Campbell County, Virginia Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Campbell County, Virginia had 36 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 1.86 times the US outage time per person and 1.60 times the Virginia rate. It ranks 43 of 119 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

4.0major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

125 hrslongest major outage

Feb, Marhardest months

February and March made up 42% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Feb 13, 2021, reached 12,518 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 125.0 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	56,213	50	1
2016	268,691	75	8
2017	85,814	68	1
2018	518,768	97	5
2019	129,296	69	5
2020	118,915	72	2
2021	629,612	48	4
2022	327,911	85	7
2023	124,426	50	3

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
Feb 13, 2021	125.0	12,518	520,958
Mar 2, 2018	66.0	9,845	244,688
Jun 17, 2016	45.2	7,596	116,260
Oct 11, 2018	69.0	7,992	112,963
Dec 23, 2022	60.2	3,799	105,672

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.