2022 U.S. Virgin Islands Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average U.S. Virgin Islands customer went without power for about 44.5 hours (a territory, not ranked with the states) (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
44.5
vs prior year
▲ 36%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
2.5M
Peak customers out
28,203
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, 2022
Customer-hours without power across U.S. Virgin Islands; June was the worst.
All 3 U.S. Virgin Islands counties, 2022
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 | 55.4 | 1.3M | 22,725 | 22,185 | 476 |
| 2 | St. John Island | 44.9 | 120K | 2,683 | 2,683 | 177 |
| 3 | St. Croix Island | 36.4 | 1.1M | 30,899 | 28,194 | 570 |
Biggest U.S. Virgin Islands outages of 2022
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 | October 19, 2022 12:45 | October 22, 2022 02:00 | 2d 13h | 28,194 | 30K |
| 2 | St. Croix Island, VI | July 2, 2022 10:00 | July 5, 2022 16:15 | 3d 6h | 27,286 | 78K |
| 3 | St. Croix Island, VI | July 26, 2022 13:45 | July 26, 2022 22:45 | 9h | 27,236 | 105K |
| 4 | St. Croix Island, VI | July 8, 2022 00:00 | July 8, 2022 04:00 | 4h | 27,210 | 21K |
| 5 | St. Croix Island, VI | December 15, 2022 06:15 | December 16, 2022 02:45 | 20h 30m | 23,516 | 22K |
| 6 | St. Croix Island, VI | March 5, 2022 05:15 | March 5, 2022 08:15 | 3h | 22,932 | 49K |
| 7 | St. Croix Island, VI | November 18, 2022 13:15 | November 18, 2022 15:00 | 1h 45m | 22,771 | 23K |
| 8 | St. Croix Island, VI | June 9, 2022 10:45 | June 9, 2022 18:45 | 8h | 22,708 | 34K |
| 9 | St. Thomas Island, VI | October 18, 2022 13:00 | October 19, 2022 10:30 | 21h 30m | 22,185 | 138K |
| 10 | St. Thomas Island, VI | October 19, 2022 12:45 | October 20, 2022 04:00 | 15h 15m | 17,509 | 41K |
| 11 | St. Thomas Island, VI | July 25, 2022 02:30 | July 25, 2022 16:45 | 14h 15m | 16,776 | 4,720 |
| 12 | St. Thomas Island, VI | June 24, 2022 20:30 | June 25, 2022 19:45 | 23h 15m | 16,477 | 179K |
| 13 | St. Thomas Island, VI | July 24, 2022 05:00 | July 24, 2022 07:45 | 2h 45m | 15,581 | 15K |
| 14 | St. Thomas Island, VI | July 18, 2022 21:00 | July 19, 2022 14:45 | 17h 45m | 15,327 | 6,820 |
| 15 | St. Thomas Island, VI | October 23, 2022 08:45 | October 23, 2022 10:00 | 1h 15m | 15,322 | 6,285 |
| 16 | St. Thomas Island, VI | October 26, 2022 17:45 | October 27, 2022 01:15 | 7h 30m | 15,317 | 9,035 |
| 17 | St. Thomas Island, VI | May 30, 2022 17:45 | June 10, 2022 01:45 | 10d 8h | 14,006 | 38K |
| 18 | St. Croix Island, VI | April 8, 2022 18:00 | April 13, 2022 00:30 | 4d 6h | 13,309 | 3,594 |
| 19 | St. Croix Island, VI | September 4, 2022 03:45 | September 4, 2022 04:00 | 15m | 12,833 | 3,208 |
| 20 | St. Croix Island, VI | September 15, 2022 10:30 | September 15, 2022 20:30 | 10h | 12,813 | 3,544 |
| 21 | St. Thomas Island, VI | August 8, 2022 21:00 | August 8, 2022 23:45 | 2h 45m | 12,238 | 4,931 |
| 22 | St. Thomas Island, VI | July 15, 2022 20:45 | July 16, 2022 03:45 | 7h | 11,964 | 4,732 |
| 23 | St. Croix Island, VI | March 21, 2022 23:00 | March 21, 2022 23:45 | 45m | 11,163 | 3,519 |
| 24 | St. Thomas Island, VI | August 9, 2022 10:15 | August 10, 2022 05:00 | 18h 45m | 10,899 | 64K |
| 25 | St. Thomas Island, VI | August 28, 2022 11:30 | August 28, 2022 13:45 | 2h 15m | 10,547 | 2,703 |
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of U.S. Virgin Islands's electricity customers in 2022; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.