When will the power be back in Suffolk, VA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
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 2026-09-18) — 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:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Suffolk: the closest other places we track are Chesapeake, about 18 miles to the east; Portsmouth, about 19 miles to the northeast; Norfolk, about 26 miles to the northeast; and Newport News, about 27 miles to the north. Also nearby: Hampton (30 mi NE); Virginia Beach (35 mi E); Elizabeth City, NC (36 mi SE); Poquoson (37 mi NE); Williamsburg (39 mi N); Petersburg (54 mi NW); Hopewell (55 mi NW); and Colonial Heights (57 mi NW).
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 Tarboro, NC (75 mi); west toward Roanoke Rapids, NC (59 mi); and northwest toward Richmond (74 mi).
Who serves Suffolk?
We track live outage data from Dominion Energy and Community Electric Cooperative in Suffolk — 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.
Suffolk's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 199 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 6 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 30 — 199 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 28 — 38 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 27 — 306 customers out, restored in 9 hours
- Sep 24 — 837 customers out, restored in 10 hours
City context: across all of Suffolk, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Suffolk
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Suffolk, 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 Suffolk's own record: across the 6 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Suffolk, VA?
To check 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.
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 2026-09-18. 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.
