Pulaski County, Virginia Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Pulaski County, Virginia had 48 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.06 times the US outage time per person and 2.64 times the Virginia rate. It ranks 20 of 119 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

5.3major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

136 hrslongest major outage

Mar, Febhardest months

March and February made up 55% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Mar 24, 2018, reached 16,017 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 136.5 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	139,308	52	7
2016	119,104	42	4
2017	73,948	20	2
2018	1,043,040	40	7
2019	202,172	47	8
2020	94,155	38	3
2021	213,718	35	5
2022	215,494	45	5
2023	161,609	45	7

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
Mar 24, 2018	136.5	16,017	908,150
Feb 24, 2019	54.2	2,574	77,138
Jul 26, 2021	45.2	2,899	71,560
Dec 23, 2022	76.5	1,933	66,402
Jun 17, 2022	26.0	4,935	57,614

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.