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2019 Washington County, VA Power Outage Report
In 2019, customers in Washington County, VA went without power for an average of 6.1 hours, a total of 199K customer-hours (Virginia average 6.4 hours). That ranks 69th worst of 128 Virginia counties and 900th 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 Washington 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 6, 2019 11:30 | June 8, 2019 00:15 | 1d 12h | 3,805 | 8,265 |
| 2 | February 24, 2019 09:00 | February 27, 2019 22:15 | 3d 13h | 3,220 | 17K |
| 3 | August 28, 2019 11:15 | August 29, 2019 00:15 | 13h | 1,775 | 2,852 |
| 4 | July 15, 2019 14:30 | July 15, 2019 18:45 | 4h 15m | 1,696 | 2,133 |
| 5 | August 23, 2019 01:00 | August 23, 2019 05:15 | 4h 15m | 1,322 | 1,618 |
| 6 | January 5, 2019 00:15 | January 6, 2019 00:30 | 1d | 1,320 | 7,078 |
| 7 | August 20, 2019 12:30 | August 21, 2019 23:00 | 1d 10h | 1,024 | 8,334 |
| 8 | October 31, 2019 03:45 | November 1, 2019 23:30 | 1d 19h | 959 | 6,437 |
| 9 | July 17, 2019 15:30 | July 18, 2019 01:45 | 10h 15m | 915 | 1,149 |
| 10 | April 19, 2019 05:00 | April 20, 2019 02:30 | 21h 30m | 708 | 3,863 |
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 Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Power Co | 2018 | 19.3 hrs | 2.76 | 9.3 hrs | 2.25 |
| Bristol Virginia Utilities | 2018 | 25 min | 0.50 | 15 min | 0.40 |
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 ÷ 32,558 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. Washington County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Washington 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/washington-county