Angela White showed CBS 6 the bulky cords, portable fans, and a cooler scattered around her house and on standby in the event of a power outage.

We have battery packs, flashlights, candles," she said.

Her refrigerator has even been permanently pulled from resting up against the wall.

"To plug it in to our generator, it just has to stay out of the way. We keep the power cord here on the floor," White said.

It's the way her family lives, she said, all because of the constant and frustrating power disruptions.

It's almost like the power is controlling me in my own home," she said.

White said she moved into her house off Portugee Road in the county's East End in January.

Since then, she has grown concerned with how frequently the electricity, supplied by Dominion Energy, has gone out.

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