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2019 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 6.4 hours — the 7th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
6.4
Peak customers out
53,115
Rank (worst state)
7th
Counties affected
20

Virginia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2019 highlighted.

2.7h20158.1h20163.7h201718.7h20186.4h20196.1h20208.7h202110.0h20224.6h20238.4h20248.6h2025

Hardest-hit Virginia counties in 2019

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Fairfax city53,1152Norfolk city49,5213Arlington County35,7424Virginia Beach city30,0005Chesapeake city29,9206Newport News city26,7737Portsmouth city21,0388Chesterfield County18,8239Hampton city14,57410Suffolk city14,01411Prince William County13,67912Loudoun County13,39313York County13,20114Henrico County13,00315Spotsylvania County12,33816Stafford County12,26117Bedford County11,14718Albemarle County11,13319Caroline County10,61220Alexandria city10,062

Biggest Virginia outages of 2019

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Fairfax cityMay 23, 201953,115
Norfolk cityJuly 30, 201949,521
Fairfax cityJuly 15, 201939,933
Arlington CountyMay 23, 201935,742
Virginia Beach citySeptember 6, 201930,000
Chesapeake cityJune 20, 201929,920
Virginia Beach cityAugust 4, 201929,885
Newport News cityJuly 30, 201926,773
Fairfax cityMay 28, 201925,761
Chesapeake citySeptember 5, 201921,384
Virginia by year:20252024202320222021202020182017
Other states in 2019:WVNCMILACAVT

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.