2020 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 6.0 hours, the 21st worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

6.0

vs prior year

▼ 4%

vs 2019

Customer-hours out

23.9M

Peak customers out

354,189

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, 2020

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

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All 129 Virginia counties, 2020

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	100.1	1.3M	12,701	12,701	460
2	Southampton County	37.2	178K	4,783	3,569	365
3	Bath County	35.8	108K	3,010	3,010	324
4	Mathews County	31.8	103K	3,233	3,233	236
5	Franklin city	31.7	171K	5,397	3,689	273
6	Wise County	27.9	105K	3,750	2,203	699
7	Northumberland County	27.7	151K	5,466	5,466	384
8	Giles County	26.4	147K	5,569	3,367	449
9	Nelson County	25.8	145K	5,606	5,606	476
10	Suffolk city	25.4	685K	26,940	25,212	581
11	Middlesex County	25.0	107K	4,296	4,296	298
12	Charles City County	24.3	61K	2,516	2,046	211
13	Highland County	23.3	32K	1,392	1,392	160
14	King and Queen County	22.0	59K	2,679	2,071	230
15	Patrick County	21.3	230K	10,828	3,933	450
16	Craig County	19.1	24K	1,256	745	217
17	Lancaster County	18.2	97K	5,333	4,006	317
18	Gloucester County	17.5	269K	15,330	7,295	491
19	Buckingham County	17.2	93K	5,391	3,217	371
20	Dickenson County	17.2	147K	8,563	2,148	461
21	Grayson County	16.2	132K	8,137	7,020	456
22	Fluvanna County	16.2	120K	7,390	5,866	364
23	Pittsylvania County	15.7	469K	29,827	12,021	608
24	Botetourt County	15.5	164K	10,626	2,164	503
25	Albemarle County	15.4	698K	45,280	11,525	651
26	Alleghany County	15.3	57K	3,740	1,063	341
27	Portsmouth city	15.2	656K	43,205	14,872	655
28	Isle of Wight County	15.0	161K	10,757	5,036	475
29	Floyd County	14.8	128K	8,655	2,644	426
30	Bland County	14.7	52K	3,556	1,072	281
31	Newport News city	12.5	1.1M	84,935	32,625	730
32	Chesapeake city	12.5	1.3M	104,567	57,143	791
33	Poquoson city	12.2	55K	4,482	3,158	161
34	Henry County	11.9	320K	26,850	6,056	640
35	Russell County	11.8	183K	15,440	5,749	502
36	Orange County	11.7	217K	18,484	7,552	512
37	Pulaski County	11.6	144K	12,413	2,818	614
38	Virginia Beach city	11.3	2.2M	190,947	74,967	635
39	Cumberland County	11.3	41K	3,604	1,572	319
40	Hampton city	11.2	662K	58,889	24,593	671
41	Fauquier County	11.0	351K	31,801	9,329	721
42	Buchanan County	11.0	141K	12,760	1,867	467
43	Lee County	10.9	81K	7,474	1,855	386
44	Northampton County	10.8	106K	9,762	5,439	408
45	Louisa County	10.5	172K	16,334	5,920	598
46	Charlotte County	10.4	53K	5,148	1,439	415
47	Rappahannock County	10.3	38K	3,687	3,615	216
48	Rockbridge County	10.0	116K	11,617	2,783	626
49	Westmoreland County	9.9	79K	8,013	3,478	369
50	Culpeper County	9.9	274K	27,716	10,361	479
51	Smyth County	9.8	183K	18,737	4,906	532
52	Halifax County	9.7	152K	15,791	4,155	588
53	Amelia County	9.6	53K	5,545	1,910	391
54	Scott County	9.2	109K	11,959	1,072	490
55	Dinwiddie County	8.9	111K	12,472	4,511	521
56	Carroll County	8.9	149K	16,812	5,345	605
57	Accomack County	8.7	231K	26,528	14,383	639
58	New Kent County	8.6	77K	8,920	4,410	293
59	York County	8.0	223K	28,029	10,192	465
