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2016 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 8.1 hours — the 4th worst of any US state that year, 1.0× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
8.1
Peak customers out
116,190
Rank (worst state)
4th
Counties affected
20

Virginia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2016 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Virginia counties in 2016

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

1Henrico County116,1902Virginia Beach city77,4493Norfolk city44,1904Chesapeake city37,1355Richmond city32,2026Fairfax County29,8427Chesterfield County27,0478Hanover County27,0099Newport News city23,36310Loudoun County23,06611Hampton city19,28512Roanoke city12,93313James City County12,62414Roanoke County12,28715Franklin County12,16916Halifax County11,81917Accomack County11,02018Suffolk city10,84419Amelia County10,16520Bedford County9,957

Biggest Virginia outages of 2016

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Henrico CountyJune 17, 2016116,190
Virginia Beach cityOctober 8, 201677,449
Norfolk cityOctober 8, 201644,190
Chesapeake cityOctober 8, 201637,135
Virginia Beach citySeptember 3, 201633,509
Richmond cityJune 17, 201632,202
Fairfax CountyApril 2, 201629,842
Richmond cityJuly 19, 201627,403
Chesterfield CountyJuly 18, 201627,047
Hanover CountyJune 17, 201627,009
Virginia by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCMEFLLA

Part of the 2016 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.