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2016 West Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average West Virginia customer went without power for about 17.6 hours, the 2nd worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
17.6
vs prior year
▲ 2%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
17.8M
Peak customers out
82,260
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, 2016

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

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West Virginia customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 566K, Feb 997K, Mar 877K, Apr 1.4M, May 777K, Jun 6.6M, Jul 2.6M, Aug 1.1M, Sep 613K, Oct 626K, Nov 837K, Dec 865K02M4M6M8M566KJan997KFeb877KMar1.4MApr777KMay6.6MJun2.6MJul1.1MAug613KSep626KOct837KNov865KDec
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All 55 West Virginia counties, 2016

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Clay County177.7438K2,4632,463252
2Webster County84.6395K4,6734,673418
3Pocahontas County73.1336K4,5994,599252
4Greenbrier County72.61.5M20,08720,087566
5Roane County68.3557K8,1586,038297
6Monroe County67.6259K3,8293,829334
7Doddridge County50.5197K3,8913,292228
8Raleigh County42.81.1M25,28422,865571
9Lewis County42.5441K10,3779,950390
10Calhoun County42.3148K3,5003,126234
11Boone County41.5543K13,0905,483338
12Pendleton County40.2129K3,2212,886212
13Lincoln County34.9412K11,8202,649396
14Braxton County34.8249K7,1577,157409
15Nicholas County34.5509K14,7257,432490
16Wayne County34.4791K22,9955,449430
17Ritchie County32.8164K4,9842,980294
18Wirt County29.282K2,8132,813245
19Barbour County27.2241K8,8575,376322
20Mingo County25.6369K14,4332,975312
21Kanawha County25.31.7M65,99917,083386
22Summers County23.3154K6,6222,989246
23Wyoming County21.7149K6,8562,543368
24Pleasants County21.697K4,5052,420203
25Jackson County20.4343K16,8507,706457
26Upshur County19.2277K14,3937,118444
27Hardy County19.2165K8,5863,406359
28Gilmer County17.781K4,6012,336246
29Grant County17.1101K5,9065,906265
30Taylor County17.1150K8,7623,244337
31Wetzel County16.4151K9,2562,958349
32Fayette County16.1384K23,8707,333445
33Tyler County15.976K4,7873,762284
34Logan County15.0310K20,6704,229344
35Harrison County14.9628K42,19812,936598
36Morgan County14.8130K8,7724,588317
37McDowell County14.1160K11,3362,448343
38Monongalia County13.4890K66,28327,958735
39Hampshire County12.9152K11,7604,624463
40Tucker County12.249K4,0271,170178
41Randolph County11.6197K16,90111,748393
42Marshall County11.5236K20,5924,538369
43Mason County9.9148K14,9791,993378
44Preston County9.4179K18,9773,526511
45Marion County9.2306K33,2847,920597
46Cabell County7.7512K66,1396,156539
47Putnam County6.2216K35,1476,174433
48Hancock County6.1104K17,0288,246326
49Wood County5.1270K52,4147,064677
50Mercer County5.0192K38,0776,140552
51Mineral County5.076K15,2154,558354
52Brooke County4.972K14,5202,496281
53Ohio County4.9160K32,8584,941437
54Jefferson County3.4106K30,6643,282558
55Berkeley County1.7119K68,8627,716662

Biggest West Virginia outages of 2016

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Monongalia County, WVJune 16, 2016 16:30June 20, 2016 00:303d 8h27,958495K
2Raleigh County, WVJuly 8, 2016 19:45July 10, 2016 10:451d 15h22,865614K
3Greenbrier County, WVJune 23, 2016 10:45July 7, 2016 22:0014d 11h20,0871.2M
4Kanawha County, WVJune 23, 2016 10:45July 8, 2016 17:4515d 7h17,083729K
5Harrison County, WVJune 16, 2016 20:15June 19, 2016 03:302d 7h12,936257K
6Randolph County, WVSeptember 9, 2016 21:00September 9, 2016 22:151h 15m11,7487,341
7Lewis County, WVFebruary 24, 2016 15:30February 26, 2016 04:001d 12h9,95065K
8Lewis County, WVJune 23, 2016 10:45June 24, 2016 23:301d 12h9,79458K
9Raleigh County, WVJuly 10, 2016 12:15July 13, 2016 23:153d 11h9,733149K
10Monongalia County, WVAugust 15, 2016 19:00August 18, 2016 01:152d 6h9,11060K
11Monongalia County, WVJanuary 10, 2016 17:15January 11, 2016 08:1515h8,84235K
12Hancock County, WVJuly 20, 2016 05:15July 20, 2016 08:453h 30m8,24627K
13Kanawha County, WVJune 21, 2016 16:00June 22, 2016 02:1510h 15m8,0197,229
14Marion County, WVOctober 15, 2016 16:45October 16, 2016 02:309h 45m7,92032K
15Lewis County, WVJuly 16, 2016 01:00July 17, 2016 03:451d 2h7,73246K
16Berkeley County, WVApril 26, 2016 13:30April 26, 2016 18:305h7,7169,638
17Jackson County, WVJune 23, 2016 10:45June 30, 2016 14:457d 4h7,70666K
18Nicholas County, WVJune 23, 2016 10:45June 28, 2016 17:455d 7h7,432325K
19Fayette County, WVJanuary 20, 2016 00:15January 20, 2016 17:4517h 30m7,33334K
20Kanawha County, WVSeptember 21, 2016 17:00September 22, 2016 01:458h 45m7,2129,129
21Kanawha County, WVAugust 2, 2016 02:15August 2, 2016 16:1514h7,16237K
22Braxton County, WVJune 23, 2016 10:45June 28, 2016 00:004d 13h7,157124K
23Upshur County, WVJune 16, 2016 19:45June 19, 2016 22:003d 2h7,11872K
24Wood County, WVApril 2, 2016 22:00April 4, 2016 17:301d 19h7,06426K
25Berkeley County, WVMarch 25, 2016 20:15March 26, 2016 03:307h 15m7,0603,201
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of West Virginia's electricity customers in 2016; 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:2025202420232022202120202019201820172015
Other states in 2016:NCSCVAMEFLLAARGA

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

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