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

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

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Elsewhere in Virginia: 8,582 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Southampton County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Community Electric Cooperative, Dominion Energy, Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative and Prince George Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Franklin 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. For the parent company's combined picture, see Dominion Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Southampton County, VA

Last significant outage: Sep 4, 2026 — peaked at 1,628 customers, restored in ~6.7 hr (wind/storm).

Across the 4 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.1 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 29, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Southampton County, VA

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 183 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~4,453 customers out in March 2021, restored after about 3.3 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2025.

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 Southampton County include Courtland, Boykins, Ivor, Newsoms, Capron, Branchville, Sedley and Southampton Meadows. 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 Southampton County, VA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Southampton include Community Electric Cooperative, Dominion Energy, Mecklenburg 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

Franklin · Sussex County · Emporia · Isle of Wight County · Greensville County · Suffolk · Surry County · Prince George County

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