When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Lee County, VA?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Lee County, VA right now.
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Elsewhere in Virginia: 2,023 customers reported out — statewide status.
Updated 7:30 PM EDT.
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Who serves Lee County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include LG&E and KU, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Powell Valley Electric Cooperative also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Lee County, VA
Last significant outage: Aug 18, 2026 — peaked at 440 customers, restored in ~2.7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 3 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2.7 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 25, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Lee County, VA
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 257 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the Virginia norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.5 hr.
Largest on record: ~7,683 customers out in September 2024, restored after about 5 days.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered

Communities in Lee County include Pennington Gap, Jonesville, Dryden, Ewing, Keokee, Rose Hill, St. Charles and Stickleyville. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Lee County, VA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Lee include LG&E and KU and Powell Valley Electric Cooperative — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

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