When will the power be back in Colonial Heights, VA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Colonial Heights is a city of about 18,674 residents in Colonial Heights.
Dominion Energy has reported outages for Colonial Heights by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Colonial Heights 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 Colonial Heights:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Colonial Heights: the closest other places we track are Petersburg, about 4 miles to the south; Hopewell, about 6 miles to the east; Richmond, about 19 miles to the north; and Williamsburg, about 38 miles to the east. Also nearby: Newport News (50 mi E); Suffolk (57 mi SE); Roanoke Rapids, NC (58 mi S); Hampton (62 mi E); Poquoson (62 mi E); Portsmouth (64 mi SE); Norfolk (68 mi E); and Fredericksburg (72 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Culpeper (90 mi); northeast toward Cambridge, MD (115 mi); southeast toward Chesapeake (73 mi); south toward Rocky Mount, NC (92 mi); southwest toward Henderson, NC (86 mi); west toward Lynchburg (99 mi); and northwest toward Charlottesville (80 mi).
Who serves Colonial Heights?
We track live outage data from Dominion Energy in Colonial Heights — 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.
Colonial Heights's last tracked outage began Sep 21, peaked at 115 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 21 — 115 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 5 — 235 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Aug 25 — 58 customers out, restored in 7 hours
- Aug 24 — 34 customers out, restored in 5 hours
City context: across all of Colonial Heights, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.8 hr. The full record for Colonial Heights
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Colonial Heights, 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 Colonial Heights's own record: across the 4 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 Colonial Heights, VA?
To check your own street, search a Colonial Heights ZIP code — 23834 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Colonial Heights specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Colonial Heights we have the city-level view: Dominion Energy has published outages for Colonial Heights under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Colonial Heights is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Colonial Heights city-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the city figure already includes Colonial Heights.
