Power outage history
Brunswick County Virginia
24hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
30th most of 123 in Virginia 3.6× 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 Brunswick's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2021 was the worst well-recorded year, at 4.5 days for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Brunswick, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2021 | Ice storm | 7,778 | 100% | 12.4 d | 8.4 d | 789k |
| Oct 11, 2018 | Hurricane Michael | 6,933 | 89% | 5.1 d | 2.6 d | 203k |
| Dec 9, 2018 | Winter storm | 5,181 | 67% | 47 h | 9.8 h | 54k |
| Mar 2, 2018 | No storm report | 1,932 | 25% | 32 h | 25 h | 31k |
| Aug 14, 2022 | No storm report | 1,090 | 14% | 16 h | 16 h | 17k |
| May 16, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 1,529 | 20% | 24 h | 22 h | 14k |
| Aug 3, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 830 | 11% | 27 h | 28 h | 12k |
| Feb 7, 2020 | No storm report | 1,553 | 20% | 17 h | 8.8 h | 11k |
| Dec 23, 2022 | No storm report | 1,390 | 18% | 28 h | 3.8 h | 10.0k |
| Sep 30, 2022 | Hurricane Ian | 1,212 | 16% | 25 h | 21 h | 9.8k |
| Oct 9, 2015 | No storm report | 1,262 | 16% | 7.8 h | 6.5 h | 9.5k |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 2,218 | 29% | 8.2 h | 4.8 h | 8.1k |
| Jul 30, 2016 | No storm report | 4,054 | 52% | 3.0 h | 2.5 h | 8.0k |
| Jun 20, 2023 | No storm report | 1,048 | 13% | 12 h | 9.5 h | 7.8k |
| Jun 7, 2019 | No storm report | 1,470 | 19% | 5.2 h | 4.8 h | 7.7k |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 2,210 | 28% | 8.2 h | 4.8 h | 6.8k |
| Jan 9, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 1,070 | 14% | 16 h | 7.5 h | 6.4k |
| Jan 24, 2018 | No storm report | 1,139 | 15% | 5.2 h | 5.2 h | 6.0k |
| Mar 17, 2023 | No storm report | 719 | 9% | 9.0 h | 7.2 h | 5.4k |
| Dec 7, 2024 | No storm report | 718 | 9% | 7.2 h | 14 h | 5.2k |
| Aug 29, 2021 | No storm report | 1,485 | 19% | 4.8 h | 4.5 h | 5.0k |
| Aug 19, 2017 | No storm report | 3,768 | 48% | 4.8 h | 2.2 h | 4.9k |
| Feb 24, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 1,340 | 17% | 4.8 h | 1.8 h | 4.4k |
| Feb 25, 2016 | No storm report | 606 | 8% | 12 h | 4.0 h | 4.3k |
| Feb 20, 2020 | Winter storm | 1,523 | 20% | 8.2 h | 1.5 h | 4.3k |
| Jun 15, 2025 | Flooding | 1,270 | 16% | 6.5 h | 1.2 h | 4.2k |
| Mar 28, 2021 | No storm report | 1,649 | 21% | 9.2 h | 12 min | 4.1k |
| Sep 23, 2017 | No storm report | 1,116 | 14% | 3.5 h | 8.5 h | 3.9k |
| Sep 2, 2015 | No storm report | 1,970 | 25% | 7.0 h | 1.2 h | 3.8k |
| Sep 23, 2023 | Tropical Storm Ophelia | 451 | 6% | 14 h | 3.5 h | 3.8k |
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.
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 Brunswick from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Ice storm 56%
- No storm on record 19%
- Tropical storm 16%
- Thunderstorms 4.4%
- Winter storm 4.4%
- Flooding 0.5%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Brunswick
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 |
| Southside Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | 2,127 | 324 | 4.45 | 15.5 | 57k |
| Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative | Cooperative | 721 | 244 | 2.83 | 14.3 | 30k |
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
- Lunenburg 45 h
- Nottoway 30 h
- Dinwiddie 27 h
- Brunswick (this county) 24 h
- Mecklenburg 12 h
- Northampton, NC 8.6 h
- Warren, NC 8.0 h
- Greensville 5.6 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 7,778 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 →