2017 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 3.6 hours, the 21st worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

3.6

vs prior year

▼ 55%

vs 2016

Customer-hours out

14.0M

Peak customers out

111,349

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

n/a

of VA customers

Counties reporting

125

Virginia year over year

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

Month by month, 2017

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

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All 125 Virginia counties, 2017

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	Grayson County	33.3	271K	8,137	6,119	286
2	Craig County	30.2	38K	1,256	1,030	47
3	Giles County	27.3	152K	5,569	2,515	306
4	Charlotte County	25.8	133K	5,148	4,390	373
5	Wise County	25.3	95K	3,750	3,750	676
6	Mathews County	18.2	59K	3,233	2,106	247
7	Charles City County	18.2	46K	2,516	2,516	194
8	Amelia County	17.6	97K	5,545	3,792	397
9	Cumberland County	16.3	59K	3,604	2,463	287
10	Buckingham County	16.2	87K	5,391	3,239	337
11	Patrick County	15.6	169K	10,828	2,867	397
12	Westmoreland County	15.3	123K	8,013	3,555	398
13	King and Queen County	14.6	39K	2,679	2,614	209
14	Nelson County	12.9	73K	5,606	2,418	395
15	Prince Edward County	12.6	137K	10,853	4,581	436
16	Bland County	12.5	44K	3,556	1,416	195
17	Northumberland County	12.1	66K	5,466	3,339	344
18	Dickenson County	11.8	101K	8,563	956	308
19	Powhatan County	11.6	151K	12,936	5,017	433
20	Lunenburg County	10.5	50K	4,827	1,984	310
21	Orange County	10.4	192K	18,484	17,235	493
22	Carroll County	10.2	172K	16,812	4,151	415
23	Essex County	9.9	52K	5,226	5,226	279
24	Russell County	9.6	148K	15,440	3,937	408
25	Pulaski County	9.3	115K	12,413	4,060	422
26	King George County	9.2	128K	13,848	5,206	336
27	Henry County	9.1	245K	26,850	3,323	452
28	Buchanan County	8.8	113K	12,760	1,850	318
29	Lancaster County	8.8	47K	5,333	2,088	285
30	Halifax County	8.7	137K	15,791	8,628	548
31	Page County	8.4	79K	9,423	7,366	368
32	Middlesex County	8.4	36K	4,296	2,585	291
33	Fauquier County	7.9	251K	31,801	13,464	708
34	Rappahannock County	7.8	29K	3,687	1,630	219
35	Botetourt County	7.7	82K	10,626	2,250	360
36	Fairfax city	7.6	96K	12,701	7,379	237
37	Greene County	7.6	78K	10,381	5,486	253
38	Gloucester County	7.5	114K	15,330	4,028	437
39	Alleghany County	7.3	27K	3,740	1,562	210
40	Madison County	7.3	51K	6,952	2,468	310
41	Clarke County	7.3	55K	7,589	2,730	253
42	Fluvanna County	7.2	53K	7,390	5,142	324
43	Goochland County	7.1	89K	12,608	2,152	411
44	Louisa County	7.0	114K	16,334	8,355	614
45	Greensville County	7.0	40K	5,788	2,094	212
46	New Kent County	6.6	59K	8,920	3,739	296
47	Wythe County	6.4	114K	17,849	2,594	440
48	Brunswick County	6.4	49K	7,778	3,768	408
49	Albemarle County	6.3	284K	45,280	6,357	626
50	Smyth County	6.1	115K	18,737	3,914	408
51	Caroline County	6.0	89K	14,714	5,080	515
52	Nottoway County	6.0	41K	6,864	1,726	331
53	Dinwiddie County	5.9	74K	12,472	5,070	482
54	Scott County	5.9	70K	11,959	3,147	412
55	Floyd County	5.7	50K	8,655	1,965	301
56	Highland County	5.4	7,474	1,392	1,392	53
57	Franklin County	5.3	173K	32,464	1,984	499
58	Galax city	5.2	28K	5,393	945	121
59	Montgomery County	5.2	168K	32,573	6,308	492
60	Washington County	5.0	161K	32,558	3,641	463
61	Appomattox County	4.9	33K	6,686	1,174	325
62	Hanover County	4.7	235K	49,633	13,957	725
63	Southampton County	4.7	23K	4,783	1,142	219
64	Roanoke County	4.7	148K	31,398	2,898	428
65	Tazewell County	4.6	98K	21,376	2,307	432
66	Shenandoah County	4.6	83K	18,066	3,490	525
67	King William County	4.5	36K	8,030	1,478	295
68	Mecklenburg County	4.5	79K	17,640	2,928	605
69	Richmond County	4.1	17K	4,030	929	163
70	Amherst County	4.1	74K	18,016	2,395	400
71	Culpeper County	4.1	113K	27,716	5,512	525
72	Campbell County	4.0	119K	29,450	7,252	623
73	Petersburg city	4.0	59K	14,894	2,242	437
74	Frederick County	3.9	176K	45,160	4,936	552
75	Henrico County	3.8	573K	150,139	19,243	839
76	Augusta County	3.8	123K	32,642	7,172	713
77	Charlottesville city	3.5	72K	20,605	6,072	412
78	Surry County	3.4	9,568	2,816	702	84
79	Isle of Wight County	3.4	36K	10,757	3,169	303
80	Chesterfield County	3.4	524K	155,017	13,205	752
81	Spotsylvania County	3.4	210K	62,155	11,942	719
82	Warren County	3.3	77K	23,404	3,048	333
83	Covington city	3.3	9,444	2,882	1,555	65
84	Lynchburg city	3.3	194K	59,258	5,963	511
85	Rockingham County	3.2	111K	34,838	5,772	687
86	Bedford County	3.1	147K	47,929	3,814	608
87	Hampton city	3.1	180K	58,889	7,084	704
88	Pittsylvania County	3.0	89K	29,827	8,368	507
89	Suffolk city	3.0	80K	26,940	5,404	527
90	Winchester city	2.9	45K	15,282	4,216	212
91	Richmond city	2.9	326K	112,565	7,694	773
92	Poquoson city	2.9	13K	4,482	3,565	130
93	Stafford County	2.9	194K	67,741	11,033	632
94	Roanoke city	2.8	199K	71,375	4,578	527
95	Arlington County	2.6	293K	111,055	8,148	711
96	Hopewell city	2.6	26K	9,904	3,962	240
97	Virginia Beach city	2.5	474K	190,947	13,479	736
98	Emporia city	2.5	6,496	2,639	782	95
99	Falls Church city	2.4	17K	6,786	1,353	142
100	James City County	2.4	79K	32,899	5,522	469
101	York County	2.3	63K	28,029	3,191	407
102	Chesapeake city	2.2	234K	104,567	10,950	792
103	Sussex County	2.2	9,657	4,419	566	173
104	Fairfax County	2.2	1.1M	513,143	26,741	509
105	Portsmouth city	2.1	91K	43,205	3,564	669
106	Alexandria city	2.1	139K	67,166	7,163	584
107	Staunton city	1.9	21K	11,216	1,484	175
108	Newport News city	1.8	153K	84,935	5,440	761
109	Waynesboro city	1.7	21K	12,537	823	202
110	Norfolk city	1.5	180K	116,644	5,367	996
111	Fredericksburg city	1.5	23K	14,939	4,510	241
112	Buena Vista city	1.4	4,689	3,383	1,400	61
113	Loudoun County	1.3	250K	187,874	6,592	723
114	Williamsburg city	1.2	11K	8,943	934	147
115	Colonial Heights city	1.2	10K	8,524	1,098	164
116	Prince William County	0.9	213K	225,231	8,192	980
117	Rockbridge County	0.9	10K	11,617	916	214
118	Prince George County	0.7	15K	22,790	2,423	211
119	Radford city	0.5	1,053	1,997	45	17
120	Lexington city	0.2	604	2,989	102	34
121	Bath County	0.2	527	3,010	58	2
122	Manassas Park city	0.1	801	8,015	396	47
123	Martinsville city	0.0	29	4,573	4	3
124	Salem city	0.0	17	13,871	4	3
125	Manassas city	0.0	4	26,009	2	1

