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2019 West Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average West Virginia customer went without power for about 13.8 hours, the 1st worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
13.8
vs prior year
▲ 2%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
13.9M
Peak customers out
90,797
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, 2019

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

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West Virginia customer-hours without power by month, 2019Jan 737K, Feb 3.4M, Mar 658K, Apr 748K, May 1.4M, Jun 1.7M, Jul 1.1M, Aug 900K, Sep 510K, Oct 905K, Nov 1.4M, Dec 463K01M2M3M4M737KJan3.4MFeb658KMar748KApr1.4MMay1.7MJun1.1MJul900KAug510KSep905KOct1.4MNov463KDec
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All 55 West Virginia counties, 2019

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Clay County95.1234K2,4631,772334
2Wirt County38.5108K2,8132,813300
3Webster County37.9177K4,6734,673427
4Lincoln County37.3441K11,8203,006471
5Hampshire County36.6430K11,7605,971509
6Calhoun County35.5124K3,5001,752311
7Wyoming County35.1241K6,8564,075451
8Roane County32.4264K8,1582,971433
9Kanawha County30.92.0M65,99921,769261
10Doddridge County30.4118K3,8912,715289
11Ritchie County30.1150K4,9844,984329
12Mingo County29.9431K14,4334,253482
13Monroe County27.9107K3,8292,960408
14Wayne County26.3605K22,9955,310514
15Pocahontas County26.2121K4,5994,599325
16Tyler County25.1120K4,7872,612343
17Boone County23.6309K13,0904,112458
18Grant County22.8134K5,9062,997306
19Gilmer County21.499K4,6013,009272
20Braxton County21.4153K7,1573,704460
21Raleigh County19.6497K25,2848,625641
22Summers County18.9125K6,6223,074284
23Marshall County18.6383K20,5924,838476
24Logan County18.4379K20,6703,297525
25Hardy County16.6143K8,5862,275343
26Jackson County16.3274K16,8504,776566
27Wetzel County16.2150K9,2562,028393
28Mason County15.3229K14,9795,365456
29Morgan County15.3134K8,7723,360362
30Pendleton County15.249K3,2211,242220
31Pleasants County14.766K4,5053,475223
32Brooke County14.1205K14,5204,913306
33Fayette County13.3318K23,8705,384582
34Mineral County12.4188K15,2154,554382
35Lewis County12.3127K10,3772,260372
36Greenbrier County12.2245K20,0876,984661
37Tucker County12.048K4,0272,470196
38Ohio County11.0361K32,8584,003536
39Marion County11.0365K33,2848,349619
40Cabell County10.9719K66,13911,067599
41Upshur County10.2147K14,3932,807433
42McDowell County10.0113K11,3362,391397
43Barbour County9.181K8,8572,148306
44Nicholas County8.7128K14,7252,049508
45Taylor County8.474K8,7621,695335
46Hancock County7.6129K17,0283,466341
47Putnam County7.4262K35,1472,304569
48Mercer County7.4280K38,0775,409584
49Preston County7.3138K18,9772,874506
50Randolph County6.6112K16,9011,940419
51Harrison County6.3264K42,1986,342652
52Wood County5.0262K52,4145,370821
53Monongalia County4.3285K66,2837,008730
54Jefferson County4.2128K30,6642,935553
55Berkeley County1.6110K68,8623,685680

Biggest West Virginia outages of 2019

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Kanawha County, WVJune 24, 2019 00:15July 8, 2019 02:1514d 2h21,769666K
2Kanawha County, WVOctober 30, 2019 11:45November 6, 2019 04:006d 16h11,268153K
3Cabell County, WVMarch 30, 2019 10:30March 31, 2019 23:451d 13h11,06775K
4Kanawha County, WVMay 15, 2019 12:15May 16, 2019 20:151d 8h9,42562K
5Raleigh County, WVMarch 26, 2019 09:00March 28, 2019 00:001d 15h8,62559K
6Marion County, WVAugust 8, 2019 15:45August 11, 2019 06:002d 14h8,349145K
7Kanawha County, WVMay 18, 2019 02:15May 24, 2019 22:456d 20h7,22164K
8Monongalia County, WVApril 11, 2019 19:30April 11, 2019 21:302h7,0088,924
9Greenbrier County, WVFebruary 13, 2019 03:00February 14, 2019 01:1522h 15m6,98411K
10Raleigh County, WVNovember 11, 2019 14:00November 12, 2019 02:0012h6,74114K
11Harrison County, WVFebruary 24, 2019 14:30March 2, 2019 01:155d 10h6,34289K
12Kanawha County, WVFebruary 24, 2019 03:15March 3, 2019 04:307d 1h6,339171K
13Kanawha County, WVMay 16, 2019 21:00May 18, 2019 01:151d 4h6,31612K
14Cabell County, WVJune 17, 2019 00:30June 20, 2019 20:453d 20h6,00148K
15Hampshire County, WVFebruary 24, 2019 19:45March 2, 2019 13:305d 17h5,971244K
16Kanawha County, WVNovember 27, 2019 03:45December 5, 2019 03:157d 23h5,56364K
17Mercer County, WVOctober 31, 2019 10:15November 1, 2019 23:001d 12h5,40922K
18Fayette County, WVDecember 30, 2019 05:00December 31, 2019 00:1519h 15m5,38443K
19Wood County, WVAugust 8, 2019 19:00August 10, 2019 18:301d 23h5,37037K
20Mason County, WVJuly 1, 2019 14:30July 3, 2019 22:002d 7h5,36524K
21Wayne County, WVJanuary 7, 2019 15:15January 10, 2019 13:302d 22h5,31017K
22Wood County, WVJanuary 8, 2019 14:45January 9, 2019 22:451d 8h5,27023K
23Hampshire County, WVJanuary 20, 2019 05:00January 21, 2019 14:301d 9h5,25420K
24Raleigh County, WVAugust 29, 2019 12:15August 29, 2019 16:003h 45m5,0942,857
25Cabell County, WVApril 26, 2019 07:45April 27, 2019 03:3019h 45m5,06035K
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of West Virginia's electricity customers in 2019; 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:2025202420232022202120202018201720162015
Other states in 2019:MINCLACAVTVAARME

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

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