2021 U.S. Virgin Islands Power Outage Report
In 2021, the average U.S. Virgin Islands customer went without power for about 32.8 hours (a territory, not ranked with the states) (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
32.8
vs prior year
▼ 11%
vs 2020
Customer-hours out
1.8M
Peak customers out
26,338
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, 2021
Customer-hours without power across U.S. Virgin Islands; June was the worst.
All 3 U.S. Virgin Islands counties, 2021
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. John Island | 68.7 | 184K | 2,683 | 2,683 | 159 |
| 2 | St. Thomas Island | 56.3 | 1.3M | 22,725 | 22,620 | 536 |
| 3 | St. Croix Island | 12.4 | 382K | 30,899 | 22,958 | 589 |
Biggest U.S. Virgin Islands outages of 2021
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 | February 6, 2021 14:30 | February 7, 2021 02:15 | 11h 45m | 22,958 | 22K |
| 2 | St. Croix Island, VI | January 6, 2021 20:45 | January 8, 2021 23:30 | 2d 2h | 22,954 | 15K |
| 3 | St. Croix Island, VI | September 25, 2021 13:00 | September 25, 2021 16:00 | 3h | 22,940 | 13K |
| 4 | St. Thomas Island, VI | June 18, 2021 02:15 | June 18, 2021 16:00 | 13h 45m | 22,620 | 241K |
| 5 | St. Thomas Island, VI | January 9, 2021 20:00 | January 13, 2021 01:45 | 3d 5h | 22,564 | 143K |
| 6 | St. Thomas Island, VI | August 14, 2021 19:30 | August 15, 2021 10:15 | 14h 45m | 22,516 | 86K |
| 7 | St. Thomas Island, VI | September 6, 2021 08:15 | September 6, 2021 22:30 | 14h 15m | 22,280 | 114K |
| 8 | St. Thomas Island, VI | August 14, 2021 10:45 | August 14, 2021 13:00 | 2h 15m | 22,249 | 9,800 |
| 9 | St. Croix Island, VI | April 14, 2021 12:00 | April 15, 2021 20:15 | 1d 8h | 20,948 | 11K |
| 10 | St. Thomas Island, VI | March 15, 2021 20:30 | April 21, 2021 02:15 | 36d 5h | 20,801 | 98K |
| 11 | St. Croix Island, VI | March 5, 2021 16:45 | March 5, 2021 17:15 | 30m | 19,367 | 6,854 |
| 12 | St. Croix Island, VI | November 12, 2021 06:30 | November 12, 2021 07:30 | 1h | 18,962 | 4,851 |
| 13 | St. Thomas Island, VI | November 4, 2021 22:00 | November 5, 2021 13:30 | 15h 30m | 17,398 | 16K |
| 14 | St. Thomas Island, VI | November 20, 2021 17:15 | November 21, 2021 11:00 | 17h 45m | 17,276 | 49K |
| 15 | St. Thomas Island, VI | November 14, 2021 20:30 | November 15, 2021 14:45 | 18h 15m | 16,860 | 12K |
| 16 | St. Croix Island, VI | April 12, 2021 00:45 | April 12, 2021 01:15 | 30m | 14,276 | 3,596 |
| 17 | St. Croix Island, VI | January 29, 2021 19:15 | January 30, 2021 02:45 | 7h 30m | 14,263 | 7,090 |
| 18 | St. Croix Island, VI | June 3, 2021 14:30 | June 3, 2021 15:30 | 1h | 14,246 | 11K |
| 19 | St. Thomas Island, VI | June 13, 2021 23:30 | June 14, 2021 05:30 | 6h | 13,695 | 65K |
| 20 | St. Thomas Island, VI | August 10, 2021 14:15 | August 10, 2021 14:45 | 30m | 13,288 | 6,644 |
| 21 | St. Thomas Island, VI | June 27, 2021 16:30 | July 1, 2021 19:45 | 4d 3h | 13,234 | 97K |
| 22 | St. Croix Island, VI | February 3, 2021 17:45 | February 4, 2021 03:30 | 9h 45m | 12,149 | 9,299 |
| 23 | St. Thomas Island, VI | May 23, 2021 23:00 | May 24, 2021 01:45 | 2h 45m | 11,666 | 21K |
| 24 | St. Croix Island, VI | November 13, 2021 09:30 | November 13, 2021 09:45 | 15m | 11,566 | 2,892 |
| 25 | St. Croix Island, VI | July 19, 2021 22:45 | July 19, 2021 23:15 | 30m | 11,427 | 2,858 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of U.S. Virgin Islands's electricity customers in 2021; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.