ROANOKE, Va. – The first snowfall of 2022 continues to leave thousands without power.
Appalachian Power has all hands on deck to restore power and more help is on the way.
“All of our employees and our contract crews are in the field and working as safely and quickly as possible to get the power back on. Now that the storm has passed, this is good news. We’ve also got additional help that will be arriving from West Virginia and Kingsport,” said Teresa Hamilton, Appalachian Power’s Senior Corporate Communications Consultant.
For Danville Utilities, the biggest issue with outages is that they were scattered and because of that, restoration is expected to take some time.
“As far as total outages, probably at the peak we had about 3,500 so we have all the Danville City crews. We also have additional crews coming from Wilson, North Carolina,” said Philip Haley, Danville Utilities’ Division Director of Power & Light.
Across the region, the amount of snow wasn’t as big of a factor as the type of snow that fell.
“Oftentimes, when you get the heavy, wet snow it basically bends the tree over and then the tree just snaps. So it was just rain or the light fluffy snow vs this wet sloppy stuff you wouldn’t see the outages we saw today,” explained Haley.
As of 2:45 a.m., Appalachian Power is reporting 14,339 customer outages across Virginia.
Here’s a county-by-county breakdown of the 10 counties with the most outages:
| City/County | Customer Outages |
|---|---|
| Albemarle County | 2,988 |
| Amherst County | 2,748 |
| Lynchburg | 1,772 |
| Bedford County | 1,559 |
| Nelson County | 1,545 |
| Franklin County | 1,524 |
| Henry County | 687 |
| Pittsylvania County | 377 |
| Grayson County | 197 |
| Botetourt County | 185 |
As of 2:45 p.m., Southside Electric Cooperative is reporting 2,508 customers in our area without power. Here’s a county-by-county breakdown:
- 1,900 in Bedford County
- 243 in Campbell County
- 182 in Appomattox County
- 163 in Pittsylvania County
- 20 in Charlotte County
As of 2:45 p.m., the Central Virginia Electric Cooperative is reporting 2,466 customers in our area without power. Here’s a county-by-county breakdown:
- 2,105 in Nelson County
- 280 in Appomattox County
- 81 in Amherst County
As of 2:45 p.m., Danville Utilities is reporting 168 customers without power. To see a full map of outages, click here.
As of 2:45 p.m., Dominion Energy is reporting 149 customers in our area without power. Here’s a county-by-county breakdown:
- 146 in Appomattox County
- 3 in Pittsylvania
As of 2:45 p.m., Craig-Botetourt Rural Electric Cooperative is reporting 43 customers in our area without power. Here’s a county-by-county breakdown:
- 40 in Alleghany County
- 2 in Craig County
- 1 in Roanoke County
As of 2:45 p.m., BARC Electric Cooperative is reporting 21 customers without power in Rockbridge County.