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Power Outages in Putnam County, WV

Is there a power outage in Putnam County, WV right now? No. As of October 20, 2026 02:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Appalachian Power Co in Putnam County, WV.

Putnam County, WV is served by 1 tracked utility. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.9 hours.

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No active outages are reported by Appalachian Power Co in Putnam County.

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Live status by utility · Putnam County

100%of this county's ~28,519 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Appalachian Power CoLive · county029,5680.0%-0-

Appalachian 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.

Electricity-dependent residents

HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Putnam 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.

Power-dependent
994
Oxygen service
273
Dialysis (facility)
118
Home health / hospice
211
By ZIP code (12)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
2552634927259≤11
25143186≤11148≤11
25560153≤11121≤11
25159102≤11850
2521398≤1176≤11
2516862≤11470
2503356≤1143≤11
2508243≤11390
2507034≤11250
2512421≤11190
2501114≤11≤110
25109≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Putnam County, WV

Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Putnam County or any town and utility in it.

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Recent NWS alert activity · Putnam County

Putnam County has been under 56 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 19, 2026.

  • Special Weather Statement ×23
  • Flood Watch ×11
  • Flood Warning ×8
  • Flash Flood Warning ×7
  • Freeze Warning ×3
  • Frost Advisory ×3

Latest Putnam County, WV outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 4h 5m

  2. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026

  3. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026

  4. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated October 3, 2026

  5. IMPROVING

    Improving: down to 549 customers out

  6. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,560 customers out (4.4% of the county)

  7. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 1h 35m

  8. RESTORATION ETA

    Restoration now estimated September 18, 2026

Outage trend · Putnam County, WV
0customers out · peak 27
Data as of Oct 20, 2026 02:50 UTC
Putnam County, WV: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 27 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 20, 2026 02:50 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.0102030Oct 196 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Putnam County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

No cities on file for this county

Historical reliability

In 2025, the average customer in Putnam County went about 8.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 17,405 customers.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 8.9 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Putnam County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 6.8h, 2016 6.2h, 2017 6.5h, 2018 12.2h, 2019 7.4h, 2020 9.4h, 2021 52.3h, 2022 13.7h, 2023 11.4h, 2024 13.9h, 2025 8.9h. Highlighted: 2021.02040606.8h20156.2h20166.5h201712.2h20187.4h20199.4h202052.3h202113.7h202211.4h202313.9h20248.9h2025
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Worst year here was 2021 (peak 17,405 customers out) · decade average 13.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20154543,1816.8
20164336,1746.2
20174656,9926.5
20184985,19312.2
20195692,3047.4
20205405,4149.4
202153017,40552.3
202251810,21013.7
20236175,59811.4
20246968,48013.9
20256713,8248.9

Cost of power in Putnam County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Putnam 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.

17.0¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 69% since 2015
vs West Virginia avg 15.8¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
February 11, 202117,40521d 1h
June 14, 202210,2107d 23h
April 2, 20248,4804d 9h
March 1, 20176,9923d 20h
June 23, 20166,1742d 6h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 13.5 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

Ice stormRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
Heat waveRelatively Moderate
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Power outages in Putnam County: FAQ

How often does Putnam County, WV lose power?
Based on EAGLE-I records, Putnam County, WV logged 671 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
What was the worst power outage in Putnam County, WV?
The largest tracked outage peaked at 17,405 customers without power, beginning February 11, 2021 and lasting about 21d 1h.
Is there a power outage in Putnam County, WV right now?
No. As of October 20, 2026 02:50 UTC, no outages are reported by Appalachian Power Co in Putnam County, WV.
Which utilities serve Putnam County, WV?
Tracked electric providers include Appalachian Power Co.
Nearby counties
Cabell CountyJackson CountyKanawha CountyLincoln County
ZIP codes in Putnam County

Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Putnam County.

25011, 25033, 25070, 25082, 25109, 25124, 25159, 25168, 25213, 25526, 25560

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 Putnam County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in West Virginia →

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Appalachian Power Co18.0 hrsLive · countyOutage map ↗

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/54079 and /api/v1/counties/54079/history.