When will the power be back in Charlottesville, VA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
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 2026-09-18) — 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:
Charlottesville also extends into a neighboring city: 22901 · 22904 · 22909 · 22911. 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; and Lynchburg, about 59 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: Warrenton (60 mi NE), Front Royal (64 mi N), Richmond (65 mi SE), Manassas (73 mi NE), Manassas Park (76 mi NE), Colonial Heights (80 mi SE), Winchester (80 mi N) and Hopewell (83 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Martinsburg, WV (102 mi); northeast toward Fairfax (85 mi); east toward Cambridge, MD (135 mi); southeast toward Petersburg (83 mi); south toward Henderson, NC (118 mi); southwest toward Roanoke (96 mi); and 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. Central Virginia Electric Cooperative also serves parts of Charlottesville — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Dominion Energy outages across every state it serves.
Charlottesville's last tracked outage began Sep 28, peaked at 65 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 28 — 65 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 17 — 32 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 13 — 40 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 12 — 180 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
City context: across all of Charlottesville, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Charlottesville
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Charlottesville, VA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Charlottesville's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Charlottesville, VA?
To check 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.
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 2026-09-18. 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.
