2022 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 9.9 hours, the 8th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer

9.9

vs prior year

▲ 16%

vs 2021

Customer-hours out

39.0M

Peak customers out

333,510

across the state at once

EAGLE-I coverage

97%

of VA customers

Counties reporting

128

Virginia year over year

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

Month by month, 2022

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

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All 128 Virginia counties, 2022

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	Franklin city	128.0	691K	5,397	5,397	607
2	Buckingham County	82.8	446K	5,391	5,391	421
3	Fluvanna County	79.2	585K	7,390	5,734	435
4	Cumberland County	76.9	277K	3,604	3,590	376
5	Nelson County	71.3	400K	5,606	2,936	493
6	Louisa County	66.1	1.1M	16,334	13,467	690
7	Albemarle County	63.7	2.9M	45,280	36,322	485
8	Wise County	57.7	216K	3,750	3,750	672
9	Goochland County	55.0	693K	12,608	7,661	417
10	Stafford County	40.3	2.7M	67,741	48,311	802
11	Amherst County	39.3	708K	18,016	8,180	603
12	Craig County	39.0	49K	1,256	1,256	207
13	King George County	37.4	518K	13,848	7,029	408
14	Dickenson County	34.6	297K	8,563	2,072	398
15	Bland County	32.7	116K	3,556	2,750	295
16	Giles County	32.2	179K	5,569	2,941	486
17	Powhatan County	31.6	409K	12,936	10,653	528
18	Buchanan County	30.0	383K	12,760	4,044	465
19	Patrick County	29.6	321K	10,828	4,961	473
20	Mathews County	28.6	92K	3,233	3,233	321
21	Alleghany County	28.0	105K	3,740	2,646	339
22	Bath County	27.6	83K	3,010	3,010	371
23	Orange County	27.2	502K	18,484	6,325	610
24	Fauquier County	26.9	855K	31,801	18,401	715
25	Highland County	26.6	37K	1,392	1,392	182
26	Pittsylvania County	26.4	788K	29,827	11,476	731
27	Botetourt County	25.6	272K	10,626	3,709	511
28	Madison County	24.7	172K	6,952	2,450	357
29	Middlesex County	24.7	106K	4,296	4,296	327
30	Amelia County	24.5	136K	5,545	3,625	429
31	Russell County	23.0	354K	15,440	7,472	480
32	Roanoke County	22.1	695K	31,398	8,376	440
33	Scott County	22.1	264K	11,959	2,454	511
34	Fredericksburg city	21.1	316K	14,939	6,612	293
35	Pulaski County	21.1	262K	12,413	4,935	664
36	Carroll County	21.0	352K	16,812	10,175	652
37	Floyd County	20.3	176K	8,655	1,712	460
38	Spotsylvania County	19.4	1.2M	62,155	16,023	798
39	Grayson County	19.3	157K	8,137	1,925	465
40	Caroline County	19.3	284K	14,714	6,022	568
41	Smyth County	18.9	354K	18,737	5,635	548
42	Appomattox County	18.7	125K	6,686	3,544	352
43	Rappahannock County	18.6	69K	3,687	2,165	284
44	Westmoreland County	18.6	149K	8,013	5,919	428
45	Rockbridge County	18.3	213K	11,617	5,288	680
46	Charlottesville city	18.2	376K	20,605	13,315	456
47	Prince Edward County	17.6	191K	10,853	4,197	526
48	Bedford County	15.7	753K	47,929	13,735	564
49	Henry County	15.0	402K	26,850	5,103	614
50	Warren County	14.7	344K	23,404	2,010	457
51	Petersburg city	14.3	213K	14,894	8,087	515
52	Charles City County	13.7	34K	2,516	2,516	215
53	Campbell County	13.1	386K	29,450	5,331	683
54	Charlotte County	12.9	66K	5,148	1,232	430
55	Wythe County	12.4	221K	17,849	4,196	635
56	Culpeper County	12.3	341K	27,716	7,973	520
57	Lee County	12.1	90K	7,474	3,814	671
