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2018 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 18.7 hours — the 2nd worst of any US state that year, 2.4× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
18.7
Peak customers out
136,046
Rank (worst state)
2nd
Counties affected
20

Virginia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2018 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Virginia counties in 2018

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

1Fairfax city136,0462Henrico County66,9463Virginia Beach city55,5324Chesterfield County51,9215Norfolk city36,9076Stafford County33,1087Prince William County32,3218Newport News city29,9619Hampton city27,60510Loudoun County26,91011Spotsylvania County23,90112James City County21,01013Albemarle County20,21314Chesapeake city19,88315Augusta County19,08616Fauquier County17,07117Prince Edward County16,28318York County16,03719Pulaski County16,01720Gloucester County15,712

Biggest Virginia outages of 2018

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Fairfax cityMarch 2, 2018136,046
Henrico CountyOctober 11, 201866,946
Virginia Beach cityOctober 11, 201855,532
Chesterfield CountyOctober 11, 201851,921
Norfolk cityOctober 11, 201836,907
Henrico CountyMarch 1, 201834,870
Stafford CountyMarch 1, 201833,108
Prince William CountyMarch 2, 201832,321
Virginia Beach cityJanuary 4, 201831,224
Newport News cityOctober 11, 201829,961
Virginia by year:20252024202320222021202020192017
Other states in 2018:NCWVMARIVTME

Part of the 2018 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.