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2018 Highland County, VA Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Highland County, VA went without power for an average of 6.5 hours, a total of 8,995 customer-hours (Virginia average 18.7 hours). That ranks 107th worst of 124 Virginia counties and 844th 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 Highland 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 | May 14, 2018 21:15 | May 15, 2018 03:30 | 6h 15m | 396 | 1,306 |
| 2 | July 8, 2018 16:00 | July 8, 2018 16:15 | 15m | 288 | 72 |
| 3 | March 2, 2018 05:00 | March 3, 2018 03:00 | 22h | 235 | 2,309 |
| 4 | January 13, 2018 12:45 | January 13, 2018 18:30 | 5h 45m | 217 | 708 |
| 5 | November 16, 2018 04:30 | November 17, 2018 04:45 | 1d | 207 | 2,622 |
| 6 | June 6, 2018 14:00 | June 6, 2018 14:15 | 15m | 167 | 42 |
| 7 | June 11, 2018 17:30 | June 11, 2018 20:15 | 2h 45m | 167 | 376 |
| 8 | June 29, 2018 14:30 | June 29, 2018 18:30 | 4h | 101 | 404 |
| 9 | May 26, 2018 19:30 | May 26, 2018 22:00 | 2h 30m | 77 | 174 |
| 10 | February 10, 2018 12:45 | February 10, 2018 16:45 | 4h | 41 | 140 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 8 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 Highland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenandoah Valley Elec Coop | 2018 | 9.5 hrs | 2.25 | 3.3 hrs | 1.73 |
| BARC Electric Coop Inc | 2018 | 20.5 hrs | 4.55 | 5.9 hrs | 2.55 |
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 ÷ 1,392 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. Highland County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Highland 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/highland-county