Power outage history
Fredericksburg City Virginia
5.0hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
106th most of 123 in Virginia 23% below the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Fredericksburg's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2022 was the worst well-recorded year, at 21 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Fredericksburg, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2022 | Winter storm | 4,952 | 33% | 3.1 d | 2.8 d | 169k |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 6,612 | 44% | 2.1 d | 30 h | 101k |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Windstorm | 3,529 | 24% | 3.4 d | 41 h | 96k |
| Jul 14, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,712 | 11% | 14 h | 13 h | 15k |
| Aug 15, 2016 | No storm report | 3,320 | 22% | 6.5 h | 5.8 h | 12k |
| Aug 29, 2024 | No storm report | 732 | 5% | 12 h | – | 8.8k |
| Apr 19, 2022 | No storm report | 1,814 | 12% | 8.8 h | 8.8 h | 7.3k |
| Oct 15, 2024 | No storm report | 5,371 | 36% | 8.2 h | 48 min | 6.2k |
| Sep 3, 2019 | No storm report | 1,059 | 7% | 9.8 h | 13 h | 5.7k |
| Apr 18, 2022 | No storm report | 2,837 | 19% | 2.0 h | 1.8 h | 5.4k |
| Jul 14, 2017 | Heat | 1,218 | 8% | 8.5 h | 8.0 h | 5.2k |
| Mar 31, 2025 | No storm report | 1,818 | 12% | 9.2 h | 4.2 h | 5.2k |
| Aug 12, 2018 | No storm report | 498 | 3% | 12 h | – | 4.5k |
| Oct 1, 2015 | No storm report | 3,510 | 24% | 1.2 h | 1.2 h | 4.4k |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Heat | 1,574 | 11% | 3.5 h | 3.5 h | 4.1k |
| Jun 29, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 680 | 5% | 11 h | – | 4.1k |
| Jul 12, 2022 | No storm report | 1,033 | 7% | 4.5 h | 4.5 h | 4.1k |
| Sep 15, 2025 | No storm report | 449 | 3% | 9.2 h | – | 3.6k |
| May 24, 2019 | No storm report | 1,321 | 9% | 2.8 h | 3.0 h | 3.6k |
| Oct 7, 2016 | No storm report | 2,445 | 16% | 1.5 h | 1.2 h | 3.4k |
| May 10, 2022 | No storm report | 326 | 2% | 11 h | – | 3.3k |
| Feb 10, 2018 | No storm report | 515 | 3% | 6.2 h | – | 3.2k |
| Feb 14, 2024 | No storm report | 2,358 | 16% | 1.5 h | 3.0 h | 3.2k |
| Jul 30, 2018 | No storm report | 975 | 7% | 3.5 h | 3.0 h | 3.2k |
| Nov 20, 2024 | No storm report | 1,034 | 7% | 3.5 h | 3.2 h | 3.0k |
| Oct 3, 2022 | No storm report | 585 | 4% | 5.0 h | – | 2.8k |
| Sep 3, 2025 | No storm report | 2,934 | 20% | 1.0 h | 12 min | 2.7k |
| Apr 25, 2023 | No storm report | 599 | 4% | 4.5 h | – | 2.7k |
| Jan 14, 2017 | No storm report | 2,448 | 16% | 1.0 h | 1.5 h | 2.4k |
| Oct 30, 2017 | No storm report | 4,510 | 30% | 48 min | 48 min | 2.3k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Fredericksburg from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Winter storm 32%
- No storm on record 25%
- Thunderstorms 24%
- Windstorm 18%
- Heat 0.8%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Fredericksburg
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Virginia territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Electric & Power Co | Investor Owned | 307 | 144 | 1.78 | 15.2 | 2.4M |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
- Stafford 9.5 h
- Spotsylvania 6.0 h
- Fredericksburg (this county) 5.0 h
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 14,939 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →