2015 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 2.6 hours, the 17th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

2.6

vs prior year

no earlier year loaded

Customer-hours out

10.5M

Peak customers out

106,413

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of VA customers

Counties reporting

127

Virginia year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2015

Customer-hours without power across Virginia; June was the worst.

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All 127 Virginia counties, 2015

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Wise County	31.7	119K	3,750	3,750	616
2	Grayson County	19.8	161K	8,137	8,137	332
3	Bland County	14.8	53K	3,556	2,824	166
4	Pulaski County	14.4	178K	12,413	3,137	408
5	Giles County	12.7	71K	5,569	3,107	337
6	Patrick County	11.1	120K	10,828	2,534	317
7	Dickenson County	10.2	88K	8,563	844	324
8	Russell County	10.0	154K	15,440	2,906	429
9	Henry County	9.8	264K	26,850	3,584	446
10	Goochland County	9.6	121K	12,608	6,567	269
11	Westmoreland County	9.3	75K	8,013	6,377	345
12	Cumberland County	8.6	31K	3,604	1,069	147
13	Tazewell County	8.1	174K	21,376	2,970	448
14	Smyth County	7.8	146K	18,737	2,659	379
15	Charles City County	7.2	18K	2,516	2,516	177
16	Mathews County	7.1	23K	3,233	3,233	181
17	Washington County	7.0	226K	32,558	3,139	469
18	Scott County	6.7	80K	11,959	1,613	380
19	Gloucester County	6.7	102K	15,330	8,163	375
20	Montgomery County	6.6	213K	32,573	3,062	480
21	Halifax County	6.5	103K	15,791	4,832	439
22	Botetourt County	6.5	69K	10,626	1,775	325
23	Middlesex County	6.5	28K	4,296	3,730	218
24	Wythe County	6.2	110K	17,849	2,629	436
25	Carroll County	6.1	103K	16,812	4,478	393
26	Northampton County	6.1	59K	9,762	3,934	249
27	Rappahannock County	6.0	22K	3,687	1,553	207
28	Charlotte County	5.9	30K	5,148	2,846	195
29	King and Queen County	5.9	16K	2,679	2,250	201
30	Roanoke County	5.8	181K	31,398	4,182	448
31	Lancaster County	5.5	29K	5,333	1,298	269
32	Amherst County	5.3	96K	18,016	2,480	316
33	Brunswick County	5.3	41K	7,778	2,014	224
34	Floyd County	5.1	44K	8,655	2,086	273
35	Franklin County	5.1	164K	32,464	3,150	467
36	Buchanan County	5.0	64K	12,760	945	330
37	Northumberland County	5.0	27K	5,466	1,903	297
38	Buckingham County	4.9	26K	5,391	3,071	152
39	Alleghany County	4.9	18K	3,740	2,057	158
40	New Kent County	4.8	42K	8,920	2,952	243
41	Clarke County	4.6	35K	7,589	5,108	257
42	Powhatan County	4.6	59K	12,936	3,541	234
43	King George County	4.6	63K	13,848	2,342	279
44	Essex County	4.6	24K	5,226	4,102	296
45	Dinwiddie County	4.3	53K	12,472	7,950	267
46	Caroline County	4.2	61K	14,714	3,597	507
47	Albemarle County	4.2	188K	45,280	4,458	508
48	Craig County	4.1	5,129	1,256	307	32
49	Mecklenburg County	4.1	72K	17,640	2,203	429
50	Richmond city	3.9	444K	112,565	18,225	646
51	Nelson County	3.9	22K	5,606	536	140
52	Louisa County	3.8	62K	16,334	2,757	488
53	Accomack County	3.8	101K	26,528	10,614	461
54	Greensville County	3.6	21K	5,788	2,126	171
55	Fauquier County	3.5	112K	31,801	7,549	640
56	Prince Edward County	3.5	38K	10,853	2,908	245
57	Roanoke city	3.4	242K	71,375	6,015	561
58	Hanover County	3.4	168K	49,633	6,812	606
59	Sussex County	3.3	15K	4,419	402	136
60	Lunenburg County	3.3	16K	4,827	912	181
61	Petersburg city	3.3	49K	14,894	3,566	282
62	Bedford County	3.2	153K	47,929	4,480	501
63	Richmond County	3.1	13K	4,030	1,920	142
64	Warren County	3.0	71K	23,404	4,792	348
65	Campbell County	3.0	88K	29,450	2,183	453
66	Galax city	3.0	16K	5,393	3,790	82
67	Emporia city	2.8	7,448	2,639	1,898	74
68	Orange County	2.7	49K	18,484	2,678	506
69	Covington city	2.6	7,464	2,882	1,523	42
70	Pittsylvania County	2.5	75K	29,827	3,000	399
71	Henrico County	2.5	374K	150,139	11,420	541
72	Chesterfield County	2.4	379K	155,017	12,399	505
73	Fairfax city	2.4	31K	12,701	3,550	187
74	Fluvanna County	2.4	18K	7,390	1,436	99
75	Southampton County	2.3	11K	4,783	571	167
76	Isle of Wight County	2.2	24K	10,757	4,852	244
77	James City County	2.2	72K	32,899	5,657	389
78	Portsmouth city	2.2	94K	43,205	13,261	486
79	Shenandoah County	2.2	39K	18,066	5,249	301
80	Page County	2.1	20K	9,423	2,838	141
81	Alexandria city	2.1	140K	67,166	18,174	445
82	Norfolk city	2.1	242K	116,644	10,987	688
83	Newport News city	2.1	175K	84,935	4,335	509
84	Falls Church city	2.0	14K	6,786	3,003	104
85	Williamsburg city	2.0	18K	8,943	1,653	113
86	Fairfax County	2.0	1.0M	513,143	28,150	422
87	King William County	2.0	16K	8,030	1,064	244
88	Hampton city	1.9	114K	58,889	8,280	483
89	Culpeper County	1.9	53K	27,716	2,245	565
90	Madison County	1.9	13K	6,952	1,417	367
91	Surry County	1.9	5,401	2,816	1,586	85
92	Waynesboro city	1.8	23K	12,537	3,665	149
93	Rockingham County	1.8	63K	34,838	3,214	450
94	Virginia Beach city	1.7	317K	190,947	10,123	537
95	Appomattox County	1.6	11K	6,686	1,074	139
96	Poquoson city	1.6	7,095	4,482	2,877	132
97	Chesapeake city	1.6	164K	104,567	6,924	598
98	Highland County	1.6	2,169	1,392	678	12
99	York County	1.5	43K	28,029	1,524	362
100	Amelia County	1.5	8,514	5,545	556	153
101	Charlottesville city	1.5	31K	20,605	2,790	315
102	Spotsylvania County	1.5	92K	62,155	4,566	644
103	Augusta County	1.5	48K	32,642	1,518	402
104	Nottoway County	1.4	9,683	6,864	580	154
105	Hopewell city	1.4	14K	9,904	1,920	168
106	Suffolk city	1.4	37K	26,940	9,598	414
107	Greene County	1.4	14K	10,381	4,906	293
108	Arlington County	1.3	149K	111,055	6,560	515
109	Fredericksburg city	1.3	20K	14,939	3,510	170
110	Staunton city	1.2	13K	11,216	5,076	137
111	Stafford County	1.0	68K	67,741	4,144	537
112	Loudoun County	0.9	172K	187,874	8,557	608
113	Lynchburg city	0.8	48K	59,258	1,774	245
114	Winchester city	0.8	12K	15,282	2,472	94
115	Frederick County	0.8	35K	45,160	3,894	375
116	Colonial Heights city	0.8	6,520	8,524	1,206	128
117	Prince William County	0.7	162K	225,231	5,008	897
118	Rockbridge County	0.7	7,961	11,617	607	130
119	Prince George County	0.5	11K	22,790	326	173
120	Lexington city	0.3	954	2,989	155	31
121	Buena Vista city	0.3	849	3,383	93	42
122	Manassas Park city	0.2	1,613	8,015	692	49
123	Radford city	0.1	242	1,997	78	14
124	Harrisonburg city	0.0	95	19,411	10	4
125	Manassas city	0.0	27	26,009	15	4
126	Salem city	0.0	2	13,871	1	1
127	Danville city	0.0	3	56,266	1	1

