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2018 West Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average West Virginia customer went without power for about 13.4 hours, the 3rd worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
13.4
vs prior year
▼ 18%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
13.6M
Peak customers out
54,687
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
100%
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, 2018

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

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West Virginia customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 292K, Feb 576K, Mar 2.2M, Apr 666K, May 1.3M, Jun 1.1M, Jul 1.5M, Aug 1.1M, Sep 1.2M, Oct 1.6M, Nov 1.6M, Dec 493K01M2M3M292KJan576KFeb2.2MMar666KApr1.3MMay1.1MJun1.5MJul1.1MAug1.2MSep1.6MOct1.6MNov493KDec
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All 55 West Virginia counties, 2018

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Clay County57.7142K2,4631,081303
2Webster County44.3207K4,6734,673407
3Raleigh County43.31.1M25,2849,517561
4Pendleton County42.7137K3,2212,708225
5Lincoln County42.4501K11,8206,146435
6Monroe County35.4136K3,8293,829368
7Wyoming County29.4202K6,8561,826443
8Summers County28.2187K6,6221,900291
9Roane County28.0228K8,1582,268378
10Kanawha County27.31.8M65,99914,878242
11Wayne County25.5586K22,9954,126508
12McDowell County24.9282K11,3364,048471
13Doddridge County23.692K3,8912,155267
14Pocahontas County23.3107K4,5992,189253
15Boone County22.8298K13,0902,737422
16Wirt County21.861K2,8132,347257
17Calhoun County21.073K3,5001,511318
18Fayette County20.1480K23,8704,833493
19Ritchie County18.994K4,9841,684344
20Greenbrier County18.5371K20,0877,443545
21Mingo County18.4266K14,4332,418476
22Mercer County18.4700K38,0776,514555
23Mason County17.3259K14,9797,294472
24Jackson County17.1289K16,85011,680522
25Tyler County16.378K4,7872,539287
26Braxton County15.6112K7,1571,711418
27Marshall County15.3316K20,5923,592381
28Nicholas County15.3225K14,7254,159490
29Logan County15.1312K20,6704,347534
30Hampshire County14.8174K11,7606,754449
31Morgan County14.3125K8,7722,749372
32Pleasants County13.460K4,5053,160186
33Gilmer County13.160K4,6012,560275
34Putnam County12.3432K35,1476,551498
35Hardy County11.7100K8,5863,310330
36Cabell County10.2675K66,13918,220549
37Lewis County9.598K10,3777,850378
38Hancock County9.4160K17,0284,094282
39Ohio County9.2302K32,8583,672499
40Wetzel County9.184K9,2561,467326
41Grant County8.751K5,9062,079276
42Barbour County8.475K8,8572,462285
43Taylor County8.474K8,7621,664336
44Tucker County8.333K4,0271,192190
45Harrison County6.7282K42,1986,239579
46Randolph County6.5110K16,9014,999405
47Upshur County6.087K14,3932,535400
48Marion County5.1171K33,2842,434555
49Brooke County4.667K14,5201,542271
50Mineral County4.670K15,2153,318365
51Preston County4.077K18,9772,156471
52Jefferson County3.9121K30,6643,732508
53Wood County3.5185K52,4143,964690
54Monongalia County3.0201K66,2834,924650
55Berkeley County1.390K68,8624,465596

Biggest West Virginia outages of 2018

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Cabell County, WVOctober 26, 2018 12:30October 27, 2018 02:0013h 30m18,22033K
2Kanawha County, WVOctober 20, 2018 06:15October 31, 2018 03:3010d 21h14,878252K
3Jackson County, WVMay 16, 2018 01:00May 16, 2018 21:4520h 45m11,68045K
4Raleigh County, WVNovember 15, 2018 07:30December 7, 2018 20:1522d 12h9,517506K
5Kanawha County, WVJune 17, 2018 23:00July 9, 2018 02:3021d 3h8,514330K
6Lewis County, WVJune 23, 2018 13:00June 23, 2018 20:157h 15m7,8502,784
7Greenbrier County, WVMarch 21, 2018 00:30March 24, 2018 21:003d 20h7,44358K
8Mason County, WVOctober 23, 2018 06:00October 23, 2018 09:303h 30m7,29425K
9Hampshire County, WVMarch 2, 2018 00:45March 6, 2018 01:004d6,75467K
10Putnam County, WVOctober 26, 2018 17:15October 27, 2018 09:1516h6,5514,989
11Mercer County, WVMarch 24, 2018 20:15March 30, 2018 21:156d 1h6,514212K
12Greenbrier County, WVOctober 21, 2018 00:45October 24, 2018 03:453d 3h6,50668K
13Mercer County, WVNovember 15, 2018 08:30November 22, 2018 01:006d 16h6,307204K
14Harrison County, WVSeptember 9, 2018 08:15September 11, 2018 07:151d 23h6,23916K
15Lincoln County, WVMarch 12, 2018 09:15March 14, 2018 06:451d 21h6,14690K
16Raleigh County, WVOctober 19, 2018 19:30October 24, 2018 02:004d 6h5,566173K
17Cabell County, WVJuly 31, 2018 15:30August 5, 2018 20:155d 4h5,421115K
18Putnam County, WVJuly 31, 2018 14:15August 5, 2018 16:005d 1h5,193118K
19Kanawha County, WVMay 26, 2018 03:45June 5, 2018 01:159d 21h5,00894K
20Randolph County, WVFebruary 17, 2018 02:30February 17, 2018 03:451h 15m4,9991,254
21Monongalia County, WVSeptember 9, 2018 06:45September 12, 2018 04:302d 21h4,92447K
22Mercer County, WVJuly 18, 2018 13:15July 18, 2018 23:1510h4,88311K
23Harrison County, WVFebruary 17, 2018 23:00February 18, 2018 23:301d4,85712K
24Fayette County, WVNovember 27, 2018 01:15November 27, 2018 02:301h 15m4,8333,028
25Kanawha County, WVFebruary 20, 2018 23:45March 4, 2018 02:4511d 3h4,67897K
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of West Virginia's electricity customers in 2018; 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:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:NCVAMARIVTMEMINJ

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

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