Power Out Map
– 0% of Westmoreland out 0 customers out in Virginia

Power outage history

Westmoreland County Virginia

10hours

without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025

66th most of 123 in Virginia 1.6× the national median

Worst outage on record Mar 2, 2018 57% of customers out · 90% back in 2.2 days
Hours without power, average customer per year 10h / yr State average 8.7 h · national median 6.6 h
Major outages a year 8.0 Peaks over 10% of customers or 50,000 customers
Typical time to restore 90% 2hours Median across major outages, from the peak
Longest single outage 3.5days Hurricane Michael, over 1% of customers out
Outage hours on storm days 59% Share falling on days with a NOAA storm report here
Worst year 2018 24 hours without power, average customer
Electricity customers 8,013 ORNL customer model · 8 well-covered years

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 Westmoreland's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.

20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
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Year by year

Hours in the dark, per customer

2018 was the worst well-recorded year, at 24 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.

Westmoreland, hours without power per customer

WestmorelandUS median countyVirginia average
0 10 20 30 9.3 ’15 11 ’16 15 ’17 24 ’18 5.5 ’19 9.8 ’20 4.2 ’21 18 ’22 3.8 ’23 9.1 ’24 8.3 ’25 VA 8.7 US 6.6

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
Mar 2, 2018 Windstorm 4,605 57% 3.5 d 2.2 d 102k
Jan 3, 2022 Winter storm 4,965 62% 3.4 d 24 h 78k
Oct 11, 2018 Hurricane Michael 2,032 25% 3.5 d 2.3 d 52k
Apr 21, 2017 Thunderstorms 3,555 44% 12 h 21 h 38k
Feb 24, 2016 Tornadoes 1,335 17% 44 h 24 h 29k
Aug 4, 2020 Hurricane Isaias 3,187 40% 2.1 d 9.2 h 25k
Jun 20, 2015 Thunderstorms 3,245 41% 21 h 9.5 h 25k
Jun 26, 2024 Thunderstorms 2,689 34% 18 h 11 h 18k
May 1, 2024 No storm report 8,013 100% 3.5 h 2.2 h 18k
Apr 22, 2017 No storm report 2,843 35% 13 h 7.5 h 12k
Jun 30, 2016 No storm report 5,394 67% 3.0 h 2.0 h 11k
Jul 1, 2025 Thunderstorms 4,887 61% 11 h 2.5 h 9.8k

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.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% peak+24h+48h+72h+96h half back by +4h 90% by +10h

When it happens

The outage clock

Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.

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What was happening

Weather behind the outages

Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Westmoreland from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.

  • No storm on record 41%
  • Windstorm 17%
  • Tropical storm 14%
  • Winter storm 14%
  • Thunderstorms 10%
  • Flooding 3.7%
  • Ice storm 0.5%

Who keeps the lights on

Utilities serving Westmoreland

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
Northern Neck Elec Coop, Inc Cooperative 129 129 1.14 16.0 18k

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

Across Virginia

Where it is darkest

Hours / yr64+

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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 8,013 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 →