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2018 Surry County, VA Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Surry County, VA went without power for an average of 14.2 hours, a total of 40K customer-hours (Virginia average 18.7 hours). That ranks 74th worst of 124 Virginia counties and 395th 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 Surry 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 | March 2, 2018 07:45 | March 5, 2018 04:30 | 2d 20h | 1,932 | 20K |
| 2 | December 9, 2018 20:30 | December 10, 2018 23:15 | 1d 2h | 891 | 9,413 |
| 3 | October 12, 2018 02:30 | October 14, 2018 20:45 | 2d 18h | 316 | 6,042 |
| 4 | June 19, 2018 23:45 | June 20, 2018 02:00 | 2h 15m | 300 | 604 |
| 5 | January 4, 2018 12:45 | January 4, 2018 21:15 | 8h 30m | 288 | 962 |
| 6 | January 12, 2018 21:45 | January 13, 2018 06:15 | 8h 30m | 117 | 698 |
| 7 | July 29, 2018 19:30 | July 29, 2018 22:15 | 2h 45m | 81 | 223 |
| 8 | March 19, 2018 14:15 | March 19, 2018 19:45 | 5h 30m | 57 | 237 |
| 9 | June 6, 2018 14:15 | June 6, 2018 18:00 | 3h 45m | 39 | 146 |
| 10 | January 13, 2018 08:45 | January 13, 2018 12:15 | 3h 30m | 37 | 94 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 6 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 Surry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince George Electric Coop | 2018 | 9.5 hrs | - | 1.8 hrs | - |
| Community Electric Coop | 2018 | 6.4 hrs | 2.49 | 3.0 hrs | 1.69 |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | - | - | - | - | - |
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 ÷ 2,816 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. Surry County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Surry 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/surry-county