Power outages in Lynchburg city, VA
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Normal: scattered outages
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.26customers without power
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1 of 2 ZIP codes have outagesOutage history in Lynchburg city
2014–2025 recordLynchburg city averaged 26.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Virginia counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 25. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 1.7 days, starting February 12, 2025.
The largest on record began April 15, 2018, with 12,453 customers out at once.
26.3significant 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.3.6 dayslongest on record (April 2018)
12,453most 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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| April 15, 2018 | 12,453 | 3.6 days | 377,721 |
| March 2, 2018 | 7,259 | 2.8 days | 225,280 |
| May 4, 2021 | 6,430 | 29 hours | 62,016 |
| May 1, 2017 | 5,963 | 13 hours | 41,398 |
| July 21, 2019 | 5,816 | 32 hours | 104,574 |
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.