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2021 West Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2021, the average West Virginia customer went without power for about 21.4 hours, the 3rd worst of 51 states (US average 8.4 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
21.4
vs prior year
▲ 89%
vs 2020
Customer-hours out
21.7M
Peak customers out
104,627
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
97%
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, 2021

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

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West Virginia customer-hours without power by month, 2021Jan 334K, Feb 13.0M, Mar 1.0M, Apr 507K, May 1.1M, Jun 1.6M, Jul 878K, Aug 1.1M, Sep 622K, Oct 576K, Nov 417K, Dec 604K05M10M15M334KJan13.0MFeb1.0MMar507KApr1.1MMay1.6MJun878KJul1.1MAug622KSep576KOct417KNov604KDec
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All 55 West Virginia counties, 2021

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Wayne County180.44.1M22,99518,901411
2Lincoln County119.51.4M11,8208,046395
3Cabell County72.94.8M66,13935,274477
4Mason County57.7864K14,9794,603508
5Clay County52.5129K2,4631,207299
6Putnam County52.31.8M35,14717,405530
7Jackson County46.2779K16,8505,785534
8Monroe County31.9122K3,8292,378401
9Ritchie County30.6152K4,9843,166300
10Wirt County27.678K2,8132,813254
11Webster County27.0126K4,6733,527430
12Doddridge County21.483K3,8912,017221
13Marshall County21.3440K20,5923,488436
14Mingo County21.2306K14,4333,654449
15Calhoun County21.174K3,5002,867285
16Roane County19.7160K8,1581,548387
17Boone County18.1237K13,0902,216465
18Kanawha County18.01.2M65,9996,084342
19Pocahontas County16.074K4,5991,737297
20Wyoming County15.3105K6,8562,408459
21Logan County14.4299K20,6703,649494
22Greenbrier County14.1284K20,0877,874623
23Tucker County14.056K4,0271,729174
24McDowell County13.7155K11,3361,551367
25Fayette County13.4320K23,8705,290517
26Pendleton County12.540K3,2213,221223
27Tyler County11.857K4,7872,620296
28Gilmer County11.854K4,6011,238249
29Braxton County11.582K7,1571,841387
30Lewis County11.1115K10,3772,298335
31Nicholas County10.6156K14,7253,038463
32Marion County10.1336K33,2848,493559
33Raleigh County10.1255K25,2842,017649
34Hampshire County9.9117K11,7605,377491
35Barbour County9.281K8,8571,672281
36Ohio County9.0296K32,8586,097514
37Grant County8.852K5,9062,290347
38Wetzel County8.478K9,2561,602291
39Hardy County8.270K8,586983349
40Taylor County7.969K8,7622,837325
41Morgan County7.162K8,7721,756341
42Pleasants County6.831K4,505813188
43Upshur County6.695K14,3932,203392
44Summers County6.543K6,622591294
45Hancock County6.0102K17,0284,118303
46Mercer County6.0227K38,0773,486628
47Brooke County4.768K14,5202,556292
48Harrison County4.5188K42,1983,501570
49Preston County4.075K18,9772,547511
50Mineral County3.858K15,2154,240392
51Randolph County3.661K16,9011,788404
52Jefferson County3.6111K30,6644,018565
53Wood County3.3173K52,4147,519734
54Monongalia County2.7177K66,2833,109682
55Berkeley County1.5107K68,8622,753676

Biggest West Virginia outages of 2021

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, WVFebruary 10, 2021 23:45March 13, 2021 03:1530d 3h35,2744.4M
2Wayne County, WVFebruary 10, 2021 20:30April 9, 2021 18:3057d 22h18,9013.7M
3Putnam County, WVFebruary 11, 2021 02:00March 4, 2021 03:3021d 1h17,4051.6M
4Marion County, WVJune 13, 2021 19:30June 16, 2021 23:153d 3h8,493120K
5Lincoln County, WVFebruary 11, 2021 05:00March 3, 2021 23:3020d 18h8,0461.1M
6Greenbrier County, WVApril 30, 2021 16:45May 1, 2021 19:451d 3h7,87417K
7Wood County, WVNovember 8, 2021 10:30November 8, 2021 11:301h7,5197,519
8Wood County, WVOctober 12, 2021 10:00October 12, 2021 10:3030m7,4983,749
9Greenbrier County, WVFebruary 21, 2021 12:30February 21, 2021 23:3011h7,46538K
10Greenbrier County, WVFebruary 4, 2021 13:30February 4, 2021 21:308h7,46136K
11Marion County, WVMay 3, 2021 23:15May 4, 2021 05:156h6,29910K
12Ohio County, WVJune 28, 2021 13:15July 2, 2021 20:154d 7h6,09767K
13Kanawha County, WVFebruary 11, 2021 00:15March 7, 2021 16:1524d 16h6,084290K
14Jackson County, WVFebruary 11, 2021 02:45February 27, 2021 19:0016d 16h5,785632K
15Kanawha County, WVMay 9, 2021 00:00May 12, 2021 16:003d 16h5,68182K
16Greenbrier County, WVMarch 31, 2021 12:00April 1, 2021 00:0012h5,55553K
17Hampshire County, WVJanuary 1, 2021 20:00January 3, 2021 07:151d 11h5,37717K
18Fayette County, WVApril 4, 2021 13:30April 5, 2021 19:001d 5h5,29012K
19Cabell County, WVMay 9, 2021 15:45May 12, 2021 02:152d 10h5,19766K
20Kanawha County, WVJune 1, 2021 12:00June 5, 2021 22:304d 10h4,96924K
21Kanawha County, WVJune 25, 2021 12:00June 27, 2021 02:301d 14h4,95416K
22Marion County, WVMarch 26, 2021 11:45March 26, 2021 22:1510h 30m4,75125K
23Mason County, WVFebruary 11, 2021 00:00March 3, 2021 15:1520d 15h4,603733K
24Kanawha County, WVJune 28, 2021 02:15July 9, 2021 01:1510d 23h4,49049K
25Mineral County, WVNovember 22, 2021 14:00November 22, 2021 18:004h4,24014K
EAGLE-I tracked about 97% of West Virginia's electricity customers in 2021; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
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Part of the 2021 US Power Outage Report.

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