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Power outage history
West Virginia
16hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025. 3rd of 51.
Electricity customers 1,012,652 Across 55 counties
Worst well-recorded year 2024 22 hours without power, average customer
County by county
Where West Virginia goes dark
Hours without power for the average customer in a typical year. Hover a county; click to open it.
Fewer hours64+ h / yr
Year by year
Hours in the dark, statewide
The record
West Virginia's largest outages
Statewide events with at least 2% of customers, or 25,000, out at once, by peak.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 162,447 | 16.0% |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 145,292 | 14.3% |
| Feb 15, 2021 | Ice storm | 104,627 | 10.3% |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 100,056 | 9.9% |
| May 26, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 97,051 | 9.6% |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Hurricane Helene | 91,399 | 9.0% |
| Feb 24, 2019 | Windstorm | 90,797 | 9.0% |
| Mar 5, 2015 | Winter storm | 86,474 | 8.5% |
| Mar 25, 2023 | Windstorm | 83,669 | 8.3% |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Windstorm | 83,601 | 8.3% |
| Jun 16, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 82,260 | 8.1% |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 79,416 | 7.8% |
| Jun 23, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 78,596 | 7.8% |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 76,908 | 7.6% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | Windstorm | 75,532 | 7.5% |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Windstorm | 70,519 | 7.0% |
| Apr 19, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 70,407 | 7.0% |
| Feb 16, 2025 | Flooding | 67,369 | 6.7% |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 61,873 | 6.1% |
| Apr 13, 2020 | Windstorm | 57,587 | 5.7% |
Every county
All 55 counties
| County | Hours / yr | Major outages since 2018 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay | 92 | 254 | 2,463 |
| Lincoln | 54 | 116 | 11,820 |
| Wayne | 50 | 62 | 22,995 |
| Webster | 46 | 165 | 4,673 |
| Monroe | 36 | 121 | 3,829 |
| Wirt | 36 | 82 | 2,813 |
| Wyoming | 36 | 98 | 6,856 |
| Calhoun | 36 | 117 | 3,500 |
| Mingo | 34 | 64 | 14,433 |
| Ritchie | 33 | 101 | 4,984 |
| Kanawha | 30 | 23 | 65,999 |
| Roane | 29 | 100 | 8,158 |
| Pocahontas | 28 | 119 | 4,599 |
| Doddridge | 28 | 84 | 3,891 |
| Boone | 24 | 31 | 13,090 |
| Braxton | 24 | 99 | 7,157 |
| Pendleton | 24 | 62 | 3,221 |
| Marshall | 24 | 41 | 20,592 |
| Gilmer | 23 | 75 | 4,601 |
| McDowell | 23 | 24 | 11,336 |
| Raleigh | 22 | 24 | 25,284 |
| Mason | 21 | 36 | 14,979 |
| Fayette | 21 | 37 | 23,870 |
| Hampshire | 20 | 66 | 11,760 |
| Tyler | 20 | 74 | 4,787 |
| Jackson | 20 | 65 | 16,850 |
| Nicholas | 20 | 48 | 14,725 |
| Cabell | 18 | 10 | 66,139 |
| Logan | 18 | 32 | 20,670 |
| Mercer | 18 | 11 | 38,077 |
| Greenbrier | 17 | 50 | 20,087 |
| Summers | 16 | 45 | 6,622 |
| Tucker | 16 | 57 | 4,027 |
| Putnam | 16 | 9 | 35,147 |
| Hardy | 15 | 28 | 8,586 |
| Morgan | 14 | 66 | 8,772 |
| Wetzel | 14 | 45 | 9,256 |
| Lewis | 14 | 48 | 10,377 |
| Grant | 13 | 73 | 5,906 |
| Pleasants | 13 | 56 | 4,505 |
| Ohio | 12 | 11 | 32,858 |
| Upshur | 12 | 37 | 14,393 |
| Barbour | 11 | 46 | 8,857 |
| Hancock | 10 | 47 | 17,028 |
| Brooke | 10 | 26 | 14,520 |
| Taylor | 9.5 | 30 | 8,762 |
| Marion | 9.1 | 17 | 33,284 |
| Preston | 7.8 | 21 | 18,977 |
| Randolph | 7.5 | 28 | 16,901 |
| Harrison | 6.5 | 6 | 42,198 |
| Monongalia | 6.0 | 6 | 66,283 |
| Mineral | 5.7 | 22 | 15,215 |
| Wood | 5.0 | 11 | 52,414 |
| Jefferson | 4.5 | 5 | 30,664 |
| Berkeley | 1.5 | 1 | 68,862 |
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities in West Virginia
Reliability and residential price as reported to the EIA for the latest year. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Power Co | Investor Owned | 1,035 | 546 | 17.0 | 348k |
| Monongahela Power Co | Investor Owned | 1,250 | 553 | 14.3 | 334k |
| The Potomac Edison Company | Investor Owned | 440 | 249 | 13.1 | 138k |
| Wheeling Power Co | Investor Owned | 706 | 426 | 17.6 | 34k |
| Black Diamond Power Co | Investor Owned | – | – | 20.1 | 3.2k |