2021 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 8.6 hours, the 10th worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

8.6

vs prior year

▲ 42%

vs 2020

Customer-hours out

34.2M

Peak customers out

300,901

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

97%

of VA customers

Counties reporting

130

Virginia year over year

Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2021

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

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All 130 Virginia counties, 2021

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	Lunenburg County	194.2	937K	4,827	4,827	421
2	Charlotte County	175.2	902K	5,148	5,148	441
3	Dinwiddie County	129.6	1.6M	12,472	12,472	571
4	Nottoway County	125.8	864K	6,864	5,624	404
5	Amelia County	107.8	598K	5,545	5,545	416
6	Brunswick County	107.8	838K	7,778	7,778	467
7	Pittsylvania County	91.7	2.7M	29,827	29,827	636
8	Prince Edward County	78.7	855K	10,853	8,428	468
9	Cumberland County	61.5	222K	3,604	2,845	304
10	Halifax County	54.0	852K	15,791	10,851	578
11	Floyd County	49.9	432K	8,655	7,346	450
12	Craig County	41.2	52K	1,256	1,256	201
13	Franklin city	41.1	222K	5,397	3,104	329
14	Mecklenburg County	36.5	644K	17,640	11,762	629
15	Petersburg city	36.1	538K	14,894	11,431	479
16	Appomattox County	34.6	231K	6,686	3,660	298
17	King and Queen County	34.5	92K	2,679	2,323	207
18	Charles City County	32.7	82K	2,516	2,131	223
19	Bland County	29.2	104K	3,556	3,081	266
20	Wise County	29.0	109K	3,750	3,750	667
21	Giles County	23.3	130K	5,569	4,356	432
22	Campbell County	22.7	669K	29,450	12,518	657
23	Pulaski County	20.9	259K	12,413	7,115	634
24	Highland County	20.5	28K	1,392	931	140
25	New Kent County	20.4	182K	8,920	7,754	314
26	Powhatan County	19.5	252K	12,936	4,951	434
27	Grayson County	19.4	158K	8,137	5,686	448
28	Goochland County	19.2	242K	12,608	6,378	415
29	Alleghany County	19.0	71K	3,740	2,066	348
30	Franklin County	18.4	596K	32,464	13,189	169
31	Sussex County	17.9	79K	4,419	1,541	207
32	Greensville County	17.6	102K	5,788	2,505	213
33	Lancaster County	17.2	92K	5,333	3,021	292
34	Middlesex County	17.0	73K	4,296	4,296	343
35	Henry County	16.8	451K	26,850	9,037	614
36	Northumberland County	16.5	90K	5,466	3,604	360
37	Botetourt County	16.5	175K	10,626	4,052	490
38	Fluvanna County	16.3	120K	7,390	5,260	352
39	Falls Church city	16.2	110K	6,786	5,829	140
40	Nelson County	16.1	90K	5,606	3,567	439
41	Colonial Heights city	16.1	137K	8,524	5,162	188
42	Buckingham County	16.0	86K	5,391	2,367	346
43	Amherst County	15.2	273K	18,016	5,286	557
44	Bath County	14.7	44K	3,010	3,010	345
45	Rockbridge County	14.5	169K	11,617	2,500	616
46	Buchanan County	14.5	185K	12,760	1,878	459
47	Chesterfield County	14.3	2.2M	155,017	57,010	618
48	Louisa County	14.1	230K	16,334	11,220	602
49	King William County	14.0	113K	8,030	3,489	255
50	Dickenson County	13.7	117K	8,563	1,442	464
51	Patrick County	13.4	145K	10,828	1,867	462
52	Bedford County	13.1	628K	47,929	8,231	558
53	Prince George County	13.0	296K	22,790	6,427	376
54	Carroll County	12.4	209K	16,812	3,899	589
55	Scott County	12.1	145K	11,959	2,806	527
56	Wythe County	11.7	209K	17,849	6,775	576
57	Russell County	10.9	168K	15,440	7,012	547
