County annual report · FIPS 51045
2016 Craig County, VA Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Craig County, VA went without power for an average of 7.8 hours, a total of 9,819 customer-hours (Virginia average 8.1 hours). That ranks 64th worst of 128 Virginia counties and 447th of 2,391 nationally.
Compared with VA, the US and 2015
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Virginia customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Craig County, 2016
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 8, 2016 21:15 | July 10, 2016 10:45 | 1d 13h | 957 | 6,038 |
| 2 | August 4, 2016 07:15 | August 4, 2016 16:15 | 9h | 240 | 2,099 |
| 3 | March 15, 2016 01:00 | March 15, 2016 04:15 | 3h 15m | 69 | 191 |
| 4 | June 23, 2016 13:30 | June 23, 2016 18:15 | 4h 45m | 67 | 210 |
| 5 | August 15, 2016 19:00 | August 16, 2016 14:30 | 19h 30m | 63 | 324 |
| 6 | September 30, 2016 00:15 | September 30, 2016 07:15 | 7h | 33 | 209 |
| 7 | August 24, 2016 06:15 | August 24, 2016 11:15 | 5h | 12 | 60 |
| 8 | June 15, 2016 23:00 | June 16, 2016 18:30 | 19h 30m | 11 | 173 |
| 9 | March 2, 2016 04:00 | March 2, 2016 14:30 | 10h 30m | 10 | 105 |
| 10 | November 28, 2016 21:00 | November 28, 2016 21:45 | 45m | 10 | 8 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 2 reached 100+ customers, 0 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Craig County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2016, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Power Co | 2016 | 12.6 hrs | 2.37 | 7.6 hrs | 2.09 |
| Craig-Botetourt Electric Coop | 2016 | 12.2 hrs | 4.53 | 7.7 hrs | 3.71 |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Virginia's customers in 2016; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 1,256 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Craig County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Craig County, VA annual power outage report, 2016, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2016/virginia/craig-county