[New] Winter winds cause 4,600+ power outages

LAURA MCFARLAND Managing Editor

POWHATAN – While Pow hatan didn’t see the snow that ravaged northern states leading up to Christmas, winter weather did impact thousands of residents who lost power in its wake in the days leading up to Christmas.

Between Dominion Energy customers and Southside Electric Cooperative (SEC) members, there were an estimated 4,600 outages of varying lengths. Dominion customers by far took the brunt of the outages.

Jeremy Slayton, spokesperson for Dominion Energy, said that roughly 4,200 Dominion Energy Virginia customers in Powhatan County were impacted by outages caused by the severe wind storm that passed through the service area Friday, December 23. All Dominion customers had power restored by early in the morning on Dec. 25, he said.

branches fall onto power lines as well as broken poles, broken cross arms and wire down, Slayton said. However, the damage was far from

The Dec. 23 wind storm impacted 240,000 Dominion Energy Virginia customers. For comparison, during the ice storm in January 2022, nearly 400,000 Dominion Energy Virginia customers lost power, making it one of the top five worst winter storms in Dominion Energy Virginia’s history, he said.