58	Lee County	10.7	80K	7,474	2,084	622
59	Albemarle County	10.4	472K	45,280	10,439	537
60	Henrico County	10.0	1.5M	150,139	25,493	660
61	Southampton County	9.9	47K	4,783	4,453	392
62	Roanoke County	9.8	307K	31,398	2,857	542
63	Montgomery County	9.3	302K	32,573	6,452	631
64	Hanover County	9.2	458K	49,633	15,936	689
65	Smyth County	8.8	164K	18,737	3,275	556
66	Caroline County	8.4	124K	14,714	3,917	493
67	Essex County	8.0	42K	5,226	2,689	254
68	Danville city	7.9	446K	56,266	13,622	307
69	Mathews County	7.8	25K	3,233	2,910	229
70	Hopewell city	7.7	76K	9,904	2,465	252
71	Rappahannock County	7.5	28K	3,687	965	202
72	Northampton County	7.3	71K	9,762	8,491	537
73	Isle of Wight County	7.1	77K	10,757	7,015	475
74	Clarke County	7.1	54K	7,589	1,816	342
75	Gloucester County	6.8	105K	15,330	4,586	462
76	Tazewell County	6.8	146K	21,376	3,243	615
77	Surry County	6.4	18K	2,816	1,920	182
78	Fauquier County	6.3	200K	31,801	3,593	724
79	Washington County	5.8	189K	32,558	5,369	582
80	Emporia city	5.8	15K	2,639	1,678	101
81	King George County	5.3	74K	13,848	3,479	346
82	Culpeper County	4.7	131K	27,716	7,477	523
83	Lynchburg city	4.7	279K	59,258	6,430	648
84	Poquoson city	4.6	21K	4,482	3,714	127
85	Accomack County	4.6	121K	26,528	13,141	805
86	Westmoreland County	4.3	35K	8,013	2,462	374
87	Arlington County	4.1	454K	111,055	11,238	729
88	Fairfax County	4.1	2.1M	513,143	55,737	508
89	Augusta County	3.9	127K	32,642	2,774	700
90	Shenandoah County	3.9	70K	18,066	2,192	591
91	Spotsylvania County	3.7	230K	62,155	7,882	715
92	Orange County	3.7	68K	18,484	4,050	560
93	Roanoke city	3.7	261K	71,375	2,297	642
94	Buena Vista city	3.3	11K	3,383	1,402	95
95	Madison County	3.3	23K	6,952	1,462	324
96	Suffolk city	3.2	86K	26,940	5,496	619
97	Charlottesville city	3.2	66K	20,605	7,239	385
98	Staunton city	3.1	34K	11,216	2,822	231
99	York County	3.1	86K	28,029	3,237	502
100	Alexandria city	3.0	201K	67,166	5,897	617
101	Stafford County	3.0	201K	67,741	22,138	692
102	Rockingham County	2.9	103K	34,838	3,987	708
103	Warren County	2.9	68K	23,404	1,647	503
104	James City County	2.8	91K	32,899	5,412	491
105	Fredericksburg city	2.6	39K	14,939	1,712	222
106	Winchester city	2.4	37K	15,282	3,433	240
107	Frederick County	2.3	104K	45,160	3,991	557
108	Page County	2.2	21K	9,423	2,187	372
109	Loudoun County	2.2	407K	187,874	12,782	761
110	Newport News city	2.1	181K	84,935	5,715	831
111	Portsmouth city	2.1	90K	43,205	2,967	672
112	Hampton city	1.9	114K	58,889	4,681	839
113	Virginia Beach city	1.9	357K	190,947	9,025	787
114	Fairfax city	1.9	24K	12,701	1,717	213
115	Covington city	1.8	5,281	2,882	987	53
116	Chesapeake city	1.7	177K	104,567	10,186	791
117	Waynesboro city	1.7	21K	12,537	953	203
118	Galax city	1.7	8,908	5,393	313	228
119	Norfolk city	1.4	163K	116,644	9,147	1,039
120	Williamsburg city	1.3	12K	8,943	1,123	136
121	Greene County	1.2	13K	10,381	951	288
122	Prince William County	1.0	230K	225,231	38,810	966
123	Radford city	0.8	1,631	1,997	262	28
124	Lexington city	0.5	1,363	2,989	71	43
125	Richmond city	0.2	21K	112,565	1,362	200
126	Martinsville city	0.0	198	4,573	5	4
127	Manassas Park city	0.0	339	8,015	73	59
128	Salem city	0.0	9	13,871	4	1
129	Manassas city	0.0	10	26,009	2	1
130	Harrisonburg city	0.0	6	19,411	11	2

