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2015 West Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average West Virginia customer went without power for about 17.3 hours, the 1st worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
17.3
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
17.5M
Peak customers out
86,474
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of WV customers
Counties reporting
55

West Virginia year over year

West Virginia: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 17.3h; 2016: 17.6h; 2017: 16.3h; 2018: 13.4h, coverage 100%; 2019: 13.7h, coverage 100%; 2020: 11.4h, coverage 100%; 2021: 21.4h, coverage 97%; 2022: 18.4h, coverage 100%; 2023: 13.6h; 2024: 21.6h; 2025: 18.3h01020300%50%100%17.3h201517.6h201616.3h201713.4h201813.7h201911.4h202021.4h202118.4h202213.6h202321.6h202418.3h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2015

Customer-hours without power across West Virginia; March was the worst.

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West Virginia customer-hours without power by month, 2015Jan 584K, Feb 796K, Mar 5.7M, Apr 960K, May 893K, Jun 1.9M, Jul 3.2M, Aug 689K, Sep 443K, Oct 749K, Nov 767K, Dec 754K02M4M6M584KJan796KFeb5.7MMar960KApr893KMay1.9MJun3.2MJul689KAug443KSep749KOct767KNov754KDec
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All 55 West Virginia counties, 2015

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Clay County113.8280K2,4632,463237
2Wirt County101.2285K2,8132,813278
3Calhoun County94.7331K3,5003,500275
4Ritchie County92.7462K4,9844,984318
5Doddridge County81.5317K3,8913,891212
6Tyler County79.5381K4,7874,787285
7Gilmer County77.3356K4,6014,601248
8Braxton County75.7542K7,1576,148382
9Pocahontas County59.0271K4,5994,599301
10Roane County54.3443K8,1586,137361
11Wetzel County51.4476K9,2568,502323
12Webster County46.9219K4,6734,340332
13Lewis County44.2459K10,3775,356342
14Pleasants County40.9184K4,5052,838176
15Upshur County32.8472K14,3935,016413
16Jackson County31.5531K16,8506,642395
17Lincoln County29.8352K11,8203,502376
18Mingo County28.8415K14,4336,927346
19Pendleton County27.689K3,2212,238206
20Wayne County26.8617K22,9955,422423
21Barbour County25.3224K8,8572,952328
22Wood County23.41.2M52,41415,712748
23Boone County22.1289K13,0903,981314
24Taylor County21.2186K8,7623,182301
25Wyoming County20.4140K6,8561,585304
26Logan County17.7366K20,6703,904384
27Nicholas County17.6259K14,7255,066438
28Fayette County17.5418K23,8703,761445
29Raleigh County16.7423K25,2844,196522
30Harrison County16.4693K42,1989,188637
31Marion County16.3542K33,2849,694566
32McDowell County16.2184K11,3362,673323
33Kanawha County16.21.1M65,99910,105461
34Monroe County15.660K3,8293,829374
35Greenbrier County15.1304K20,08712,462633
36Mason County13.8206K14,9798,366370
37Tucker County12.751K4,027954207
38Monongalia County11.7777K66,28310,980751
39Grant County11.467K5,9064,152252
40Hampshire County10.2120K11,7604,014400
41Hardy County10.187K8,5865,192336
42Cabell County10.0663K66,1396,813529
43Randolph County9.0152K16,9015,842410
44Preston County8.3158K18,9775,002497
45Summers County8.255K6,6221,702327
46Marshall County8.0165K20,5923,684329
47Mercer County7.4283K38,07710,864531
48Putnam County6.8240K35,1473,181454
49Morgan County6.456K8,7726,880310
50Mineral County5.889K15,2152,894425
51Jefferson County5.5168K30,66420,930542
52Hancock County4.475K17,0285,744298
53Brooke County3.957K14,5202,328252
54Ohio County3.8124K32,8581,955378
55Berkeley County1.392K68,8624,212711

Biggest West Virginia outages of 2015

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Jefferson County, WVAugust 17, 2015 18:00August 18, 2015 00:006h20,93027K
2Wood County, WVMarch 4, 2015 13:30March 8, 2015 06:003d 16h15,712687K
3Wood County, WVDecember 24, 2015 04:45December 25, 2015 04:3023h 45m13,54070K
4Greenbrier County, WVOctober 3, 2015 04:45October 3, 2015 11:457h12,46230K
5Monongalia County, WVMarch 5, 2015 04:15March 8, 2015 06:003d 1h10,980304K
6Mercer County, WVMarch 28, 2015 13:30March 30, 2015 12:451d 23h10,86438K
7Kanawha County, WVFebruary 20, 2015 00:00February 24, 2015 22:004d 22h10,10573K
8Marion County, WVMarch 5, 2015 04:15March 8, 2015 06:003d 1h9,694321K
9Harrison County, WVMarch 5, 2015 03:30March 8, 2015 06:003d 2h9,188288K
10Wetzel County, WVMarch 5, 2015 03:30March 8, 2015 06:003d 2h8,502287K
11Mason County, WVApril 9, 2015 19:15April 10, 2015 22:301d 3h8,36662K
12Monongalia County, WVMay 6, 2015 22:45May 7, 2015 03:455h8,2289,062
13Harrison County, WVJune 20, 2015 15:45June 22, 2015 07:001d 15h8,12655K
14Greenbrier County, WVMarch 15, 2015 18:45March 16, 2015 00:155h 30m8,1007,415
15Kanawha County, WVJune 15, 2015 21:00June 20, 2015 00:454d 3h8,04852K
16Kanawha County, WVMay 13, 2015 07:15May 14, 2015 03:4520h 30m7,62723K
17Wood County, WVApril 2, 2015 19:15April 3, 2015 01:005h 45m7,43413K
18Monongalia County, WVSeptember 22, 2015 18:45September 22, 2015 22:153h 30m7,20613K
19Marion County, WVJune 15, 2015 15:30June 15, 2015 17:452h 15m7,0463,550
20Wood County, WVFebruary 13, 2015 14:45February 13, 2015 19:455h7,0262,181
21Wood County, WVFebruary 6, 2015 21:15February 6, 2015 21:4530m7,0243,512
22Monongalia County, WVMay 30, 2015 17:30May 31, 2015 18:451d 1h7,01879K
23Mingo County, WVJuly 13, 2015 11:15July 18, 2015 04:004d 16h6,927221K
24Morgan County, WVMarch 4, 2015 18:30March 4, 2015 20:001h 30m6,8805,568
25Cabell County, WVJuly 10, 2015 15:15July 18, 2015 03:157d 12h6,813132K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of West Virginia's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
West Virginia by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Other states in 2015:WAMINCRILAOKNJAR

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.