Kanawha County, West Virginia Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Kanawha County, West Virginia had 148 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.42 times the US outage time per person and 1.09 times the West Virginia rate. It ranks 25 of 48 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

16.4major outages per year

9 of 9years with a major outage

158 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Julhardest months

June and July made up 38% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jun 24, 2019, reached 21,769 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 74.2 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated West Virginia counties

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	898,324	347	16
2016	1,481,845	257	12
2017	1,178,538	252	14
2018	1,570,135	347	18
2019	1,838,074	274	16
2020	1,446,176	353	24
2021	978,531	270	13
2022	2,224,831	303	21
2023	1,453,447	246	14

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Jun 24, 2019	74.2	21,769	633,415
Jun 24, 2016	157.5	11,162	495,768
Jan 17, 2022	65.0	17,192	368,262
Mar 1, 2017	79.5	10,454	367,950
Jun 14, 2022	86.2	11,997	321,712

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.