Biggest Virginia outages of 2015

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Fairfax County, VA	June 13, 2015 22:15	June 29, 2015 09:00	15d 10h	28,150	482K
2	Fairfax County, VA	September 11, 2015 03:15	September 11, 2015 18:30	15h 15m	21,866	30K
3	Richmond city, VA	June 21, 2015 00:15	June 23, 2015 01:45	2d 1h	18,225	219K
4	Alexandria city, VA	June 20, 2015 23:15	June 21, 2015 19:45	20h 30m	18,174	23K
5	Portsmouth city, VA	September 22, 2015 19:45	September 23, 2015 01:00	5h 15m	13,261	22K
6	Chesterfield County, VA	June 20, 2015 23:45	June 23, 2015 03:45	2d 4h	12,399	124K
7	Henrico County, VA	June 20, 2015 13:15	June 23, 2015 08:45	2d 19h	11,420	99K
8	Norfolk city, VA	October 27, 2015 01:15	October 29, 2015 05:45	2d 4h	10,987	56K
9	Accomack County, VA	September 10, 2015 17:30	September 10, 2015 19:15	1h 45m	10,614	7,647
10	Virginia Beach city, VA	October 27, 2015 15:30	October 30, 2015 10:15	2d 18h	10,123	57K
11	Fairfax County, VA	September 9, 2015 11:45	September 11, 2015 02:15	1d 14h	10,020	4,760
12	Suffolk city, VA	August 19, 2015 16:15	August 19, 2015 16:30	15m	9,598	2,400
13	Norfolk city, VA	June 3, 2015 09:45	June 3, 2015 15:00	5h 15m	8,613	14K
14	Loudoun County, VA	October 9, 2015 19:45	October 10, 2015 08:00	12h 15m	8,557	14K
15	Hampton city, VA	December 18, 2015 12:30	December 18, 2015 14:00	1h 30m	8,280	6,778
16	Gloucester County, VA	July 18, 2015 23:15	July 19, 2015 01:45	2h 30m	8,163	16K
17	Grayson County, VA	October 17, 2015 06:30	October 17, 2015 08:45	2h 15m	8,137	17K
18	Chesterfield County, VA	May 5, 2015 20:30	May 6, 2015 03:00	6h 30m	8,095	4,209
19	Dinwiddie County, VA	October 15, 2015 14:45	October 15, 2015 15:00	15m	7,950	1,988
20	Fairfax County, VA	June 30, 2015 12:00	July 7, 2015 01:45	6d 13h	7,582	44K
21	Fauquier County, VA	June 20, 2015 22:45	June 23, 2015 01:00	2d 2h	7,549	36K
22	Chesapeake city, VA	December 15, 2015 08:30	December 15, 2015 17:00	8h 30m	6,924	9,195
23	Hanover County, VA	October 6, 2015 23:45	October 7, 2015 06:15	6h 30m	6,812	16K
24	Goochland County, VA	June 20, 2015 23:15	June 23, 2015 08:00	2d 8h	6,567	83K
25	Arlington County, VA	October 28, 2015 15:15	October 29, 2015 20:45	1d 5h	6,560	4,824

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Virginia's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

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Other states in 2015:WV WA MI NC RI LA OK NJ

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.