When will the power be back in Portsmouth, VA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Portsmouth is a city of about 96,482 residents in Portsmouth.
Dominion Energy has reported outages for Portsmouth by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Portsmouth: the closest other places we track are Norfolk, about 8 miles to the northeast; Chesapeake, about 13 miles to the south; Hampton, about 14 miles to the north; and Newport News, about 17 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Suffolk (19 mi SW); Virginia Beach (20 mi E); Poquoson (21 mi N); Williamsburg (34 mi NW); Elizabeth City, NC (40 mi S); Hopewell (60 mi NW); Petersburg (62 mi NW); and Colonial Heights (64 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Salisbury, MD (113 mi); south toward New Bern, NC (128 mi); southwest toward Tarboro, NC (94 mi); west toward Roanoke Rapids, NC (77 mi); and northwest toward Richmond (77 mi).
Who serves Portsmouth?
We track live outage data from Dominion Energy in Portsmouth — 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.
Portsmouth's last tracked outage began Oct 1, peaked at 49 customers out, and was restored in 9 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Oct 1 — 49 customers out, restored in 9 hours
- Sep 30 — 61 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 26 — 99 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 23 — 169 customers out, restored in 20 hours
City context: across all of Portsmouth, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.3 hr. The full record for Portsmouth
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Portsmouth, 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 Portsmouth's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Portsmouth, VA?
To check your own street, search a Portsmouth ZIP code — 23701, 23702, 23703, 23704, 23705, 23707 or any of the other 2 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Portsmouth specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Portsmouth we have the city-level view: Dominion Energy has published outages for Portsmouth under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Portsmouth is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Portsmouth city-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the city figure already includes Portsmouth.
