Power Outages in West Virginia by City

Power outage record for West Virginia

• 2024: West Virginia electric customers averaged 2.83 outages and 1,166 minutes (19.4 hours) without power. Average across all reporting US utilities: 611 minutes. That makes West Virginia 44th of 50 states (1 = fewest outage minutes).
• Storm days vs. ordinary days: leaving out major event days, the figure drops to 486 minutes (US 126). About 58% of the year's outage time came on a handful of severe days.
• Six-year record: the worst year was 2024 (1,166 minutes), the best 2020 (604). 2024 was well above the 2019–2023 average of 846 minutes.
• Largest utilities: Appalachian Power Co, 417,949 customers, 1,832 minutes; Monongahela Power Co, 390,918 customers, 852 minutes; The Potomac Edison Company, 151,701 customers, 275 minutes.
• Spread between utilities: among 4 utilities with 25,000+ customers, The Potomac Edison Company had the least outage time (275 minutes) and Appalachian Power Co the most (1,832 minutes). Source: EIA Form 861 reliability data, 2019–2024
• Storm record since 2015: 13,194 NOAA storm reports in West Virginia, led by thunderstorm wind 4,060, winter weather 2,077, flood 1,157. Power outages are named in 139 storm episodes. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
• April 1, 2023, Kanawha (high wind): “Nearly 100,000 households were without power that night into the next day as a result of the downed trees and power lines.” Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
• September 27, 2024, Mercer (high wind): “By noon on Friday, near 24,500 customers were reported without power.” Source: NOAA Storm Events Database
• January 5, 2025, Mercer (winter storm): “By the evening of January 6th, over 13,000 customers were impacted by power outages.” Source: NOAA Storm Events Database

Checked September 2026.