Emporia City power outages

Virginia outage history from 2015 to 2023, with the largest outages and a backup battery estimate.

Emporia City, Virginia had 2 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Below middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.41 times the US outage time per person and 0.36 times the Virginia rate. It ranks 109 of 119 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.2major outages per year
2 of 9years with a major outage
10 hrslongest major outage
Apr, Febhardest months

April and February made up 40% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Apr 26, 2022, reached 1,800 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 8.0 hours.

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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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YearCustomer-hoursReported outagesMajor outages
20153,38040
20163,26430
20175,290160
20185,55650
20192,64340
202085210
202111,16451
202211,92261
20234,94930

When outages hit

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

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Largest outages on record

Start dateHoursPeak customersCustomer-hours
Apr 26, 20228.01,8009,002
Feb 13, 202110.21,6786,408
Sep 23, 20234.21,1174,523
Aug 31, 20214.86633,024
Jan 7, 20183.81,1892,913

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.

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.