When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Martinsburg, WV?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Berkeley County, West Virginia
1,570
customers reported out in Martinsburg · live from FirstEnergy WV (Mon Power) · updated 8:32 PM EDT
Outage detected in Martinsburg — gathering data to estimate restoration.
Across the whole county (Berkeley, West Virginia, all utilities): 1,598 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the Martinsburg figure above.
Open the live outage map Report an outage — official utility site ↗
Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 27, 9,788 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.7 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 3 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in Martinsburg, West Virginia — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. Martinsburg is a city in Berkeley County; when the serving utility's public feed reports Martinsburg directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for Martinsburg

Martinsburg is a city of about 19,047 residents in Berkeley County.

FirstEnergy WV has reported outages for Martinsburg by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when Martinsburg is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.

ZIP codes in Martinsburg: 25401 · 25402 · 25403 · 25404 · 25405 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Martinsburg: the closest other places we track are Hagerstown, MD, about 18 miles to the northeast; Winchester, VA, about 22 miles to the southwest; Waynesboro, PA, about 29 miles to the northeast; Frederick, MD, about 30 miles to the east. Also nearby: Leesburg, VA (33 mi SE), Chambersburg, PA (37 mi NE), Front Royal, VA (38 mi S), Cumberland, MD (44 mi W), Gaithersburg, MD (47 mi SE), Rockville, MD (51 mi SE), Warrenton, VA (52 mi S), Westminster, MD (52 mi E). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Altoona, PA (76 mi); northeast toward Hanover, PA (58 mi); east toward Laurel, MD (65 mi); southeast toward Fairfax, VA (55 mi); south toward Culpeper, VA (68 mi); southwest toward Staunton, VA (107 mi); west toward Morgantown (106 mi); northwest toward Johnstown, PA (78 mi).

Who serves Martinsburg?

We track live outage data from FirstEnergy WV in Berkeley County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Recent outages tracked in Martinsburg

Martinsburg's last tracked outage began Aug 19, peaked at 35 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours.

  • Aug 19 — 35 customers out, restored in 2 hours
Tracked by this site's own monitoring of the serving utilities' live feeds (outages of 25+ customers; times are US Eastern). These recent, city-level outages build on the longer-term federal record below.
Longer-term outage history — Berkeley County, WV (covers Martinsburg)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 391 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
That is shorter than the West Virginia norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~4.8 hr.
Largest on record: ~7,826 customers out in July 2022, restored after about 18.5 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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in Martinsburg, WV?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the Martinsburg area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in Martinsburg, WV?

This page is a live power outage status check for the Martinsburg area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a Martinsburg ZIP code — 25401, 25402, 25403, 25404, 25405 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in Martinsburg, WV?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Berkeley County include FirstEnergy WV; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show Martinsburg specifically, or the whole county?

Both, and for Martinsburg we have the city-level view: FirstEnergy WV has published outages for Martinsburg under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When Martinsburg is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Berkeley County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Martinsburg.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

Martinsburg, WV — live power outage tracker