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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 any US state that year, 1.1× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
18.3
Peak customers out
33,334
Rank (worst state)
1st
Counties affected
20

West Virginia outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2025 highlighted.

17.4h201518.2h201616.4h201713.4h201813.8h201911.4h202021.4h202118.5h202213.6h202321.6h202418.3h2025

Hardest-hit West Virginia counties in 2025

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Monongalia County33,3342Mercer County25,0203Greenbrier County16,3974Kanawha County12,7145Harrison County11,1906Wood County9,9497Brooke County9,7028Mingo County8,7979Lincoln County7,67610Raleigh County7,55511Hancock County7,18012Morgan County6,25313Ritchie County6,06214Marion County6,03215Pendleton County5,99316Ohio County5,87217Logan County5,85718Webster County5,74819Mason County5,44820Nicholas County5,281

Biggest West Virginia outages of 2025

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Monongalia CountyApril 20, 202533,334
Mercer CountyApril 2, 202525,020
Greenbrier CountyMay 13, 202516,397
Greenbrier CountyMay 22, 202516,380
Greenbrier CountyJune 23, 202516,355
Monongalia CountyMarch 16, 202515,251
Greenbrier CountyJanuary 23, 202514,334
Mercer CountyJanuary 6, 202513,807
Kanawha CountyDecember 19, 202512,714
Kanawha CountyJanuary 6, 202511,872
West Virginia by year:20242023202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2025:MIAKPANCMOVA

Part of the 2025 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.