2016 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 8.1 hours, the 4th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

8.1

vs prior year

▲ 205%

vs 2015

Customer-hours out

32.0M

Peak customers out

272,226

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of VA customers

Counties reporting

128

Virginia year over year

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

Month by month, 2016

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

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All 128 Virginia counties, 2016

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	Goochland County	33.5	423K	12,608	9,592	382
2	Grayson County	31.2	254K	8,137	2,723	339
3	Henrico County	30.5	4.6M	150,139	116,190	784
4	New Kent County	26.0	232K	8,920	5,780	312
5	Wise County	25.6	96K	3,750	3,750	607
6	Mathews County	23.6	76K	3,233	3,233	286
7	Charlotte County	22.6	116K	5,148	3,427	392
8	Virginia Beach city	20.1	3.8M	190,947	77,449	690
9	Amelia County	19.5	108K	5,545	5,545	355
10	Giles County	18.7	104K	5,569	3,082	363
11	Richmond city	18.0	2.0M	112,565	32,202	867
12	Appomattox County	18.0	120K	6,686	5,493	231
13	Alleghany County	17.5	66K	3,740	2,713	203
14	Charles City County	17.5	44K	2,516	2,516	239
15	Hanover County	17.0	844K	49,633	27,009	707
16	King and Queen County	16.8	45K	2,679	1,381	230
17	Botetourt County	16.7	177K	10,626	3,877	357
18	Halifax County	16.4	259K	15,791	11,819	538
19	Patrick County	15.5	168K	10,828	3,523	362
20	Roanoke County	15.3	480K	31,398	12,287	500
21	Northumberland County	14.9	81K	5,466	4,266	351
22	Franklin County	14.2	462K	32,464	12,169	479
23	Middlesex County	13.7	59K	4,296	4,296	339
24	Greensville County	13.6	78K	5,788	1,606	207
25	Norfolk city	13.0	1.5M	116,644	44,190	992
26	Powhatan County	12.9	167K	12,936	6,922	467
27	Chesapeake city	12.5	1.3M	104,567	37,135	859
28	Suffolk city	12.3	331K	26,940	10,844	604
29	Pulaski County	12.2	152K	12,413	3,172	403
30	Hampton city	11.8	693K	58,889	19,285	667
31	Poquoson city	11.6	52K	4,482	2,922	161
32	Gloucester County	11.5	176K	15,330	7,038	534
33	Essex County	11.4	60K	5,226	2,444	311
34	Smyth County	11.3	211K	18,737	7,761	383
35	Westmoreland County	11.2	89K	8,013	5,394	430
36	Carroll County	11.1	186K	16,812	4,624	457
37	Dickenson County	10.7	92K	8,563	1,114	331
38	Campbell County	10.5	309K	29,450	7,596	574
39	Russell County	10.2	158K	15,440	3,250	410
40	Cumberland County	10.1	36K	3,604	1,266	261
41	Southampton County	10.0	48K	4,783	1,724	214
42	Bland County	10.0	35K	3,556	2,833	179
43	Portsmouth city	9.9	427K	43,205	8,525	690
44	Brunswick County	9.8	76K	7,778	4,782	376
45	James City County	9.8	322K	32,899	12,624	547
46	King William County	9.7	78K	8,030	3,616	288
47	Clarke County	9.6	73K	7,589	5,150	273
48	Rappahannock County	9.3	34K	3,687	3,687	197
49	Henry County	9.3	249K	26,850	5,670	460
50	Buchanan County	9.0	115K	12,760	1,111	308
51	Newport News city	9.0	762K	84,935	23,363	736
52	Isle of Wight County	8.9	96K	10,757	5,053	345
53	Scott County	8.9	106K	11,959	6,393	379
54	Warren County	8.7	204K	23,404	7,739	288
55	Lancaster County	8.5	45K	5,333	1,352	337
56	Montgomery County	8.5	276K	32,573	4,840	512