Biggest Virginia outages of 2021

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	Chesterfield County, VA	February 13, 2021 07:15	February 25, 2021 20:00	12d 12h	57,010	1.8M
2	Fairfax County, VA	August 10, 2021 21:15	August 16, 2021 04:00	5d 6h	55,737	625K
3	Prince William County, VA	August 24, 2021 16:45	August 26, 2021 05:00	1d 12h	38,810	65K
4	Fairfax County, VA	April 5, 2021 12:45	April 7, 2021 08:30	1d 19h	31,801	81K
5	Pittsylvania County, VA	February 13, 2021 10:00	February 21, 2021 22:45	8d 12h	29,827	1.4M
6	Fairfax County, VA	April 30, 2021 04:45	May 2, 2021 04:15	1d 23h	27,782	169K
7	Henrico County, VA	February 13, 2021 10:00	February 22, 2021 08:30	8d 22h	25,493	772K
8	Stafford County, VA	July 29, 2021 07:45	July 31, 2021 00:45	1d 17h	22,138	107K
9	Fairfax County, VA	June 30, 2021 09:15	July 4, 2021 06:00	3d 20h	20,404	131K
10	Fairfax County, VA	May 26, 2021 13:15	May 30, 2021 05:00	3d 15h	17,658	155K
11	Fairfax County, VA	July 28, 2021 12:00	July 30, 2021 09:15	1d 21h	17,277	147K
12	Hanover County, VA	February 13, 2021 10:15	February 17, 2021 01:45	3d 15h	15,936	304K
13	Pittsylvania County, VA	August 28, 2021 10:15	August 28, 2021 13:00	2h 45m	15,599	34K
14	Pittsylvania County, VA	August 30, 2021 21:15	September 2, 2021 01:45	2d 4h	14,346	167K
15	Danville city, VA	August 30, 2021 23:45	August 31, 2021 23:00	23h 15m	13,622	100K
16	Franklin County, VA	February 13, 2021 11:15	February 20, 2021 19:30	7d 8h	13,189	550K
17	Accomack County, VA	December 1, 2021 12:30	December 1, 2021 18:45	6h 15m	13,141	22K
18	Loudoun County, VA	December 12, 2021 01:15	December 12, 2021 16:15	15h	12,782	31K
19	Campbell County, VA	February 13, 2021 09:15	February 25, 2021 08:30	11d 23h	12,518	572K
20	Dinwiddie County, VA	February 13, 2021 07:30	February 26, 2021 17:15	13d 9h	12,472	1.5M
21	Danville city, VA	August 28, 2021 10:15	August 28, 2021 13:00	2h 45m	11,858	26K
22	Mecklenburg County, VA	February 13, 2021 08:45	February 26, 2021 01:45	12d 17h	11,762	604K
23	Prince William County, VA	March 21, 2021 18:45	March 21, 2021 21:15	2h 30m	11,721	6,932
24	Petersburg city, VA	February 13, 2021 02:00	February 25, 2021 18:00	12d 16h	11,431	501K
25	Arlington County, VA	July 1, 2021 18:30	July 4, 2021 00:15	2d 5h	11,238	94K

EAGLE-I tracked about 97% of Virginia'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.

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Other states in 2021:LA MI WV OR TX MS KY NC

Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

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