58	Dinwiddie County	11.8	147K	12,472	8,375	622
59	Staunton city	11.7	131K	11,216	9,603	254
60	Northumberland County	11.1	61K	5,466	4,108	400
61	Halifax County	11.0	174K	15,791	3,975	582
62	Montgomery County	10.7	349K	32,573	3,503	644
63	Washington County	10.3	335K	32,558	2,761	557
64	New Kent County	10.2	91K	8,920	4,095	317
65	Tazewell County	10.2	217K	21,376	2,786	606
66	Gloucester County	10.0	154K	15,330	4,944	504
67	Southampton County	9.7	47K	4,783	1,400	369
68	Lynchburg city	9.7	572K	59,258	5,564	712
69	Isle of Wight County	9.3	100K	10,757	3,694	483
70	Shenandoah County	9.2	167K	18,066	4,585	677
71	Brunswick County	9.0	70K	7,778	2,210	443
72	Hanover County	8.9	441K	49,633	17,638	712
73	King and Queen County	8.9	24K	2,679	1,122	144
74	Danville city	8.6	485K	56,266	6,126	521
75	Henrico County	8.6	1.3M	150,139	25,904	593
76	Lunenburg County	8.6	41K	4,827	1,976	377
77	Greene County	8.0	83K	10,381	6,041	356
78	Colonial Heights city	7.9	68K	8,524	3,988	235
79	Lancaster County	7.9	42K	5,333	2,867	311
80	King William County	7.3	59K	8,030	6,442	291
81	Clarke County	6.9	52K	7,589	1,701	311
82	Essex County	6.8	36K	5,226	2,501	304
83	Mecklenburg County	6.6	117K	17,640	3,790	680
84	Surry County	6.5	18K	2,816	1,559	229
85	Roanoke city	6.1	435K	71,375	4,192	585
86	Augusta County	6.0	195K	32,642	4,071	798
87	Northampton County	5.7	56K	9,762	4,607	554
88	Emporia city	5.6	15K	2,639	1,800	95
89	Rockingham County	5.6	196K	34,838	4,413	797
90	Chesterfield County	5.4	830K	155,017	25,332	630
91	York County	5.3	150K	28,029	4,594	502
92	Fairfax city	5.2	66K	12,701	2,193	246
93	Frederick County	5.1	229K	45,160	6,135	714
94	Suffolk city	4.8	130K	26,940	4,493	677
95	Page County	4.8	45K	9,423	2,893	494
96	Hampton city	4.8	283K	58,889	6,971	841
97	Lexington city	4.6	14K	2,989	871	61
98	Norfolk city	4.6	533K	116,644	18,480	1,064
99	James City County	4.5	147K	32,899	6,417	531
100	Nottoway County	4.4	30K	6,864	1,022	378
101	Prince William County	4.3	958K	225,231	33,253	957
102	Williamsburg city	4.2	38K	8,943	3,582	171
103	Sussex County	4.2	19K	4,419	665	271
104	Alexandria city	4.0	271K	67,166	8,556	689
105	Falls Church city	4.0	27K	6,786	1,366	126
106	Accomack County	3.9	104K	26,528	6,073	831
107	Newport News city	3.9	331K	84,935	11,607	848
108	Fairfax County	3.8	1.9M	513,143	48,982	476
109	Prince George County	3.7	84K	22,790	4,001	463
110	Covington city	3.5	10K	2,882	2,417	77
111	Virginia Beach city	3.4	658K	190,947	16,899	765
112	Galax city	3.3	18K	5,393	1,066	221
113	Waynesboro city	3.3	41K	12,537	4,823	227
114	Arlington County	3.2	352K	111,055	11,347	775
115	Hopewell city	3.1	31K	9,904	1,620	263
116	Buena Vista city	3.0	10K	3,383	403	91
117	Radford city	3.0	6,041	1,997	265	29
118	Poquoson city	2.9	13K	4,482	1,988	174
119	Portsmouth city	2.4	106K	43,205	7,194	687
120	Greensville County	2.4	14K	5,788	513	211
121	Loudoun County	2.4	452K	187,874	8,686	740
122	Chesapeake city	2.2	235K	104,567	10,171	838
123	Winchester city	1.2	18K	15,282	1,668	323
124	Manassas Park city	0.3	2,666	8,015	1,249	54
125	Richmond city	0.2	23K	112,565	2,139	231
126	Martinsville city	0.0	182	4,573	5	10
127	Harrisonburg city	0.0	44	19,411	11	4
128	Manassas city	0.0	27	26,009	2	6

