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2018 Craig County, VA Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Craig County, VA went without power for an average of 76.7 hours, a total of 96K customer-hours (Virginia average 18.7 hours). That ranks 20th worst of 124 Virginia counties and 78th of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with VA, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Virginia customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Craig County, 2018
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 15, 2018 12:30 | November 17, 2018 20:45 | 2d 8h | 3,093 | 49K |
| 2 | March 2, 2018 01:30 | March 3, 2018 21:15 | 1d 19h | 1,105 | 16K |
| 3 | March 21, 2018 06:15 | March 22, 2018 16:45 | 1d 10h | 658 | 3,280 |
| 4 | September 16, 2018 23:15 | September 18, 2018 15:15 | 1d 16h | 560 | 2,310 |
| 5 | October 21, 2018 04:15 | October 22, 2018 01:30 | 21h 15m | 352 | 3,254 |
| 6 | October 12, 2018 00:30 | October 12, 2018 22:45 | 22h 15m | 279 | 1,817 |
| 7 | August 30, 2018 19:15 | August 31, 2018 20:15 | 1d 1h | 278 | 4,246 |
| 8 | February 7, 2018 13:15 | February 7, 2018 15:00 | 1h 45m | 259 | 421 |
| 9 | May 15, 2018 18:30 | May 16, 2018 00:45 | 6h 15m | 258 | 730 |
| 10 | December 5, 2018 23:45 | December 6, 2018 10:15 | 10h 30m | 241 | 541 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 25 reached 100+ customers, 2 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 2018, 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 | 2018 | 19.3 hrs | 2.76 | 9.3 hrs | 2.25 |
| Craig-Botetourt Electric Coop | 2018 | 25.9 hrs | 6.04 | 8.7 hrs | 3.51 |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 96% of Virginia's customers in 2018; 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, 2018, 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/2018/virginia/craig-county