Power outages in Galax, VA
Live outages for Galax and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Galax has 6,670 residents.
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No outages reported
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.0customers without power in Galax city
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A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.Outage map
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Outage history in Galax city, which includes Galax
2014–2025 recordGalax city averaged 9.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Virginia counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 7. Half were over within 4.5 hours; the longest lasted 2.3 days, starting February 12, 2025.
The largest on record began September 27, 2024, with 3,815 customers out at once.
9.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.2 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.5.6 dayslongest on record (September 2024)
3,815most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| September 27, 2024 | 3,815 | 5.6 days | 165,478 |
| October 17, 2015 | 3,790 | 2.5 hours | 7,099 |
| November 15, 2018 | 1,579 | 2.5 days | 23,303 |
| February 12, 2025 | 1,288 | 2.3 days | 30,135 |
| April 7, 2025 | 1,141 | 2.5 hours | 2,030 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.