60	Sussex County	7.7	34K	4,419	925	219
61	Washington County	7.6	249K	32,558	3,508	546
62	Powhatan County	7.5	97K	12,936	3,087	501
63	Lunenburg County	7.4	36K	4,827	1,092	359
64	Essex County	7.3	38K	5,226	5,226	279
65	Montgomery County	7.2	235K	32,573	5,593	651
66	Danville city	7.2	404K	56,266	12,945	328
67	Roanoke city	7.2	512K	71,375	4,313	508
68	Goochland County	6.8	86K	12,608	2,768	398
69	Nottoway County	6.8	46K	6,864	1,650	318
70	Prince Edward County	6.4	70K	10,853	1,892	480
71	Bedford County	6.1	294K	47,929	3,750	631
72	Surry County	6.0	17K	2,816	1,265	153
73	Norfolk city	6.0	699K	116,644	33,904	995
74	Henrico County	5.9	882K	150,139	15,154	687
75	Tazewell County	5.8	124K	21,376	1,561	555
76	Wythe County	5.8	103K	17,849	2,606	627
77	Campbell County	5.5	163K	29,450	5,181	705
78	Amherst County	5.4	96K	18,016	1,651	561
79	Madison County	5.3	37K	6,952	1,714	330
80	James City County	5.2	172K	32,899	9,301	549
81	King George County	5.1	71K	13,848	2,589	300
82	King William County	5.1	41K	8,030	1,458	297
83	Brunswick County	4.8	38K	7,778	1,553	407
84	Mecklenburg County	4.6	82K	17,640	4,233	611
85	Petersburg city	4.6	68K	14,894	3,875	417
86	Augusta County	4.4	144K	32,642	4,893	779
87	Chesterfield County	4.2	650K	155,017	12,076	651
88	Shenandoah County	4.1	75K	18,066	3,647	560
89	Charlottesville city	3.9	81K	20,605	4,332	380
90	Hanover County	3.9	195K	49,633	11,639	662
91	Falls Church city	3.9	26K	6,786	3,257	145
92	Appomattox County	3.9	26K	6,686	2,085	311
93	Lynchburg city	3.7	217K	59,258	5,666	723
94	Hopewell city	3.3	33K	9,904	4,024	238
95	Clarke County	3.3	25K	7,589	1,645	286
96	Greene County	3.3	34K	10,381	7,085	286
97	Colonial Heights city	3.2	27K	8,524	2,643	195
98	Lexington city	3.2	9,492	2,989	1,952	53
99	Franklin County	3.1	102K	32,464	4,224	285
100	Page County	3.1	29K	9,423	1,086	396
101	Alexandria city	3.1	209K	67,166	12,773	605
102	Rockingham County	3.1	108K	34,838	6,121	716
103	Caroline County	3.1	45K	14,714	2,433	522
104	Arlington County	3.0	333K	111,055	12,142	741
105	Prince George County	2.9	67K	22,790	3,429	223
106	Williamsburg city	2.5	23K	8,943	2,895	136
107	Greensville County	2.5	14K	5,788	523	240
108	Galax city	2.3	13K	5,393	1,120	189
109	Waynesboro city	2.2	28K	12,537	3,254	232
110	Spotsylvania County	2.1	133K	62,155	6,297	720
111	Staunton city	2.1	23K	11,216	1,721	246
112	Warren County	1.9	44K	23,404	1,654	460
113	Buena Vista city	1.8	6,118	3,383	1,373	67
114	Loudoun County	1.6	300K	187,874	6,864	749
115	Stafford County	1.5	99K	67,741	4,311	671
116	Fredericksburg city	1.3	20K	14,939	1,969	222
117	Radford city	1.3	2,599	1,997	180	14
118	Frederick County	1.2	55K	45,160	1,964	576
119	Winchester city	1.1	16K	15,282	1,334	290
120	Prince William County	0.9	200K	225,231	5,277	891
121	Roanoke County	0.9	27K	31,398	1,903	73
122	Covington city	0.8	2,428	2,882	779	60
123	Emporia city	0.8	2,160	2,639	568	89
124	Manassas Park city	0.2	1,326	8,015	475	41
125	Fairfax County	0.2	84K	513,143	9,993	91
126	Richmond city	0.1	13K	112,565	1,624	183
127	Martinsville city	0.0	62	4,573	5	3
128	Salem city	0.0	35	13,871	4	2
129	Manassas city	0.0	28	26,009	5	1

