200K Still With No Power From Snowstorm, Outage Could Last 'Multiple Days,' Dominion Says

VIRGINIA — The snowstorm that swept across Virginia on Monday caused power outages across the state, with some customers expected to be without power for days.

Dominion Energy, the largest electric utility in Virginia, is reporting that more than 100,000 customers were still without power as of 5 p.m. Tuesday. In many cases, the heavy, wet snow caused trees to collapse onto power lines.

"We encourage those in the hardest hit areas, including Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Northern Virginia and Richmond to prepare for the possibility of being without power for multiple days," Dominion Energy said.

The PowerOutage.US site that tracks all power outages showed 216,301 Virginia utility customers without electricity as of 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The Fredericksburg area was reporting some of the most outages in the state. The city still had nearly 3,000 customers without power as of 5 p.m., while 30,000 customers in Stafford County were without power and 26,000 customers in Spotsylvania County were waiting for the lights to come back on.

“With 390,000 customers losing power at some point during the storm, this is one of the 5 worst winter storms in our history,” Dominion Energy said in a statement Tuesday.

By Tuesday afternoon, the company said road conditions continued to be a challenge, "but our crews are working to safely navigate through hard-hit areas like Fredericksburg to repair storm damage."

Fairfax County was reporting about 8,000 customers without power as of 5 p.m. Tuesday. In Prince William County, 4,800 customers remain without power, while 1,100 customers in Alexandria and 900 customers in Arlington County still do not have power.

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