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2024 West Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average West Virginia customer went without power for about 21.6 hours, the 7th worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
21.6
vs prior year
▲ 59%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
21.8M
Peak customers out
145,292
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, 2024

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

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West Virginia customer-hours without power by month, 2024Jan 1.6M, Feb 614K, Mar 638K, Apr 5.9M, May 3.3M, Jun 844K, Jul 1.2M, Aug 720K, Sep 4.2M, Oct 1.2M, Nov 638K, Dec 1.1M02M4M6M1.6MJan614KFeb638KMar5.9MApr3.3MMay844KJun1.2MJul720KAug4.2MSep1.2MOct638KNov1.1MDec
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All 55 West Virginia counties, 2024

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Clay County178.1439K2,4632,463302
2Wyoming County73.8506K6,8566,263489
3Monroe County71.9275K3,8293,829440
4Webster County68.2319K4,6732,708373
5Mercer County63.92.4M38,07724,483680
6Nicholas County61.8910K14,72510,548489
7Lincoln County58.5691K11,8207,206519
8Fayette County52.11.2M23,87017,737674
9Kanawha County51.63.4M65,99959,406419
10McDowell County50.0567K11,3364,886450
11Wayne County42.9987K22,99510,335590
12Braxton County40.2288K7,1574,476346
13Raleigh County34.5872K25,28410,250706
14Pocahontas County34.4158K4,5994,550304
15Mingo County34.4496K14,4334,037535
16Calhoun County33.6118K3,5001,998265
17Boone County30.4398K13,0904,081496
18Roane County29.5241K8,1582,249423
19Pendleton County26.987K3,2213,221236
20Doddridge County23.692K3,8912,093259
21Ritchie County23.6117K4,9841,886260
22Upshur County22.9330K14,3935,749414
23Wirt County22.463K2,8132,557242
24Logan County21.9452K20,6708,400611
25Greenbrier County21.7435K20,08712,959613
26Mason County21.3318K14,9798,233594
27Tyler County21.1101K4,7872,628258
28Gilmer County17.882K4,6011,637218
29Summers County17.4116K6,6221,578288
30Wetzel County15.9147K9,2562,512284
31Preston County15.6297K18,9774,926520
32Cabell County15.41.0M66,13916,416681
33Tucker County15.161K4,0272,881150
34Barbour County14.0124K8,8572,476268
35Marshall County13.9287K20,5925,108516
36Putnam County13.9487K35,1478,480696
37Jackson County13.5227K16,8505,018664
38Hampshire County12.4145K11,7604,220461
39Lewis County12.2127K10,3773,208321
40Hardy County11.599K8,5862,215331
41Jefferson County11.1341K30,6643,492523
42Randolph County10.6178K16,9013,911375
43Hancock County9.1155K17,0282,836316
44Morgan County8.978K8,7724,229337
45Ohio County7.1234K32,8584,274582
46Grant County6.941K5,9061,280317
47Taylor County6.658K8,7621,339294
48Marion County6.5217K33,2844,851550
49Pleasants County6.228K4,5051,219188
50Wood County5.4284K52,4146,298697
51Monongalia County4.6303K66,2838,533644
52Harrison County4.5189K42,1981,801527
53Brooke County3.449K14,5201,515229
54Mineral County2.031K15,2151,436369
55Berkeley County1.388K68,8622,462636

Biggest West Virginia outages of 2024

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Kanawha County, WVMarch 30, 2024 12:45April 9, 2024 08:009d 19h59,4062.3M
2Mercer County, WVSeptember 25, 2024 20:15October 7, 2024 01:0011d 4h24,4832.2M
3Fayette County, WVApril 1, 2024 21:15April 7, 2024 06:305d 9h17,737527K
4Cabell County, WVApril 2, 2024 11:15April 10, 2024 04:307d 17h16,416369K
5Greenbrier County, WVMay 26, 2024 16:45May 31, 2024 01:154d 8h12,959192K
6Fayette County, WVMay 26, 2024 21:15May 30, 2024 18:303d 21h11,729317K
7Nicholas County, WVApril 2, 2024 14:00April 7, 2024 11:304d 21h10,548454K
8Wayne County, WVApril 2, 2024 13:15April 7, 2024 00:154d 11h10,335324K
9Raleigh County, WVSeptember 24, 2024 13:00October 3, 2024 00:308d 11h10,250366K
10Cabell County, WVSeptember 27, 2024 01:00October 5, 2024 01:158d8,987239K
11Monongalia County, WVDecember 31, 2024 19:30January 1, 2025 00:004h 30m8,53324K
12Putnam County, WVApril 2, 2024 13:00April 6, 2024 22:454d 9h8,480268K
13Logan County, WVMay 26, 2024 18:30May 30, 2024 02:003d 7h8,400187K
14Mason County, WVDecember 13, 2024 11:30December 13, 2024 21:4510h 15m8,23333K
15Mason County, WVDecember 4, 2024 06:30December 5, 2024 18:301d 12h7,35889K
16Wayne County, WVSeptember 26, 2024 06:45October 1, 2024 22:455d 16h7,351290K
17Lincoln County, WVApril 2, 2024 01:15April 7, 2024 01:155d7,206235K
18Kanawha County, WVJuly 11, 2024 11:30July 16, 2024 03:454d 16h6,98153K
19Raleigh County, WVMay 26, 2024 21:00May 30, 2024 04:453d 7h6,744165K
20Wood County, WVDecember 29, 2024 22:45December 31, 2024 06:001d 7h6,29824K
21Logan County, WVNovember 22, 2024 09:30November 22, 2024 15:306h6,2937,951
22Wyoming County, WVSeptember 27, 2024 11:30October 6, 2024 17:159d 5h6,263287K
23Kanawha County, WVAugust 28, 2024 08:30September 1, 2024 21:304d 13h6,13572K
24Kanawha County, WVApril 11, 2024 09:00April 17, 2024 03:155d 18h6,11382K
25Kanawha County, WVMay 26, 2024 20:00June 1, 2024 13:155d 17h6,036130K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of West Virginia's electricity customers in 2024; 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:2025202320222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2024:SCMENCGATXFLLANH

Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.

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