When will the power be back in Virginia Beach, VA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Virginia Beach is a city of about 454,808 residents in Virginia Beach.
Dominion Energy has reported outages for Virginia Beach by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach:
- 23450
- 23451
- 23452
- 23453
- 23454
- 23455
- 23456
- 23457
- 23458
- 23459
- 23460
- 23461
- 23462
- 23463
- 23464
- 23465
- 23466
- 23467
- 23471
- 23479
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Virginia Beach: the closest other places we track are Norfolk, about 16 miles to the northwest; Chesapeake, about 17 miles to the southwest; Portsmouth, about 20 miles to the west; and Hampton, about 24 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Poquoson (29 mi NW); Newport News (34 mi NW); Suffolk (35 mi W); Elizabeth City, NC (36 mi S); Williamsburg (51 mi NW); Hopewell (79 mi NW); Petersburg (81 mi W); and Colonial Heights (83 mi NW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Salisbury, MD (113 mi); south toward Havelock, NC (138 mi); southwest toward Tarboro, NC (105 mi); west toward Roanoke Rapids, NC (93 mi); and northwest toward Richmond (96 mi).
Who serves Virginia Beach?
We track live outage data from Dominion Energy in Virginia Beach — 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.
Virginia Beach's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 190 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Oct 2 — 190 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Oct 1 — 33 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 29 — 521 customers out, restored in 6 hours
- Sep 28 — 4,389 customers out, restored in 9 hours
City context: across all of Virginia Beach, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 4.3 hr. The full record for Virginia Beach
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Virginia Beach, 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 Virginia Beach'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 Virginia Beach, VA?
To check your own street, search a Virginia Beach ZIP code — 23450, 23451, 23452, 23453, 23454, 23455 or any of the other 14 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Virginia Beach specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Virginia Beach we have the city-level view: Dominion Energy has published outages for Virginia Beach under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Virginia Beach is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Virginia Beach city-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the city figure already includes Virginia Beach.
