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Electricity Remains Off For Thousands Following Tuesday’s Storm

As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 76,000 Appalachian Power customers were still waiting for their power to be restored.

Tens of thousands of Appalachian Power customers remain without electricity after Tuesday’s storm.

As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 76,000 Appalachian Power customers were still waiting for their power to be restored.

An update from the company on Wednesday morning indicated most customers in four counties – Boone, Logan, Mingo and Raleigh – could expect to have their power back by 11 p.m. Wednesday.

It also said most customers in Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason, Nicholas, Putnam, Roane and Wayne counties could expect restoration by 11 p.m. Thursday.

More than 2,200 workers are part of that effort, the utility said, including 1,300 line workers from several surrounding states.

They’re dealing with downed trees, broken or damaged poles and transformers, and wires on the ground.

Customers can check their outage status, view an outage map, report an outage or sign up for outage alerts at AppalachianPower.com.

Appalachian Power is an underwriter of West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

State Ranks Near Bottom In Electricity Reliability, Federal Data Show

West Virginia has the most frequent power interruptions except for three states. And it has the longest power interruptions of any state but one.

West Virginia has some of the worst electricity reliability in the country, according to federal data.

West Virginia has the most frequent power interruptions except for three states. And it has the longest power interruptions of any state but one.

That’s according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Annual Electric Power Industry Report.

West Virginians experienced an average of nearly three interruptions a year in 2022, and an average duration of more than 15 hours. The U.S. average was 1.4 outages and 5.6 hours.

Most of those interruptions were not during major weather events, such as December 2022’s Winter Storm Elliott, when temperatures plunged into the single digits and below zero.

Only Florida, with two major hurricanes in 2022, had outages with a longer average duration. Alaska, Tennessee and Maine had more annual power interruptions.

Thousands Without Power Amid Freezing Temperatures And Social Distancing

Thousands of people in eastern Kentucky and parts of West Virginia remain without power Thursday after strong winds downed power lines across multiple counties. 

The outages began Sunday and impacted 65,000 Kentuckians and 45,000 West Virginians. Most have had their power restored, but in Kentucky, American Electric Power reports some 15,000 are still in the dark. Most of those outages are in Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and Perry Counties. 

Crews from utilities in other states, including Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, travelled to the region to assist with repairs. 

The outages come amid a significant cold spell, with temperatures in the 30s overnight, and families may have lost hundreds of dollars worth of food they purchased to stock up for the coronavirus pandemic.

Thousands Still Without Power After Storms Hit West Virginia

Thousands of customers remain without power in West Virginia a day after severe thunderstorms rolled through the state.

FirstEnergy says on its website that about 7,500 homes and businesses were without electricity Tuesday afternoon. That includes 2,400 customers in Pendleton County, 1,800 in Harrison County and 1,200 in Jefferson County.

Thunderstorms packing high winds buffeted northern and eastern parts of the state Monday afternoon.

FirstEnergy’s Mon Power and Potomac Edison subsidiaries serve more than 545,000 customers in West Virginia.

According to the National Weather Service, more severe thunderstorms are forecast for Tuesday evening. A flash flood watch remains in effect until midnight for counties in northern West Virginia, the eastern mountains and the Eastern Panhandle.

Power Outage Planned for WVU Evansdale Campus

Mon Power has scheduled a power outage on West Virginia University’s Evansdale campus.

The Dominion Post reports the power outage begins at 5 a.m. on Saturday will last about 10 hours.

A recent lightning strike damaged the primary distribution grid that provides power to some WVU facilities.

The power outage will also impact the Personal Rapid Transit system, so additional WVU buses will run every half hour from the Evansdale Residential Complex. Evansdale campus parking gates will also remain open.

Students residing in Lincoln and Towers residence halls will be provided with their full meal plan and additional bottled water stations will also be in place throughout the residence halls.

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