Appalachian Power Co, VA
How often Appalachian Power Co goes out
Appalachian Power Co customers in Virginia are among the worst-served in the country: 2.4 outages last year, 18.6 hours without power in total. That is 141% more outage time than the Virginia state average of 7.7 hours a year.
How long a single Appalachian Power Co outage runs
A single outage here runs long, about 7.9 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
The generator question for Appalachian Power Co
Serving 553,079 customers here, With a record this bad, a backup generator at Appalachian Power Co is close to essential - check your options before the next outage, not during it.
How Appalachian Power Co's record was measured
These figures come from EIA Form 861, the reliability report an investor-owned utility like Appalachian Power Co files with federal regulators every year - serving 553,079 customers hereaveraged across the whole territory, not any one address or storm. See Virginia as a whole, across every utility that filed: Virginia's outage record. Storm days are counted in - here is why.