Preston County, West Virginia Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Preston County, West Virginia had 22 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Above middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 1.18 times the US outage time per person and 0.38 times the West Virginia rate. It ranks 45 of 48 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

2.4major outages per year

7 of 9years with a major outage

44 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Aughardest months

June and August made up 32% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Feb 25, 2019, reached 2,874 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 44.5 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.

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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	124,946	56	3
2016	142,206	45	4
2017	186,579	64	5
2018	44,118	36	1
2019	104,288	46	1
2020	29,355	35	0
2021	48,500	32	0
2022	121,082	54	5
2023	84,677	32	3

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
Feb 25, 2019	44.5	2,874	46,278
Jun 16, 2016	18.2	3,526	32,271
May 2, 2017	21.2	2,688	29,978
Mar 5, 2015	35.2	1,664	24,802
Aug 7, 2023	16.5	3,591	21,099

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.