2019 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 6.3 hours, the 7th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

6.3

vs prior year

▼ 64%

vs 2018

Customer-hours out

21.5M

Peak customers out

160,030

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

97%

of VA customers

Counties reporting

129

Virginia year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2019

Customer-hours without power across Virginia; February was the worst.

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All 129 Virginia counties, 2019

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#	County	Hrs / customer	Customer-hours	Customers	Peak out	Events
1	Fairfax city	150.0	1.9M	12,701	12,701	511
2	Craig County	40.0	50K	1,256	900	221
3	Floyd County	29.3	253K	8,655	4,739	375
4	Alleghany County	28.8	108K	3,740	2,288	331
5	Bath County	28.2	85K	3,010	3,010	316
6	Botetourt County	28.1	299K	10,626	4,415	498
7	Highland County	27.7	39K	1,392	1,392	132
8	Nelson County	27.3	153K	5,606	3,714	496
9	Charles City County	24.5	62K	2,516	2,516	222
10	Patrick County	21.5	233K	10,828	3,813	440
11	Grayson County	21.2	173K	8,137	2,264	454
12	Bland County	19.7	70K	3,556	2,151	233
13	Pulaski County	19.5	242K	12,413	2,718	605
14	Buckingham County	19.0	102K	5,391	2,344	374
15	Giles County	18.9	105K	5,569	2,900	458
16	Charlotte County	17.9	92K	5,148	3,345	419
17	Lunenburg County	17.9	86K	4,827	3,010	386
18	Carroll County	17.3	291K	16,812	5,731	564
19	Buchanan County	16.7	213K	12,760	2,812	454
20	Amherst County	16.0	288K	18,016	5,322	518
21	Rockbridge County	15.6	182K	11,617	2,108	609
22	Albemarle County	15.5	702K	45,280	11,133	626
23	Cumberland County	15.4	56K	3,604	1,928	298
24	Middlesex County	14.6	63K	4,296	3,752	291
25	Dickenson County	14.4	124K	8,563	1,438	571
26	Southampton County	13.8	66K	4,783	2,616	342
27	Wise County	13.8	52K	3,750	1,877	743
28	Amelia County	13.8	76K	5,545	2,302	363
29	Surry County	13.8	39K	2,816	2,320	184
30	Franklin County	13.8	447K	32,464	10,041	564
31	Roanoke city	13.5	964K	71,375	9,253	453
32	Rappahannock County	13.2	49K	3,687	3,687	290
33	Prince Edward County	13.0	141K	10,853	4,928	474
34	Smyth County	13.0	243K	18,737	3,038	477
35	Mathews County	13.0	42K	3,233	2,893	247
36	Scott County	11.5	137K	11,959	6,312	620
37	King and Queen County	11.1	30K	2,679	1,160	231
38	Bedford County	10.9	522K	47,929	11,147	610
39	Halifax County	10.7	169K	15,791	2,777	602
40	Shenandoah County	10.6	192K	18,066	6,702	640
41	Lancaster County	10.5	56K	5,333	1,883	314
42	Nottoway County	10.3	70K	6,864	2,386	393
43	Fluvanna County	10.2	75K	7,390	3,873	374
44	Henry County	10.0	268K	26,850	2,996	614
45	Falls Church city	9.8	67K	6,786	2,521	151
46	Wythe County	9.7	174K	17,849	3,173	564
47	Russell County	8.9	137K	15,440	2,973	568
48	Northumberland County	8.9	49K	5,466	4,087	404
49	Louisa County	8.8	145K	16,334	3,832	640
50	Mecklenburg County	8.7	153K	17,640	3,067	686
51	Tazewell County	8.6	183K	21,376	6,723	557
52	Goochland County	8.5	108K	12,608	2,170	398
53	Charlottesville city	8.2	170K	20,605	6,985	440
54	Fauquier County	8.1	259K	31,801	6,148	746
55	New Kent County	7.7	69K	8,920	2,779	326
56	Dinwiddie County	7.6	95K	12,472	4,054	545
57	Sussex County	7.4	33K	4,419	1,003	246
