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West Virginia Power Outages

As of July 18, 2026 17:01 UTC, about 810 customers are currently without power across 22 counties in West Virginia.

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COUNTIES WITH ACTIVE OUTAGES

MOST OUTAGE-PRONE COUNTIES (2025)

  1. 1Clay County114.5h/cust
  2. 2Webster County64.1h/cust
  3. 3Ritchie County57.8h/cust
  4. 4Doddridge County51.9h/cust
  5. 5Mingo County51.6h/cust
  6. 6Calhoun County50.7h/cust
  7. 7Monroe County48.3h/cust
  8. 8Pocahontas County47.3h/cust
OUTAGE TREND
West Virginia
810
AS OF LAST UPDATE · PEAK 3,751
Updated July 18, 2026
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Cost of power in West Virginia

▲ 74% since 2010

What West Virginiapays for electricity, from the US EIA — and how fast it’s rising as national demand climbs. See energy & the AI data-center surge.

Residential
16.1¢
per kWh
Commercial
11.6¢
per kWh
Industrial
8.8¢
per kWh
RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh BY YEAR
8.9¢20109.5¢20119.9¢20129.6¢20139.4¢201410.2¢201511.5¢201611.7¢201711.2¢201811.4¢201911.9¢202012.3¢202113.4¢202214.1¢202315.2¢202415.6¢202515.4¢2026

Retail prices from the US EIA (Form 861). Energy & the data-center surge →

Hardest-hit cities statewide

The individual towns and townships with the most customers out right now.

HuntingtonCABELL COUNTY4

A decade of outages in West Virginia

US annual reports →

Average hours without power per customer each year (EAGLE-I).

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

West Virginia's worst year on record was 2024 (peak 59,406 customers out) · decade average 16.7 hrs per customer/yr.

See how West Virginia ranks against every state →

Official reliability

Source: US EIA
EIA reliability not reported

Major disturbances (DOE)

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  • — · - Weather or natural disaster52,098
  • July 28, 2023 · - Weather or natural disaster52,098
  • March 5, 2023 · Vandalism0

Electric providers in West Virginia

All West Virginia counties