57	Dinwiddie County	8.2	103K	12,472	4,240	483
58	Lunenburg County	8.2	39K	4,827	2,070	307
59	Mecklenburg County	8.2	144K	17,640	3,991	559
60	Craig County	7.8	9,819	1,256	957	31
61	Northampton County	7.8	76K	9,762	4,162	234
62	Floyd County	7.8	67K	8,655	7,447	269
63	York County	7.7	215K	28,029	6,286	481
64	Bedford County	7.6	362K	47,929	9,957	543
65	Louisa County	7.5	122K	16,334	4,287	565
66	Page County	7.2	68K	9,423	7,412	316
67	Williamsburg city	7.2	64K	8,943	2,473	167
68	Caroline County	7.2	106K	14,714	5,900	465
69	Albemarle County	7.1	320K	45,280	6,817	683
70	Accomack County	7.0	185K	26,528	11,020	405
71	Highland County	7.0	9,678	1,392	1,392	45
72	Fauquier County	6.8	216K	31,801	4,818	730
73	Roanoke city	6.8	485K	71,375	12,933	514
74	Nelson County	6.7	38K	5,606	939	133
75	Augusta County	6.6	216K	32,642	6,186	689
76	Washington County	6.6	215K	32,558	5,273	480
77	Chesterfield County	6.5	1.0M	155,017	27,047	762
78	Pittsylvania County	6.4	191K	29,827	3,046	503
79	Richmond County	6.3	25K	4,030	1,930	202
80	Surry County	6.3	18K	2,816	1,566	111
81	Fluvanna County	6.2	45K	7,390	1,550	168
82	King George County	5.8	81K	13,848	2,621	338
83	Sussex County	5.8	26K	4,419	989	180
84	Nottoway County	5.8	40K	6,864	5,540	332
85	Amherst County	5.4	97K	18,016	5,436	340
86	Wythe County	5.3	94K	17,849	2,579	408
87	Shenandoah County	5.3	95K	18,066	4,079	554
88	Rockingham County	5.0	174K	34,838	5,495	747
89	Prince Edward County	4.8	52K	10,853	1,995	440
90	Covington city	4.7	13K	2,882	2,882	68
91	Petersburg city	4.5	68K	14,894	3,557	459
92	Hopewell city	4.5	44K	9,904	5,936	273
93	Orange County	4.4	81K	18,484	5,695	507
94	Madison County	4.2	29K	6,952	2,490	329
95	Staunton city	4.1	46K	11,216	4,626	201
96	Colonial Heights city	3.9	33K	8,524	3,331	168
97	Culpeper County	3.8	107K	27,716	5,436	519
98	Buckingham County	3.8	21K	5,391	2,236	195
99	Lynchburg city	3.6	215K	59,258	5,790	425
100	Tazewell County	3.5	74K	21,376	2,798	474
101	Spotsylvania County	3.4	214K	62,155	8,870	737
102	Stafford County	3.4	227K	67,741	6,953	690
103	Falls Church city	2.9	19K	6,786	561	121
104	Winchester city	2.8	42K	15,282	4,224	262
105	Emporia city	2.7	7,063	2,639	597	98
106	Frederick County	2.7	120K	45,160	3,530	522
107	Buena Vista city	2.4	8,220	3,383	1,420	74
108	Fairfax County	2.4	1.2M	513,143	29,842	537
109	Charlottesville city	2.4	48K	20,605	2,685	448
110	Greene County	2.3	24K	10,381	3,234	230
111	Fairfax city	2.3	29K	12,701	2,268	231
112	Alexandria city	2.2	149K	67,166	5,205	645
113	Waynesboro city	2.2	27K	12,537	2,582	209
114	Fredericksburg city	2.0	30K	14,939	3,320	226
115	Arlington County	2.0	218K	111,055	6,739	803
116	Loudoun County	1.9	362K	187,874	23,066	777
117	Rockbridge County	1.8	21K	11,617	792	246
118	Prince George County	1.5	34K	22,790	2,694	206
119	Lexington city	1.4	4,263	2,989	824	69
120	Galax city	1.2	6,675	5,393	200	107
121	Prince William County	1.0	231K	225,231	6,070	973
122	Manassas Park city	0.5	4,061	8,015	1,871	47
123	Bath County	0.1	263	3,010	59	3
124	Radford city	0.0	45	1,997	66	8
125	Harrisonburg city	0.0	32	19,411	11	2
126	Manassas city	0.0	36	26,009	3	7
127	Salem city	0.0	15	13,871	2	2
128	Danville city	0.0	23	56,266	6	2