Biggest Virginia outages of 2017

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 19, 2017 10:15	June 21, 2017 08:45	1d 22h	26,741	87K
2	Fairfax County, VA	February 13, 2017 00:00	February 15, 2017 08:15	2d 8h	22,153	153K
3	Henrico County, VA	March 14, 2017 01:15	March 15, 2017 21:00	1d 19h	19,243	112K
4	Orange County, VA	April 6, 2017 17:00	April 7, 2017 22:00	1d 5h	17,235	126K
5	Fairfax County, VA	April 6, 2017 05:30	April 8, 2017 09:30	2d 4h	14,518	73K
6	Hanover County, VA	March 14, 2017 05:30	March 16, 2017 01:15	1d 19h	13,957	79K
7	Virginia Beach city, VA	June 16, 2017 18:15	June 17, 2017 10:15	16h	13,479	23K
8	Fauquier County, VA	April 6, 2017 17:15	April 9, 2017 00:45	2d 7h	13,464	105K
9	Chesterfield County, VA	March 14, 2017 02:15	March 15, 2017 10:15	1d 8h	13,205	80K
10	Spotsylvania County, VA	April 6, 2017 17:00	April 7, 2017 23:00	1d 6h	11,942	60K
11	Stafford County, VA	March 1, 2017 14:00	March 3, 2017 00:00	1d 10h	11,033	51K
12	Chesapeake city, VA	February 21, 2017 11:45	February 21, 2017 19:15	7h 30m	10,950	12K
13	Fairfax County, VA	November 19, 2017 09:30	November 20, 2017 04:30	19h	9,704	15K
14	Chesapeake city, VA	June 16, 2017 20:15	June 18, 2017 03:30	1d 7h	9,666	21K
15	Fairfax County, VA	July 14, 2017 12:15	July 16, 2017 10:00	1d 21h	8,910	37K
16	Halifax County, VA	March 29, 2017 15:15	March 29, 2017 17:45	2h 30m	8,628	2,914
17	Pittsylvania County, VA	March 13, 2017 17:30	March 14, 2017 00:45	7h 15m	8,368	9,926
18	Louisa County, VA	April 6, 2017 16:15	April 7, 2017 23:15	1d 7h	8,355	25K
19	Chesapeake city, VA	April 6, 2017 11:30	April 7, 2017 06:30	19h	8,238	25K
20	Chesterfield County, VA	May 27, 2017 05:30	May 29, 2017 02:15	1d 20h	8,202	25K
21	Prince William County, VA	April 6, 2017 17:30	April 8, 2017 06:00	1d 12h	8,192	30K
22	Arlington County, VA	July 14, 2017 20:45	July 15, 2017 22:00	1d 1h	8,148	25K
23	Henrico County, VA	December 8, 2017 13:15	December 12, 2017 08:15	3d 19h	8,037	168K
24	Virginia Beach city, VA	January 7, 2017 12:30	January 10, 2017 23:00	3d 10h	7,711	88K
25	Richmond city, VA	March 14, 2017 01:00	March 15, 2017 21:45	1d 20h	7,694	65K

EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Virginia's electricity customers in 2017; 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 2017:FL ME WV NH GA RI VT NC

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.

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