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2023 West Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average West Virginia customer went without power for about 13.6 hours, the 6th worst of 51 states (US average 6.5 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
13.6
vs prior year
▼ 26%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
13.7M
Peak customers out
83,669
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, 2023

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

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West Virginia customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 516K, Feb 541K, Mar 3.7M, Apr 2.1M, May 543K, Jun 825K, Jul 3.0M, Aug 950K, Sep 570K, Oct 359K, Nov 335K, Dec 347K01M2M3M4M516KJan541KFeb3.7MMar2.1MApr543KMay825KJun3.0MJul950KAug570KSep359KOct335KNov347KDec
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All 55 West Virginia counties, 2023

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Clay County71.5176K2,4631,946285
2Calhoun County54.7191K3,5002,176243
3Wirt County41.1116K2,8132,813245
4Lincoln County41.1486K11,8203,626493
5Wayne County40.6933K22,9959,113553
6Mingo County37.7544K14,4336,280528
7Roane County36.9301K8,1582,956394
8Ritchie County36.0179K4,9842,369327
9Gilmer County34.1157K4,6013,697222
10Wyoming County33.9232K6,8562,423462
11Webster County32.4151K4,6732,825411
12Monroe County30.0115K3,8293,691441
13Doddridge County26.4103K3,8911,088267
14Pleasants County25.6115K4,5053,586187
15Kanawha County24.81.6M65,99912,305463
16Pocahontas County24.1111K4,5993,395304
17Nicholas County21.1310K14,7253,773480
18Raleigh County20.8525K25,2845,999686
19Marshall County20.6423K20,5925,411510
20Tyler County20.698K4,7873,221289
21Tucker County19.779K4,0271,049188
22Braxton County19.6140K7,1572,914389
23Mason County18.5277K14,9796,638533
24Logan County18.3378K20,6704,094571
25Fayette County18.1431K23,8708,160658
26McDowell County17.7201K11,3362,423425
27Jackson County17.4293K16,8506,007525
28Greenbrier County16.2324K20,0875,613689
29Summers County15.4102K6,6222,279307
30Wetzel County15.3141K9,2563,044321
31Boone County13.6178K13,0901,230476
32Upshur County13.5194K14,3932,905352
33Pendleton County13.243K3,2211,054236
34Grant County12.976K5,9061,778327
35Hancock County12.4211K17,0283,616332
36Putnam County11.4399K35,1475,598617
37Lewis County10.9113K10,3774,962315
38Morgan County10.188K8,7723,316336
39Marion County9.9330K33,2847,273580
40Barbour County9.786K8,8572,774290
41Cabell County8.7575K66,1396,694692
42Hardy County8.573K8,5861,452339
43Taylor County7.565K8,7621,730301
44Randolph County7.4125K16,9013,189397
45Ohio County6.9227K32,8583,562553
46Mercer County6.8259K38,0773,875724
47Hampshire County6.577K11,7601,826460
48Wood County6.4338K52,4146,472756
49Harrison County6.4272K42,1989,977586
50Mineral County6.295K15,2154,674395
51Brooke County6.290K14,5202,538309
52Preston County5.9112K18,9773,591499
53Monongalia County4.4289K66,2837,700683
54Jefferson County2.885K30,6642,704513
55Berkeley County1.067K68,8621,995638

Biggest West Virginia outages of 2023

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, WVJuly 27, 2023 03:30August 2, 2023 00:305d 21h12,305322K
2Kanawha County, WVMarch 31, 2023 06:45April 8, 2023 01:157d 18h10,797256K
3Harrison County, WVDecember 9, 2023 11:30December 9, 2023 20:309h9,97713K
4Wayne County, WVMarch 24, 2023 09:00March 29, 2023 07:304d 22h9,113212K
5Wayne County, WVMarch 3, 2023 14:30March 7, 2023 22:304d 8h8,760188K
6Kanawha County, WVMarch 2, 2023 03:45March 8, 2023 00:305d 20h8,589191K
7Fayette County, WVApril 1, 2023 11:00April 4, 2023 00:002d 13h8,160100K
8Monongalia County, WVMarch 25, 2023 18:00March 29, 2023 18:304d7,70045K
9Marion County, WVAugust 7, 2023 17:15August 10, 2023 01:302d 8h7,27343K
10Kanawha County, WVMarch 25, 2023 08:45March 28, 2023 20:453d 12h6,878113K
11Cabell County, WVMarch 24, 2023 09:00March 29, 2023 03:454d 18h6,694113K
12Mason County, WVSeptember 11, 2023 20:15September 12, 2023 03:006h 45m6,63841K
13Wood County, WVMarch 25, 2023 16:15March 29, 2023 23:454d 7h6,472125K
14Cabell County, WVMarch 3, 2023 12:45March 8, 2023 05:004d 16h6,319138K
15Mingo County, WVApril 1, 2023 08:30April 5, 2023 00:303d 16h6,280143K
16Jackson County, WVMarch 25, 2023 09:45March 29, 2023 00:003d 14h6,007100K
17Raleigh County, WVJuly 27, 2023 23:15August 1, 2023 19:454d 20h5,99997K
18Wood County, WVJuly 28, 2023 15:30July 31, 2023 00:002d 8h5,86842K
19Fayette County, WVJuly 28, 2023 19:00August 2, 2023 01:454d 6h5,842123K
20Greenbrier County, WVJuly 28, 2023 19:15August 2, 2023 16:304d 21h5,613170K
21Putnam County, WVMarch 25, 2023 12:45March 28, 2023 02:002d 13h5,59869K
22Wayne County, WVApril 1, 2023 04:00April 5, 2023 02:453d 22h5,597122K
23Raleigh County, WVApril 1, 2023 10:45April 4, 2023 04:452d 18h5,51493K
24Marshall County, WVMarch 25, 2023 11:00March 29, 2023 00:303d 13h5,411129K
25Marion County, WVDecember 1, 2023 13:30December 2, 2023 03:0013h 30m5,34227K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of West Virginia's electricity customers in 2023; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by county customer counts.
West Virginia by year:2025202420222021202020192018201720162015
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Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

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