When will the power be back in Suffolk, VA?
| Utility information | Our restoration forecast |
|---|---|
| Official ETA, when the utility posts one | Independent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first |
| Utility-reported status & customer counts | Confidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring |
How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 19, 7,878 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 2 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 1.9 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.
Track current power outages in Suffolk, Virginia — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Suffolk is a city in Suffolk; when the serving utility's public feed reports Suffolk directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the city-wide view as context.
Suffolk is a city of about 103,105 residents in Suffolk.
Community Electric Cooperative and Dominion Energy have reported outages for Suffolk by name on their own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Suffolk 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 Suffolk: 23432 · 23433 · 23434 · 23435 · 23436 · 23437 · 23438 · 23439 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Suffolk: the closest other places we track are Portsmouth, about 19 miles to the northeast; Norfolk, about 26 miles to the northeast; Newport News, about 27 miles to the north; Virginia Beach, about 35 miles to the east. Also nearby: Elizabeth City, NC (36 mi SE), Petersburg (54 mi NW), Colonial Heights (57 mi NW), Roanoke Rapids, NC (59 mi W), Tarboro, NC (75 mi SW), Rocky Mount, NC (83 mi SW), Greenville, NC (87 mi SW), Winterville, NC (92 mi SW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward La Plata, MD (128 mi); northeast toward Salisbury, MD (129 mi); south toward New Bern, NC (114 mi); southwest toward Wilson, NC (99 mi); west toward Henderson, NC (102 mi); northwest toward Fredericksburg (120 mi).
Who serves Suffolk?
We track live outage data from Community Electric Cooperative, Dominion Energy in Suffolk — but several utilities can serve one city, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.
Suffolk's last tracked outage began Aug 13, peaked at 28 customers out, and was restored in 40 minutes.
- Aug 13 — 28 customers out, restored in 40 minutes
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Suffolk, VA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Suffolk area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.
How do I check the power outage status in Suffolk, VA?
This page is a live power outage status check for the Suffolk area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Suffolk ZIP code — 23432, 23433, 23434, 23435, 23436, 23437, or any of the other 2 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.
How do I report a power outage in Suffolk, VA?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Suffolk include Community Electric Cooperative, Dominion Energy; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Does this page show Suffolk specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Suffolk we have the city-level view: Community Electric Cooperative and Dominion Energy have published outages for Suffolk under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Suffolk is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Suffolk city-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the city figure already includes Suffolk.
How accurate is the restoration estimate?
Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.
