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2022 West Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average West Virginia customer went without power for about 18.4 hours, the 3rd worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
18.4
vs prior year
▼ 14%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
18.7M
Peak customers out
100,056
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, 2022

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

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West Virginia customer-hours without power by month, 2022Jan 1.2M, Feb 2.2M, Mar 791K, Apr 526K, May 921K, Jun 6.1M, Jul 2.5M, Aug 1.2M, Sep 432K, Oct 479K, Nov 610K, Dec 1.8M02M4M6M8M1.2MJan2.2MFeb791KMar526KApr921KMay6.1MJun2.5MJul1.2MAug432KSep479KOct610KNov1.8MDec
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All 55 West Virginia counties, 2022

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Clay County100.3247K2,4631,394298
2Wirt County68.2192K2,8132,813266
3Hampshire County62.8739K11,7609,399480
4Lincoln County55.0650K11,8204,317438
5Marshall County52.01.1M20,5929,644437
6Wyoming County51.3352K6,8563,216458
7Mingo County51.1738K14,4337,956452
8Webster County45.7213K4,6733,678452
9Calhoun County42.1147K3,5003,170294
10Ritchie County40.5202K4,9844,984368
11Roane County38.0310K8,1584,203401
12Kanawha County36.72.4M65,99917,192403
13Ohio County36.11.2M32,85815,804542
14Tyler County35.5170K4,7874,065320
15Hardy County34.0292K8,5862,977373
16Monroe County32.2123K3,8292,916441
17Wayne County29.8686K22,9955,300502
18Morgan County29.4257K8,7724,304335
19Pendleton County29.093K3,2213,221223
20Pocahontas County28.4131K4,5992,108336
21Boone County27.4358K13,0902,671479
22Gilmer County27.2125K4,6013,003265
23Doddridge County27.1106K3,8912,083266
24Jackson County23.5395K16,8506,258516
25Logan County23.0476K20,6705,996498
26McDowell County22.8258K11,3362,369387
27Braxton County22.6162K7,1572,975413
28Mason County21.2318K14,9793,325539
29Fayette County20.7494K23,8709,402585
30Grant County20.5121K5,9061,693330
31Pleasants County20.291K4,5051,915223
32Lewis County17.2179K10,3775,207384
33Raleigh County17.0431K25,2843,163662
34Hancock County16.6282K17,0289,190349
35Tucker County15.763K4,0272,879223
36Greenbrier County14.6293K20,0874,321619
37Putnam County13.7481K35,14710,210518
38Barbour County13.2117K8,8573,319328
39Nicholas County13.0191K14,7252,259490
40Cabell County12.5829K66,1399,144622
41Summers County12.583K6,6221,395326
42Wetzel County12.2113K9,2563,108304
43Upshur County10.7154K14,3932,546442
44Brooke County10.5152K14,5203,062288
45Taylor County9.684K8,7622,196358
46Mercer County8.8336K38,0772,278672
47Preston County8.5161K18,9772,968523
48Randolph County7.9134K16,9015,273423
49Mineral County7.5115K15,2152,391380
50Wood County7.0366K52,41410,949722
51Marion County6.8225K33,2846,304643
52Harrison County4.5192K42,1984,268597
53Jefferson County4.0123K30,6642,577586
54Monongalia County3.8252K66,2834,643747
55Berkeley County2.6176K68,8627,826684

Biggest West Virginia outages of 2022

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Kanawha County, WVJanuary 16, 2022 16:00January 21, 2022 22:155d 6h17,192376K
2Ohio County, WVJune 11, 2022 22:30June 24, 2022 17:4512d 19h15,804624K
3Kanawha County, WVJune 13, 2022 08:15June 26, 2022 03:4512d 19h15,530809K
4Wood County, WVJune 14, 2022 01:00June 19, 2022 20:305d 19h10,949147K
5Putnam County, WVJune 14, 2022 00:45June 22, 2022 00:307d 23h10,210168K
6Marshall County, WVFebruary 3, 2022 22:30February 14, 2022 21:0010d 22h9,644545K
7Fayette County, WVJune 17, 2022 17:30June 21, 2022 19:004d 1h9,402143K
8Hampshire County, WVDecember 15, 2022 11:45December 21, 2022 00:455d 13h9,399460K
9Hancock County, WVFebruary 3, 2022 20:15February 7, 2022 22:304d 2h9,190196K
10Cabell County, WVJune 13, 2022 12:30June 25, 2022 01:3011d 13h9,144338K
11Mingo County, WVJune 17, 2022 17:30June 24, 2022 20:457d 3h7,956361K
12Berkeley County, WVJuly 23, 2022 21:00July 26, 2022 01:152d 4h7,82644K
13Kanawha County, WVApril 27, 2022 06:00April 28, 2022 05:1523h 15m6,39138K
14Marion County, WVMay 4, 2022 00:00May 5, 2022 04:001d 4h6,30426K
15Jackson County, WVJune 14, 2022 01:00June 20, 2022 02:156d 1h6,258126K
16Ohio County, WVFebruary 3, 2022 18:15February 10, 2022 00:306d 6h6,117275K
17Logan County, WVJune 17, 2022 10:30June 23, 2022 01:005d 14h5,996171K
18Kanawha County, WVJuly 8, 2022 12:15July 17, 2022 15:009d 2h5,816171K
19Wayne County, WVJune 17, 2022 05:00June 23, 2022 21:456d 16h5,300178K
20Randolph County, WVJuly 23, 2022 19:00July 25, 2022 07:301d 12h5,27317K
21Fayette County, WVApril 11, 2022 01:00April 11, 2022 04:003h5,2267,457
22Lewis County, WVJuly 28, 2022 23:30July 29, 2022 09:159h 45m5,20711K
23Hampshire County, WVNovember 3, 2022 18:45November 4, 2022 00:005h 15m5,1666,794
24Ritchie County, WVJune 26, 2022 12:45June 26, 2022 22:309h 45m4,98412K
25Marshall County, WVJuly 23, 2022 18:30July 26, 2022 23:303d 5h4,756103K
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of West Virginia's electricity customers in 2022; 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 2022 US Power Outage Report.

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