58	Montgomery County	7.2	233K	32,573	2,594	668
59	Gloucester County	6.7	103K	15,330	4,788	490
60	Madison County	6.5	45K	6,952	6,791	332
61	Powhatan County	6.5	84K	12,936	5,251	450
62	Frederick County	6.4	289K	45,160	6,659	628
63	Pittsylvania County	6.4	190K	29,827	3,814	565
64	Suffolk city	6.4	171K	26,940	14,014	669
65	Clarke County	6.3	48K	7,589	1,698	249
66	Washington County	6.1	199K	32,558	3,805	519
67	Campbell County	6.1	180K	29,450	1,971	659
68	Henrico County	5.9	881K	150,139	13,003	578
69	Orange County	5.7	105K	18,484	1,966	573
70	Caroline County	5.6	82K	14,714	10,612	501
71	Westmoreland County	5.6	45K	8,013	2,448	431
72	Virginia Beach city	5.5	1.1M	190,947	30,000	703
73	Page County	5.5	52K	9,423	2,147	369
74	Brunswick County	5.4	42K	7,778	1,470	411
75	Appomattox County	5.4	36K	6,686	2,911	293
76	Lexington city	5.4	16K	2,989	1,438	60
77	Lynchburg city	5.3	316K	59,258	5,816	676
78	Arlington County	5.3	589K	111,055	35,742	793
79	James City County	5.3	173K	32,899	8,286	540
80	Greensville County	5.2	30K	5,788	1,996	217
81	Chesapeake city	5.2	544K	104,567	29,920	810
82	York County	5.2	146K	28,029	13,201	464
83	Rockingham County	5.2	180K	34,838	4,813	775
84	Isle of Wight County	5.0	54K	10,757	3,493	472
85	Spotsylvania County	5.0	308K	62,155	12,338	748
86	Warren County	4.9	114K	23,404	2,680	415
87	Greene County	4.6	48K	10,381	6,319	342
88	King George County	4.5	62K	13,848	4,254	328
89	Stafford County	4.4	295K	67,741	12,261	636
90	Essex County	4.3	22K	5,226	2,463	331
91	Petersburg city	4.1	61K	14,894	3,612	419
92	Augusta County	4.1	132K	32,642	3,608	737
93	Poquoson city	4.0	18K	4,482	4,482	179
94	Chesterfield County	4.0	613K	155,017	18,823	700
95	Northampton County	3.9	38K	9,762	1,683	345
96	Lee County	3.9	29K	7,474	2,299	620
97	Newport News city	3.7	317K	84,935	26,773	744
98	Alexandria city	3.7	245K	67,166	10,062	600
99	Portsmouth city	3.6	158K	43,205	21,038	653
100	Accomack County	3.3	89K	26,528	3,384	612
101	Hanover County	3.3	163K	49,633	5,323	693
102	Williamsburg city	3.2	29K	8,943	2,207	165
103	Prince George County	3.2	74K	22,790	4,145	244
104	King William County	3.0	24K	8,030	1,503	294
105	Hopewell city	3.0	29K	9,904	4,202	253
106	Culpeper County	2.8	78K	27,716	3,753	546
107	Loudoun County	2.8	522K	187,874	13,393	751
108	Hampton city	2.7	157K	58,889	14,574	721
109	Norfolk city	2.6	302K	116,644	49,521	963
110	Emporia city	2.2	5,808	2,639	801	90
111	Galax city	2.1	11K	5,393	685	191
112	Fredericksburg city	2.0	29K	14,939	1,321	225
113	Waynesboro city	1.9	24K	12,537	3,232	248
114	Staunton city	1.7	19K	11,216	2,792	215
115	Colonial Heights city	1.5	12K	8,524	1,324	178
116	Prince William County	1.2	262K	225,231	13,679	881
117	Buena Vista city	1.1	3,688	3,383	589	72
118	Winchester city	1.0	16K	15,282	1,367	236
119	Covington city	0.8	2,186	2,882	786	65
120	Danville city	0.6	36K	56,266	4,483	179
121	Radford city	0.6	1,273	1,997	76	20
122	Manassas Park city	0.2	1,456	8,015	313	50
123	Richmond city	0.1	14K	112,565	785	198
124	Martinsville city	0.0	53	4,573	4	1
125	Salem city	0.0	119	13,871	4	3
126	Manassas city	0.0	16	26,009	3	3
127	Franklin city	0.0	3	5,397	2	1
128	Harrisonburg city	0.0	3	19,411	1	1
129	Norton city	-	11K	-	1,420	494

