When will the power be back in Chesapeake, 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 Sep 22, 15,200 completed outages have been graded this way — typical (median) error 1.7 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.7 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 Chesapeake, Virginia — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Chesapeake is a city in Chesapeake; when the serving utility's own outage map reports Chesapeake directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the city-wide view as context.
Chesapeake is a city of about 254,997 residents in Chesapeake.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Chesapeake by name, so this page reports the Chesapeake city-wide view, which covers Chesapeake. If a serving utility does name Chesapeake during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Chesapeake:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Chesapeake: the closest other places we track are Portsmouth, about 13 miles to the north; Norfolk, about 17 miles to the north; Virginia Beach, about 17 miles to the northeast; Suffolk, about 18 miles to the west. Also nearby: Hampton (26 mi N), Elizabeth City, NC (27 mi S), Newport News (30 mi NW), Poquoson (33 mi N), Williamsburg (47 mi NW), Hopewell (69 mi NW), Petersburg (70 mi NW), Colonial Heights (73 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Salisbury, MD (124 mi); south toward New Bern, NC (117 mi); southwest toward Tarboro, NC (88 mi); west toward Roanoke Rapids, NC (76 mi); northwest toward Richmond (87 mi).
Who serves Chesapeake?
We track live outage data from Dominion Energy in Chesapeake — but several utilities can serve one city, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Dominion Energy outages across every state it serves. 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.
Chesapeake's last tracked outage began Sep 22, peaked at 31 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours.
- Sep 22 — 31 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 21 — 249 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Sep 20 — 191 customers out, restored in 10 hours
- Sep 17 — 536 customers out, restored in 5 hours
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Chesapeake, 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 Chesapeake 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 Chesapeake's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 6 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Chesapeake, VA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Chesapeake 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 Chesapeake ZIP code — 23320, 23321, 23322, 23323, 23324, 23325, or any of the other 3 — 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 Chesapeake, VA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Chesapeake 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 Chesapeake specifically, or the whole county?
Right now, the Chesapeake city-wide view, which covers Chesapeake. No utility outage map we follow has yet listed an outage for Chesapeake by name; utilities here have so far reported only city-wide totals, or used area names we cannot match to Chesapeake. If that changes during an outage, the city's own count and restoration time appear here automatically. Portsmouth (13 mi N) is the closest place we track separately.
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.
