2020 U.S. Virgin Islands Power Outage Report
In 2020, the average U.S. Virgin Islands customer went without power for about 36.7 hours (a territory, not ranked with the states) (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
36.7
vs prior year
▼ 22%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
2.1M
Peak customers out
25,539
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
100%
of VI customers
Counties reporting
3
U.S. Virgin Islands year over year
Month by month, 2020
Customer-hours without power across U.S. Virgin Islands; May was the worst.
All 3 U.S. Virgin Islands counties, 2020
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Thomas Island | 45.9 | 1.0M | 22,725 | 22,647 | 433 |
| 2 | St. Croix Island | 29.9 | 924K | 30,899 | 22,964 | 359 |
| 3 | St. John Island | - | 100K | - | 2,909 | 106 |
Biggest U.S. Virgin Islands outages of 2020
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Croix Island, VI | August 8, 2020 12:30 | August 8, 2020 15:15 | 2h 45m | 22,964 | 55K |
| 2 | St. Croix Island, VI | September 19, 2020 18:30 | September 19, 2020 23:30 | 5h | 22,949 | 22K |
| 3 | St. Croix Island, VI | July 9, 2020 13:00 | July 11, 2020 11:00 | 1d 22h | 22,929 | 21K |
| 4 | St. Thomas Island, VI | December 15, 2020 17:45 | December 16, 2020 00:15 | 6h 30m | 22,647 | 67K |
| 5 | St. Thomas Island, VI | May 4, 2020 16:30 | May 6, 2020 03:15 | 1d 10h | 22,631 | 209K |
| 6 | St. Croix Island, VI | April 4, 2020 16:30 | April 5, 2020 00:30 | 8h | 22,406 | 100K |
| 7 | St. Thomas Island, VI | November 10, 2020 11:30 | November 10, 2020 19:30 | 8h | 22,309 | 74K |
| 8 | St. Thomas Island, VI | March 10, 2020 19:15 | March 10, 2020 23:00 | 3h 45m | 22,100 | 50K |
| 9 | St. Thomas Island, VI | March 23, 2020 12:15 | March 23, 2020 15:15 | 3h | 20,853 | 12K |
| 10 | St. Croix Island, VI | April 5, 2020 09:00 | April 5, 2020 19:30 | 10h 30m | 19,589 | 116K |
| 11 | St. Thomas Island, VI | February 25, 2020 17:15 | February 26, 2020 22:30 | 1d 5h | 17,674 | 35K |
| 12 | St. Croix Island, VI | March 30, 2020 23:15 | March 31, 2020 16:45 | 17h 30m | 16,760 | 8,426 |
| 13 | St. Thomas Island, VI | December 16, 2020 12:30 | December 16, 2020 20:15 | 7h 45m | 15,678 | 29K |
| 14 | St. Thomas Island, VI | March 23, 2020 03:45 | March 23, 2020 04:30 | 45m | 15,412 | 10K |
| 15 | St. Croix Island, VI | September 9, 2020 04:15 | September 12, 2020 04:15 | 3d | 15,303 | 8,417 |
| 16 | St. Croix Island, VI | June 6, 2020 16:30 | June 11, 2020 19:30 | 5d 3h | 15,263 | 16K |
| 17 | St. Thomas Island, VI | August 6, 2020 16:15 | August 6, 2020 17:45 | 1h 30m | 14,984 | 18K |
| 18 | St. Croix Island, VI | March 19, 2020 14:00 | March 21, 2020 03:45 | 1d 13h | 14,864 | 4,719 |
| 19 | St. Thomas Island, VI | April 29, 2020 00:15 | April 29, 2020 00:45 | 30m | 14,137 | 6,212 |
| 20 | St. Thomas Island, VI | February 10, 2020 08:30 | February 10, 2020 09:15 | 45m | 13,858 | 4,975 |
| 21 | St. Thomas Island, VI | June 5, 2020 15:45 | June 5, 2020 17:00 | 1h 15m | 13,624 | 11K |
| 22 | St. Croix Island, VI | May 21, 2020 13:15 | May 21, 2020 14:45 | 1h 30m | 13,390 | 6,385 |
| 23 | St. Croix Island, VI | May 10, 2020 21:30 | May 11, 2020 21:30 | 1d | 13,322 | 7,649 |
| 24 | St. Croix Island, VI | September 23, 2020 11:15 | September 24, 2020 17:15 | 1d 6h | 13,243 | 4,365 |
| 25 | St. Thomas Island, VI | June 9, 2020 20:00 | June 10, 2020 02:00 | 6h | 12,916 | 21K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of U.S. Virgin Islands's electricity customers in 2020; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.