Biggest Virginia outages of 2020

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

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#	County	Started (UTC)	Ended (UTC)	Duration	Peak out	Customer-hours
1	Virginia Beach city, VA	August 4, 2020 02:30	August 9, 2020 11:15	5d 8h	74,967	1.3M
2	Chesapeake city, VA	August 4, 2020 07:00	August 8, 2020 10:00	4d 3h	57,143	814K
3	Virginia Beach city, VA	April 13, 2020 00:15	April 16, 2020 04:30	3d 4h	44,808	484K
4	Chesapeake city, VA	April 13, 2020 08:00	April 16, 2020 12:15	3d 4h	37,466	247K
5	Norfolk city, VA	August 4, 2020 08:30	August 7, 2020 09:15	3d	33,904	345K
6	Newport News city, VA	August 3, 2020 17:30	August 9, 2020 09:30	5d 16h	32,625	804K
7	Suffolk city, VA	August 4, 2020 05:15	August 7, 2020 23:45	3d 18h	25,212	493K
8	Hampton city, VA	August 3, 2020 16:30	August 8, 2020 14:30	4d 22h	24,593	555K
9	Norfolk city, VA	April 13, 2020 06:15	April 15, 2020 07:30	2d 1h	23,567	176K
10	Henrico County, VA	February 6, 2020 16:00	February 9, 2020 09:15	2d 17h	15,154	129K
11	Portsmouth city, VA	August 4, 2020 07:45	August 8, 2020 00:15	3d 16h	14,872	423K
12	Accomack County, VA	August 4, 2020 10:00	August 6, 2020 06:00	1d 20h	14,383	104K
13	Virginia Beach city, VA	October 29, 2020 02:30	October 30, 2020 17:00	1d 14h	14,003	23K
14	Henrico County, VA	April 13, 2020 11:45	April 14, 2020 05:45	18h	13,504	31K
15	Danville city, VA	October 29, 2020 14:15	October 31, 2020 08:30	1d 18h	12,945	237K
16	Alexandria city, VA	October 23, 2020 23:30	October 24, 2020 03:30	4h	12,773	25K
17	Fairfax city, VA	July 20, 2020 11:45	July 28, 2020 06:15	7d 18h	12,701	259K
18	Fairfax city, VA	June 4, 2020 12:00	June 7, 2020 01:15	2d 13h	12,701	136K
19	Fairfax city, VA	October 28, 2020 13:00	November 1, 2020 08:30	3d 19h	12,701	40K
20	Fairfax city, VA	November 1, 2020 13:15	November 3, 2020 10:00	1d 20h	12,701	63K
21	Henrico County, VA	August 21, 2020 00:30	August 22, 2020 03:30	1d 3h	12,373	13K
22	Arlington County, VA	June 5, 2020 00:45	June 6, 2020 23:15	1d 22h	12,142	53K
23	Chesterfield County, VA	February 6, 2020 23:45	February 9, 2020 04:45	2d 5h	12,076	110K
24	Pittsylvania County, VA	October 29, 2020 06:15	November 1, 2020 02:30	2d 20h	12,021	157K
25	Portsmouth city, VA	April 13, 2020 08:00	April 15, 2020 06:00	1d 22h	11,769	135K

EAGLE-I tracked about 97% of Virginia'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.

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Other states in 2020:LA ME OK IA AL MS NJ NC

Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

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