Biggest Virginia outages of 2022

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	Fairfax County, VA	January 3, 2022 12:00	January 11, 2022 06:45	7d 18h	48,982	880K
2	Stafford County, VA	January 3, 2022 12:00	January 9, 2022 08:30	5d 20h	48,311	2.5M
3	Albemarle County, VA	January 1, 2022 00:00	March 1, 2022 23:15	59d 23h	36,322	2.4M
4	Prince William County, VA	January 3, 2022 13:30	January 8, 2022 09:45	4d 20h	33,253	680K
5	Henrico County, VA	June 22, 2022 11:15	June 26, 2022 09:15	3d 22h	25,904	258K
6	Chesterfield County, VA	June 21, 2022 12:00	June 25, 2022 09:00	3d 21h	25,332	197K
7	Norfolk city, VA	September 29, 2022 18:30	October 3, 2022 07:45	3d 13h	18,480	262K
8	Fauquier County, VA	June 22, 2022 14:45	June 26, 2022 07:45	3d 17h	18,401	529K
9	Fairfax County, VA	July 11, 2022 20:00	July 16, 2022 03:00	4d 7h	17,639	84K
10	Hanover County, VA	June 22, 2022 13:45	June 24, 2022 23:00	2d 9h	17,638	98K
11	Albemarle County, VA	June 2, 2022 12:30	June 30, 2022 17:30	28d 5h	17,443	156K
12	Chesterfield County, VA	December 23, 2022 05:15	December 27, 2022 11:30	4d 6h	17,317	80K
13	Virginia Beach city, VA	September 29, 2022 19:15	October 3, 2022 00:45	3d 5h	16,899	242K
14	Spotsylvania County, VA	January 3, 2022 11:45	January 12, 2022 05:45	8d 18h	16,023	1.0M
15	Henrico County, VA	June 12, 2022 10:45	June 15, 2022 09:45	2d 23h	14,219	85K
16	Bedford County, VA	January 3, 2022 08:00	January 6, 2022 22:30	3d 14h	13,735	224K
17	Louisa County, VA	January 3, 2022 09:00	January 12, 2022 21:00	9d 12h	13,467	966K
18	Charlottesville city, VA	January 3, 2022 12:30	January 8, 2022 23:15	5d 10h	13,315	302K
19	Newport News city, VA	September 30, 2022 16:15	October 3, 2022 03:45	2d 11h	11,607	107K
20	Pittsylvania County, VA	September 30, 2022 14:45	October 4, 2022 23:45	4d 9h	11,476	243K
21	Arlington County, VA	May 22, 2022 22:15	May 25, 2022 15:00	2d 16h	11,347	98K
22	Fairfax County, VA	December 20, 2022 03:45	December 25, 2022 11:30	5d 7h	10,830	91K
23	Powhatan County, VA	January 3, 2022 09:15	January 7, 2022 08:45	3d 23h	10,653	237K
24	Henrico County, VA	July 29, 2022 11:15	July 30, 2022 10:15	23h	10,516	16K
25	Fairfax County, VA	May 15, 2022 15:45	May 18, 2022 23:15	3d 7h	10,382	52K

EAGLE-I tracked about 97% of Virginia'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.

Virginia by year:2025 2024 2023 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Other states in 2022:ME FL WV NC VT AK MI TN

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.

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