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West Virginia: official power outage sources
Four large companies serve most of West Virginia: Appalachian Power and Wheeling Power (both part of AEP), and Mon Power and Potomac Edison (both part of FirstEnergy). A few smaller providers serve the rest, including Harrison Rural Electric, Black Diamond Power, Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative and the city utilities in New Martinsville and Philippi. The Public Service Commission of West Virginia oversees the state's utilities.
Outages in West Virginia right now
Not shown on this site. Power Grid Watch does not have live outage information for West Virginia. That does not mean there are no outages. Use the official links below to check and to report.
If your power is out
- Stay away from downed lines and anything touching them. Call 911.
- Report it to your own utility. The name and outage phone number are on your electric bill. Do not assume a neighbor has reported it.
- Check your utility's outage page for the area affected and any restoration estimate. Only your utility can give that estimate.
Utility outage pages
Each link covers only that utility's own customers. If your provider is not listed here, use the directories in the next section.
- Mon Power and Potomac Edison (FirstEnergy Maryland/West Virginia) Outage page outages-mdwv.firstenergycorp.com
- Appalachian Power Outage page appalachianpower.com
Official state sources
Use these to find out which utility serves an address, to reach the regulator, and to follow state emergency information.
- Public Service Commission of West Virginia Regulator psc.state.wv.us
- West Virginia Emergency Management Division Emergency management emd.wv.gov
- West Virginia Emergency Management Division: emergency contact information Emergency management This is not a 911 line. Call 911 in an emergency. emd.wv.gov
- National Weather Service Weather alerts Enter your town or ZIP code for current watches and warnings. A weather warning is not an outage prediction. weather.gov
Good to know in West Virginia
- There is no state-run outage map for West Virginia. Check the map or outage page for the utility that serves you.
- Customers of smaller providers, such as Harrison Rural Electric, Black Diamond Power, Craig-Botetourt, New Martinsville and Philippi, should check with their own provider; the big utilities' maps do not cover them.
- Wheeling Power is a separate company from Appalachian Power, even though both are part of AEP.
The wider grid
Regional grid organizations and balancing areas that cover all or part of West Virginia: PJM. They balance supply and demand on the high-voltage system. Their alerts describe the regional system, not an outage on your street. How the pieces fit together
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