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2017 West Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average West Virginia customer went without power for about 16.3 hours, the 3rd worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
16.3
vs prior year
▼ 7%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
16.5M
Peak customers out
162,447
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, 2017

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

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West Virginia customer-hours without power by month, 2017Jan 581K, Feb 696K, Mar 5.2M, Apr 775K, May 2.0M, Jun 1.5M, Jul 2.9M, Aug 945K, Sep 475K, Oct 883K, Nov 359K, Dec 218K02M4M6M581KJan696KFeb5.2MMar775KApr2.0MMay1.5MJun2.9MJul945KAug475KSep883KOct359KNov218KDec
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All 55 West Virginia counties, 2017

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Clay County105.2259K2,4632,463285
2Doddridge County61.3239K3,8913,264213
3Webster County59.9280K4,6734,673359
4Wirt County58.5165K2,8132,813220
5Braxton County47.2338K7,1577,157333
6Tucker County44.1178K4,0274,027173
7Lincoln County43.4513K11,8203,822377
8Fayette County42.11.0M23,87017,254434
9Tyler County39.4189K4,7874,422245
10Wyoming County38.9267K6,8565,503341
11Gilmer County37.3172K4,6014,330214
12Calhoun County36.3127K3,5003,500270
13Roane County35.5290K8,1587,192353
14Pocahontas County35.4163K4,5994,599260
15Monroe County34.5132K3,8293,829356
16Mingo County34.1492K14,4336,977342
17Wetzel County33.8313K9,2564,116270
18Boone County31.8417K13,0905,379318
19McDowell County30.1342K11,3366,797372
20Ritchie County28.6143K4,9842,180282
21Summers County27.0179K6,6225,123241
22Logan County26.2541K20,6708,968388
23Nicholas County25.2371K14,7257,534411
24Wayne County24.6566K22,9957,087378
25Randolph County22.2375K16,90110,030356
26Raleigh County21.7549K25,2846,974537
27Kanawha County21.21.4M65,99910,454244
28Upshur County20.9301K14,3938,704355
29Taylor County18.9166K8,7624,846295
30Hampshire County18.8221K11,7608,044369
31Marshall County18.6382K20,5924,188332
32Pleasants County18.383K4,5053,394176
33Greenbrier County18.3367K20,0879,984564
34Lewis County17.9186K10,3774,348313
35Pendleton County16.754K3,2213,221173
36Marion County16.4547K33,28415,532475
37Grant County15.692K5,9064,166242
38Hardy County14.2122K8,5864,476294
39Jackson County13.5228K16,8505,154376
40Harrison County13.1554K42,1989,382528
41Preston County12.3233K18,9776,498435
42Barbour County11.097K8,8572,290268
43Wood County10.3542K52,41418,274645
44Cabell County8.9591K66,1399,311504
45Brooke County8.5124K14,5203,098273
46Morgan County7.667K8,7723,344277
47Hancock County7.2122K17,0283,892286
48Ohio County6.8222K32,8583,485386
49Mason County6.698K14,9792,221376
50Putnam County6.5229K35,1476,992465
51Mineral County6.295K15,2154,562376
52Mercer County5.8222K38,0774,466508
53Monongalia County5.3351K66,2838,030587
54Jefferson County3.092K30,6644,448495
55Berkeley County1.7115K68,8624,818625

Biggest West Virginia outages of 2017

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Wood County, WVJuly 7, 2017 19:45July 10, 2017 01:152d 5h18,274211K
2Fayette County, WVMarch 1, 2017 11:30March 12, 2017 06:0010d 18h17,254671K
3Marion County, WVJuly 28, 2017 22:00July 31, 2017 20:452d 22h15,532118K
4Wood County, WVJune 1, 2017 02:15June 1, 2017 03:301h 15m13,9164,939
5Kanawha County, WVFebruary 28, 2017 21:15March 12, 2017 06:0011d 8h10,454397K
6Randolph County, WVAugust 4, 2017 20:15August 4, 2017 23:303h 15m10,03025K
7Randolph County, WVAugust 18, 2017 11:45August 18, 2017 12:451h10,0084,588
8Greenbrier County, WVMarch 1, 2017 13:00March 6, 2017 00:154d 11h9,984173K
9Randolph County, WVMarch 1, 2017 16:00March 4, 2017 21:153d 5h9,672131K
10Harrison County, WVJune 24, 2017 00:15June 26, 2017 00:452d9,38294K
11Cabell County, WVJuly 23, 2017 03:15July 24, 2017 15:451d 12h9,31195K
12Marion County, WVJuly 7, 2017 11:30July 9, 2017 22:302d 11h9,11471K
13Logan County, WVMarch 1, 2017 15:15March 6, 2017 14:004d 22h8,968326K
14Upshur County, WVMarch 1, 2017 16:15March 3, 2017 23:302d 7h8,704101K
15Hampshire County, WVJuly 11, 2017 21:15July 11, 2017 23:302h 15m8,0446,084
16Monongalia County, WVMay 1, 2017 16:00May 3, 2017 23:302d 7h8,03047K
17Kanawha County, WVOctober 19, 2017 12:45October 20, 2017 10:0021h 15m7,8824,626
18Nicholas County, WVMarch 1, 2017 15:30March 6, 2017 03:304d 12h7,534175K
19Cabell County, WVOctober 18, 2017 12:30October 19, 2017 22:301d 10h7,2164,440
20Harrison County, WVJune 15, 2017 11:30June 16, 2017 21:001d 9h7,19615K
21Roane County, WVMarch 1, 2017 12:00March 5, 2017 19:004d 7h7,19291K
22Braxton County, WVMarch 1, 2017 13:30March 4, 2017 21:153d 7h7,157167K
23Wayne County, WVMarch 1, 2017 14:30March 6, 2017 17:455d 3h7,087171K
24Putnam County, WVMarch 1, 2017 00:00March 4, 2017 20:303d 20h6,99276K
25Mingo County, WVFebruary 28, 2017 22:00March 7, 2017 19:456d 21h6,977234K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of West Virginia's electricity customers in 2017; 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:2025202420232022202120202019201820162015
Other states in 2017:FLMENHGARIVTNCLA

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.

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