Power Outages in Hancock County, WV
Is there a power outage in Hancock County, WV right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC, about 96 customers are without power in Hancock County, WV across 2 reported incidents.
Hancock County, WV is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.2 hours.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/west-virginia/hancock-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Hancock County, WV", live data as of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC. https://massoutage.com/west-virginia/hancock-county
Report an outage in Hancock County, WV
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Monongahela Power Co; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
99%of this county's ~16,096 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monongahela Power Co | Live · county | 96 | 15,972 | 0.6% | - | 2 | October 20, 2026 02:30 UTC |
Monongahela Power Co reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Municipalities in Hancock County
Town-by-town counts as reported by Monongahela Power Co, most affected first. A town served by more than one utility appears once per utility; utilities without a town-level feed aren't included. Updated .
| Town | Utility | Out | Served | % out | Utility ETR | Small outages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEW CUMBERLAND | Monongahela Power Co | 95 | 3,088 | 3.1% | October 20, 2026 00:30 UTC | - |
| CHESTER | Monongahela Power Co | 1 | 2,510 | 0.0% | October 20, 2026 02:30 UTC | - |
Show 2 towns with no outages
| NEWELL | Monongahela Power Co | 0 | 829 | 0.0% | - | - |
| WEIRTON | Monongahela Power Co | 0 | 9,545 | 0.0% | - | - |
Active outages in Hancock County0
No individual outages are listed by utilities with an outage-level feed right now.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Hancock Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26062 | 376 | ≤11 | 313 | ≤11 |
| 26047 | 117 | ≤11 | 95 | ≤11 |
| 26034 | 66 | ≤11 | 56 | ≤11 |
| 26050 | 27 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Hancock County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Hancock County right now.
Hancock County has been under 11 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on October 19, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Freeze Warning ×1
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
Latest Hancock County, WV outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 19m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 212 customers out (1.2% of the county)
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Hancock County went about 14.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,190 customers.
The US EIA reports West Virginia utilities averaged 16.9 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 14.2 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 9,190 customers out) · decade average 8.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 298 | 5,744 | 4.4 |
| 2016 | 326 | 8,246 | 6.0 |
| 2017 | 286 | 3,892 | 7.2 |
| 2018 | 282 | 4,094 | 9.4 |
| 2019 | 341 | 2,752 | 7.6 |
| 2020 | 298 | 5,607 | 5.1 |
| 2021 | 303 | 4,118 | 5.9 |
| 2022 | 349 | 9,190 | 16.6 |
| 2023 | 332 | 3,616 | 12.4 |
| 2024 | 316 | 2,836 | 9.1 |
| 2025 | 362 | 7,180 | 14.2 |
Cost of power in Hancock County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Hancock County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Monongahela Power Co14.3¢334,336 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 8.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Hancock County: FAQ
- How often does Hancock County, WV lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Hancock County, WV logged 362 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Hancock County, WV?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,190 customers without power, beginning February 3, 2022 and lasting about 4d 2h.
- Is there a power outage in Hancock County, WV right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 22:50 UTC, about 96 customers are without power in Hancock County, WV across 2 reported incidents.
- Which utilities serve Hancock County, WV?
- Tracked electric providers include Monongahela Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Hancock County.
26034, 26047, 26050, 26056, 26062
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Hancock County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in West Virginia →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monongahela Power Co | 20.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of West Virginia customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/54029 and /api/v1/counties/54029/history. Live data as of .