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2025 West Virginia Power Outage Report

In 2025, the average West Virginia customer went without power for about 18.3 hours, the 1st worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
18.3
vs prior year
▼ 15%
vs 2024
Customer-hours out
18.5M
Peak customers out
83,601
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, 2025

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

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West Virginia customer-hours without power by month, 2025Jan 2.6M, Feb 2.1M, Mar 897K, Apr 3.0M, May 2.7M, Jun 1.6M, Jul 1.5M, Aug 410K, Sep 470K, Oct 498K, Nov 466K, Dec 2.2M01M2M3M4M2.6MJan2.1MFeb897KMar3.0MApr2.7MMay1.6MJun1.5MJul410KAug470KSep498KOct466KNov2.2MDec
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All 55 West Virginia counties, 2025

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Clay County114.3282K2,4632,463326
2Webster County62.8294K4,6734,673472
3Ritchie County56.9284K4,9844,984338
4Doddridge County51.9202K3,8911,903320
5Mingo County51.6745K14,4338,797594
6Calhoun County49.9175K3,5003,500324
7Monroe County48.3185K3,8293,455431
8Pocahontas County47.3217K4,5992,748353
9Braxton County46.9335K7,1575,241394
10Gilmer County45.9211K4,6013,099270
11Lincoln County45.8541K11,8207,676582
12Pendleton County42.1135K3,2213,221252
13Tucker County36.8148K4,0272,803238
14Wirt County35.6100K2,8132,813277
15Boone County35.1459K13,0904,488520
16Wyoming County34.3235K6,8562,078489
17Marshall County32.2662K20,5923,008501
18Greenbrier County31.3628K20,08716,397642
19McDowell County31.0351K11,3363,073511
20Brooke County31.0449K14,5209,702337
21Lewis County30.8320K10,3773,105379
22Mercer County26.71.0M38,07725,020739
23Wayne County26.4606K22,9954,571674
24Roane County25.9211K8,1582,781444
25Morgan County24.5215K8,7726,253392
26Kanawha County23.91.6M65,99912,714548
27Wetzel County22.8211K9,2561,875346
28Hardy County21.6186K8,5864,886360
29Summers County20.9138K6,6222,078394
30Logan County20.3420K20,6705,857657
31Taylor County20.3178K8,7624,912349
32Monongalia County20.21.3M66,28333,334659
33Tyler County18.589K4,7872,614298
34Barbour County18.2161K8,8573,292332
35Grant County18.2107K5,9064,004395
36Raleigh County17.0429K25,2847,555797
37Upshur County16.7241K14,3932,560416
38Nicholas County15.6230K14,7255,281507
39Marion County15.1503K33,2846,032528
40Hancock County14.2242K17,0287,180362
41Preston County13.9263K18,9774,988560
42Fayette County13.1313K23,8704,842714
43Harrison County11.9500K42,19811,190569
44Hampshire County11.5135K11,7601,877503
45Randolph County11.0185K16,9013,122425
46Jackson County10.8181K16,8503,614640
47Ohio County10.3337K32,8585,872550
48Pleasants County9.442K4,5051,155239
49Mason County9.1137K14,9795,448609
50Putnam County8.9313K35,1473,824671
51Mineral County6.5100K15,2152,836433
52Wood County5.9307K52,4149,949751
53Cabell County5.8382K66,1392,940699
54Jefferson County4.0122K30,6643,224571
55Berkeley County1.8127K68,8623,952707

Biggest West Virginia outages of 2025

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Monongalia County, WVApril 20, 2025 00:00April 25, 2025 04:005d 4h33,334893K
2Mercer County, WVApril 2, 2025 08:00April 3, 2025 00:1516h 15m25,02051K
3Greenbrier County, WVMay 13, 2025 17:30May 14, 2025 23:301d 6h16,397288K
4Greenbrier County, WVMay 22, 2025 13:30May 22, 2025 22:158h 45m16,380110K
5Greenbrier County, WVJune 23, 2025 21:30June 24, 2025 00:453h 15m16,35510K
6Monongalia County, WVMarch 16, 2025 15:00March 19, 2025 07:302d 16h15,25184K
7Greenbrier County, WVJanuary 23, 2025 13:30January 23, 2025 23:3010h14,33449K
8Mercer County, WVJanuary 6, 2025 02:00January 14, 2025 06:008d 4h13,807737K
9Kanawha County, WVDecember 19, 2025 06:15December 22, 2025 03:002d 20h12,714201K
10Kanawha County, WVJanuary 6, 2025 02:30January 13, 2025 01:156d 22h11,872387K
11Harrison County, WVMarch 16, 2025 13:00March 20, 2025 05:453d 16h11,190148K
12Wood County, WVApril 19, 2025 20:00April 22, 2025 19:452d 23h9,94982K
13Brooke County, WVApril 29, 2025 21:00May 3, 2025 22:454d 1h9,702384K
14Mingo County, WVFebruary 15, 2025 23:00February 21, 2025 22:155d 23h8,797343K
15Kanawha County, WVFebruary 15, 2025 15:00February 20, 2025 01:304d 10h7,926123K
16Lincoln County, WVJanuary 6, 2025 04:00January 13, 2025 00:306d 20h7,676184K
17Raleigh County, WVJanuary 6, 2025 01:30January 11, 2025 07:455d 6h7,555135K
18Hancock County, WVApril 29, 2025 20:00May 3, 2025 21:154d 1h7,180118K
19Kanawha County, WVApril 29, 2025 18:30May 3, 2025 14:453d 20h6,64268K
20Wood County, WVDecember 8, 2025 11:15December 8, 2025 19:158h6,4022,750
21Wood County, WVDecember 13, 2025 00:30December 13, 2025 01:0030m6,4003,200
22Morgan County, WVApril 20, 2025 02:15April 24, 2025 18:004d 15h6,253126K
23Marion County, WVApril 19, 2025 17:15April 24, 2025 19:005d 1h6,03294K
24Ohio County, WVApril 29, 2025 21:00May 1, 2025 23:152d 2h5,87273K
25Logan County, WVDecember 19, 2025 06:00December 22, 2025 01:302d 19h5,85783K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of West Virginia's electricity customers in 2025; 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:2024202320222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2025:MIAKPAMOVANCARMS

Part of the 2025 US Power Outage Report.

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