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2015 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 2.7 hours — the 17th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
2.7
Peak customers out
28,150
Rank (worst state)
17th
Counties affected
20

Virginia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

2.7h20158.1h20163.7h201718.7h20186.4h20196.1h20208.7h202110.0h20224.6h20238.4h20248.6h2025

Hardest-hit Virginia counties in 2015

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Fairfax County28,1502Richmond city18,2253Alexandria city18,1744Portsmouth city13,2615Chesterfield County12,3996Henrico County11,4207Norfolk city10,9878Accomack County10,6149Virginia Beach city10,12310Suffolk city9,59811Grayson County9,56712Loudoun County8,55713Hampton city8,28014Gloucester County8,16315Dinwiddie County7,95016Fauquier County7,54917Chesapeake city6,92418Hanover County6,81219Wise County6,74520Goochland County6,567

Biggest Virginia outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Fairfax CountyJune 13, 201528,150
Fairfax CountySeptember 11, 201521,866
Richmond cityJune 21, 201518,225
Alexandria cityJune 20, 201518,174
Portsmouth citySeptember 22, 201513,261
Chesterfield CountyJune 20, 201512,399
Henrico CountyJune 20, 201511,420
Norfolk cityOctober 27, 201510,987
Accomack CountySeptember 10, 201510,614
Virginia Beach cityOctober 27, 201510,123
Virginia by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2015:WVWANCMIRILA

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.