When will the power be back in Barbour County, WV?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · West Virginia
29
customers reported out in Barbour County, WV
Reported as one combined county-wide total by Monongahela Power Co · county-wide data
Official restoration time (FirstEnergy WV): Oct 4, 1:30 AM EDT
County-wide restoration outlook: no clear recovery trend yet — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~1.8 hr start to finish (6 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Updated 11:38 PM EDT.
129county-wide trend of customers without power · last 5 hr · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
Philippi — 29 customers reported out · utility est. Oct 4, 1:30 AM EDT
⚡ No power in Barbour, WV? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include FirstEnergy WV and Ohio's Electric Cooperatives ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Philippi Municipal Electric also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.
Outage history — Barbour County, WV
Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 653 customers, restored in ~1.7 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 10 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 4 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Barbour County, WV
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
273 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025.
Typical restoration ran ~4.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~5,376 customers out in May 2016, restored after about 2.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2016.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered
Communities in Barbour County include Philippi, Belington, Junior, Century and Galloway. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Barbour County, WV?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Barbour include FirstEnergy WV, Ohio's Electric Cooperatives and Philippi Municipal Electric — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
