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

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Scott County, VA right now.

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Elsewhere in Virginia: 8,897 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:31 PM EDT.

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Who serves Scott County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Appalachian Power and LG&E and KU, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Powell Valley Electric Cooperative and Bristol Virginia Utilities also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Scott County, VA

Last significant outage: Sep 26, 2026 — peaked at 413 customers, restored in ~1.5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 11 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 6 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 26, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Scott County, VA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 408 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 2 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~5.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is longer than the Virginia norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~3.5 hr.

Largest on record: ~12,051 customers out in September 2024, restored after about 10.1 days. The busiest year on record here was 2018.

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 Scott County include Gate City, Weber City, Nickelsville, Dungannon, Duffield, Clinchport and Hiltons. 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 Scott County, VA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Scott include Appalachian Power, LG&E and KU, Powell Valley Electric Cooperative and others — 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.

Nearby counties & areas

Norton · Wise County · Bristol · Lee County · Dickenson County · Russell County · Washington County · Buchanan County

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