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2018 Galax city, VA Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Galax city, VA went without power for an average of 9.1 hours, a total of 49K customer-hours (Virginia average 18.7 hours). That ranks 96th worst of 124 Virginia counties and 617th 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 Galax city, 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 11:30 | November 19, 2018 17:30 | 4d 6h | 1,579 | 25K |
| 2 | February 13, 2018 08:00 | February 13, 2018 15:00 | 7h | 986 | 5,166 |
| 3 | March 7, 2018 07:45 | March 7, 2018 15:45 | 8h | 629 | 3,081 |
| 4 | June 25, 2018 15:00 | June 26, 2018 03:15 | 12h 15m | 625 | 677 |
| 5 | July 18, 2018 22:45 | July 18, 2018 23:15 | 30m | 623 | 312 |
| 6 | July 19, 2018 00:15 | July 19, 2018 11:15 | 11h | 623 | 4,070 |
| 7 | July 29, 2018 03:15 | July 29, 2018 10:00 | 6h 45m | 231 | 1,558 |
| 8 | March 12, 2018 13:30 | March 13, 2018 20:45 | 1d 7h | 201 | 673 |
| 9 | May 5, 2018 13:45 | May 5, 2018 15:45 | 2h | 185 | 370 |
| 10 | November 7, 2018 10:45 | November 7, 2018 20:15 | 9h 30m | 122 | 807 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 10 reached 100+ customers, 1 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 Galax city 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 |
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 ÷ 5,393 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. Galax city has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Galax city, 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/galax-city