Biggest Virginia outages of 2016

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

CSV JSON

#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Henrico County, VA	June 17, 2016 01:45	June 20, 2016 22:45	3d 21h	116,190	4.0M
2	Virginia Beach city, VA	October 8, 2016 22:30	October 14, 2016 04:45	5d 6h	77,449	3.1M
3	Norfolk city, VA	October 8, 2016 22:30	October 14, 2016 00:15	5d 1h	44,190	1.2M
4	Chesapeake city, VA	October 8, 2016 22:30	October 13, 2016 09:00	4d 10h	37,135	1.1M
5	Virginia Beach city, VA	September 3, 2016 04:15	September 6, 2016 01:00	2d 20h	33,509	263K
6	Richmond city, VA	June 17, 2016 00:45	June 20, 2016 22:45	3d 22h	32,202	1.1M
7	Fairfax County, VA	April 2, 2016 11:45	April 5, 2016 08:00	2d 20h	29,842	247K
8	Richmond city, VA	July 19, 2016 19:00	July 26, 2016 11:30	6d 16h	27,403	426K
9	Chesterfield County, VA	July 18, 2016 11:30	July 26, 2016 09:30	7d 22h	27,047	385K
10	Hanover County, VA	June 17, 2016 01:00	June 20, 2016 21:15	3d 20h	27,009	661K
11	Newport News city, VA	October 8, 2016 22:30	October 13, 2016 00:15	4d 1h	23,363	548K
12	Loudoun County, VA	March 30, 2016 02:15	March 30, 2016 09:00	6h 45m	23,066	44K
13	Hampton city, VA	October 8, 2016 22:30	October 25, 2016 23:00	17d	19,285	475K
14	Chesapeake city, VA	September 3, 2016 04:00	September 5, 2016 02:00	1d 22h	15,556	72K
15	Richmond city, VA	July 26, 2016 16:15	July 30, 2016 09:45	3d 17h	15,460	153K
16	Fairfax County, VA	August 13, 2016 16:45	August 19, 2016 09:00	5d 16h	15,237	99K
17	Virginia Beach city, VA	February 1, 2016 15:00	February 4, 2016 10:00	2d 19h	14,495	25K
18	Henrico County, VA	July 19, 2016 03:30	July 21, 2016 17:45	2d 14h	14,319	79K
19	Chesterfield County, VA	October 8, 2016 22:30	October 12, 2016 21:45	3d 23h	13,697	128K
20	Roanoke city, VA	February 16, 2016 06:30	February 19, 2016 17:30	3d 11h	12,933	261K
21	James City County, VA	October 8, 2016 22:30	October 11, 2016 19:45	2d 21h	12,624	223K
22	Newport News city, VA	September 3, 2016 00:45	September 4, 2016 16:45	1d 16h	12,516	42K
23	Roanoke County, VA	February 16, 2016 06:30	February 19, 2016 17:30	3d 11h	12,287	223K
24	Franklin County, VA	February 16, 2016 06:45	February 19, 2016 01:00	2d 18h	12,169	208K
25	Halifax County, VA	July 8, 2016 22:30	July 11, 2016 00:15	2d 1h	11,819	121K

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Virginia's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

Virginia by year:2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2015

Other states in 2016:NC WV SC ME FL LA AR GA

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

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