Biggest Virginia outages of 2019

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSV JSON

#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Norfolk city, VA	July 30, 2019 19:45	July 31, 2019 00:00	4h 15m	49,521	21K
2	Arlington County, VA	May 23, 2019 20:00	May 26, 2019 02:30	2d 6h	35,742	370K
3	Virginia Beach city, VA	September 6, 2019 05:00	September 9, 2019 01:00	2d 20h	30,000	339K
4	Chesapeake city, VA	June 20, 2019 15:30	June 22, 2019 04:15	1d 12h	29,920	199K
5	Virginia Beach city, VA	August 4, 2019 12:30	August 6, 2019 04:30	1d 16h	29,885	150K
6	Newport News city, VA	July 30, 2019 21:00	July 30, 2019 22:00	1h	26,773	14K
7	Chesapeake city, VA	September 5, 2019 12:45	September 8, 2019 03:45	2d 15h	21,384	96K
8	Portsmouth city, VA	May 2, 2019 10:00	May 2, 2019 14:00	4h	21,038	31K
9	Chesterfield County, VA	April 15, 2019 00:45	April 16, 2019 22:45	1d 22h	18,823	139K
10	Virginia Beach city, VA	July 30, 2019 14:45	July 31, 2019 07:00	16h 15m	15,558	5,940
11	Hampton city, VA	July 30, 2019 19:30	July 31, 2019 02:00	6h 30m	14,574	9,566
12	Suffolk city, VA	July 30, 2019 21:00	July 30, 2019 21:45	45m	14,014	5,020
13	Prince William County, VA	July 17, 2019 20:30	July 19, 2019 03:00	1d 6h	13,679	54K
14	Virginia Beach city, VA	July 16, 2019 14:00	July 19, 2019 11:00	2d 21h	13,561	29K
15	Virginia Beach city, VA	June 20, 2019 12:45	June 24, 2019 01:00	3d 12h	13,499	67K
16	Loudoun County, VA	July 20, 2019 12:30	July 23, 2019 21:00	3d 8h	13,393	86K
17	Prince William County, VA	September 2, 2019 21:30	September 3, 2019 05:30	8h	13,214	9,650
18	York County, VA	July 30, 2019 20:00	July 31, 2019 03:15	7h 15m	13,201	7,106
19	Henrico County, VA	April 19, 2019 12:30	April 21, 2019 00:45	1d 12h	13,003	8,144
20	Fairfax city, VA	July 15, 2019 11:00	July 26, 2019 23:45	11d 12h	12,701	152K
21	Fairfax city, VA	May 28, 2019 01:30	June 1, 2019 08:30	4d 7h	12,701	144K
22	Fairfax city, VA	June 29, 2019 00:30	July 5, 2019 09:30	6d 9h	12,701	201K
23	Fairfax city, VA	October 30, 2019 12:30	November 2, 2019 02:00	2d 13h	12,701	106K
24	Fairfax city, VA	May 23, 2019 01:30	May 27, 2019 10:00	4d 8h	12,701	308K
25	Fairfax city, VA	May 19, 2019 00:30	May 20, 2019 10:00	1d 9h	12,701	20K

EAGLE-I tracked about 97% of Virginia's electricity customers in 2019; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.

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Other states in 2019:WV MI NC LA CA VT AR ME

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.