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2023 Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Virginia customer went without power for about 4.6 hours — the 24th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
4.6
Peak customers out
56,291
Rank (worst state)
24th
Counties affected
20

Virginia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2023 highlighted.

2.7h20158.1h20163.7h201718.7h20186.4h20196.1h20208.7h202110.0h20224.6h20238.4h20248.6h2025

Hardest-hit Virginia counties in 2023

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Henrico County56,2912Chesterfield County36,5773Arlington County34,0684Fairfax County26,1505Loudoun County22,9696Alexandria city17,6277Prince William County11,9878Petersburg city11,3209Fauquier County10,67010Spotsylvania County9,43211Colonial Heights city8,77512Danville city8,62213Virginia Beach city8,59914Hampton city8,41515James City County7,68216Isle of Wight County7,53917Charlottesville city7,44018Accomack County7,15219Portsmouth city7,13020Chesapeake city7,029

Biggest Virginia outages of 2023

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Henrico CountySeptember 5, 202356,291
Chesterfield CountySeptember 7, 202336,577
Arlington CountyJuly 29, 202334,068
Fairfax CountyJuly 26, 202326,150
Fairfax CountyMarch 31, 202324,975
Loudoun CountyAugust 7, 202322,969
Alexandria cityJuly 29, 202317,627
Chesterfield CountyJuly 29, 202315,481
Fairfax CountyJuly 10, 202312,500
Chesterfield CountyJune 16, 202312,231
Virginia by year:20252024202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWV

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.