesville also extends into a neighboring city; those ZIPs are listed on that city's pages.) Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Charlottesville: the closest other places we track are Staunton, about 32 miles to the west; Culpeper, about 40 miles to the northeast; Fredericksburg, about 57 miles to the east; Lynchburg, about 59 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Warrenton (60 mi NE), Front Royal (64 mi N), Colonial Heights (80 mi SE), Winchester (80 mi N), Petersburg (83 mi SE), Fairfax (85 mi NE), La Plata, MD (89 mi NE), Leesburg (89 mi NE). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Martinsburg, WV (102 mi); northeast toward Alexandria (93 mi); east toward Cambridge, MD (135 mi); southeast toward Roanoke Rapids, NC (119 mi); south toward Henderson, NC (118 mi); southwest toward Roanoke (96 mi); northwest toward Clarksburg, WV (131 mi).
Who serves Charlottesville?
We track live outage data from Dominion Energy in Charlottesville — 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.
Charlottesville's last tracked outage began Aug 15, peaked at 287 customers out, and was restored in 11 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 14 hours.
- Aug 15 — 287 customers out, restored in 11 hours
- Aug 14 — 3,068 customers out, restored in 17 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Charlottesville, 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 Charlottesville 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 Charlottesville's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 14 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Charlottesville, VA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Charlottesville 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 Charlottesville ZIP code — 22902, 22903, 22905, 22906, 22907, 22908, or any of the other 1 — 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 Charlottesville, VA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Charlottesville 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 Charlottesville specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Charlottesville we have the city-level view: Dominion Energy has published outages for Charlottesville under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Charlottesville is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Charlottesville city-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the city figure already includes Charlottesville.
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.
