Accomack County, Virginia Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Accomack County, Virginia had 6 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Above middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 1.08 times the US outage time per person and 0.93 times the Virginia rate. It ranks 70 of 119 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.7major outages per year

5 of 9years with a major outage

32 hrslongest major outage

Aug, Mayhardest months

August and May made up 31% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Aug 4, 2020, reached 14,383 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 31.8 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Virginia counties

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	85,265	55	1
2016	157,148	59	1
2017	0	0	0
2018	10,679	11	0
2019	64,284	58	1
2020	193,303	71	2
2021	85,592	52	1
2022	73,722	55	0
2023	124,626	65	0

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Aug 4, 2020	31.8	14,383	103,319
Jan 23, 2016	17.8	11,020	49,332
May 29, 2023	7.2	5,380	37,358
Dec 1, 2021	3.0	13,141	21,730
May 28, 2023	2.5	7,152	17,880

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.