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2019 Halifax County, VA Power Outage Report
In 2019, customers in Halifax County, VA went without power for an average of 10.7 hours, a total of 169K customer-hours (Virginia average 6.4 hours). That ranks 42nd worst of 128 Virginia counties and 505th of 2,945 nationally.
Compared with VA, the US and 2018
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Virginia customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Halifax County, 2019
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 28, 2019 20:45 | June 29, 2019 13:30 | 16h 45m | 2,777 | 7,137 |
| 2 | January 13, 2019 10:15 | January 15, 2019 03:30 | 1d 17h | 2,466 | 46K |
| 3 | June 18, 2019 17:00 | June 19, 2019 05:15 | 12h 15m | 1,811 | 4,413 |
| 4 | November 11, 2019 20:45 | November 11, 2019 21:45 | 1h | 1,440 | 1,438 |
| 5 | November 11, 2019 17:00 | November 11, 2019 18:45 | 1h 45m | 1,439 | 1,246 |
| 6 | November 18, 2019 15:45 | November 18, 2019 17:15 | 1h 30m | 1,436 | 1,575 |
| 7 | February 20, 2019 13:45 | February 20, 2019 18:15 | 4h 30m | 1,435 | 1,457 |
| 8 | June 25, 2019 01:15 | June 25, 2019 08:15 | 7h | 939 | 2,116 |
| 9 | June 13, 2019 04:45 | June 13, 2019 18:00 | 13h 15m | 938 | 7,123 |
| 10 | December 2, 2019 09:30 | December 2, 2019 18:15 | 8h 45m | 937 | 2,936 |
Outage episodes by size in 2019: 68 reached 100+ customers, 7 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 Halifax County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2019, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative | 2018 | 24.8 hrs | 3.48 | 3.7 hrs | 2.12 |
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Danville - (VA) | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 97% of Virginia's customers in 2019; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 15,791 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. Halifax County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Halifax County, VA annual power outage report, 2019, 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/2019/virginia/halifax-county