Montgomery County, Virginia had 36 major outages from 2015 to 2023
Above middle outage time among US countiesResidents here averaged 1.21 times the US outage time per person and 1.04 times the Virginia rate. It ranks 61 of 119 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.
March and February made up 46% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Mar 24, 2018, reached 14,642 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 138.0 hours.
Outage impact by year
Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.
Show yearly numbers
| Year | Customer-hours | Reported outages | Major outages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 160,392 | 59 | 3 |
| 2016 | 226,335 | 60 | 3 |
| 2017 | 112,964 | 51 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1,100,932 | 65 | 5 |
| 2019 | 177,400 | 62 | 5 |
| 2020 | 163,376 | 52 | 5 |
| 2021 | 227,875 | 52 | 5 |
| 2022 | 261,975 | 77 | 5 |
| 2023 | 197,102 | 63 | 3 |
When outages hit
Share of this county's customer-hours by month.
Largest outages on record
| Start date | Hours | Peak customers | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2018 | 138.0 | 14,642 | 822,461 |
| Nov 15, 2018 | 52.8 | 3,484 | 83,108 |
| Feb 13, 2021 | 50.5 | 3,217 | 69,714 |
| Dec 15, 2016 | 28.5 | 3,343 | 59,389 |
| Apr 3, 2016 | 19.0 | 4,840 | 56,987 |
Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.
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- 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.
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