When will the power be back in Morgantown, WV?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Morgantown is a city of about 30,490 residents in Monongalia County.
FirstEnergy WV has reported outages for Morgantown by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Morgantown 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 Morgantown:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Morgantown: the closest other places we track are Fairmont, about 16 miles to the southwest; Clarksburg, about 32 miles to the southwest; Washington, PA, about 40 miles to the northwest; and Jefferson Hills, PA, about 45 miles to the north. Also nearby: Bethel Park, PA (48 mi N); McKeesport, PA (49 mi N); West Mifflin, PA (50 mi N); Wheeling (50 mi NW); Whitehall, PA (50 mi N); Baldwin, PA (51 mi N); Greensburg, PA (51 mi NE); and Munhall, PA (52 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Monroeville, PA (55 mi); northeast toward Johnstown, PA (72 mi); east toward Cumberland, MD (63 mi); southeast toward Front Royal, VA (106 mi); southwest toward Charleston (127 mi); west toward Marietta, OH (81 mi); and northwest toward Weirton (62 mi).
Who serves Morgantown?
We track live outage data from FirstEnergy WV in Monongalia County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Morgantown's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 40 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours.
- Sep 30 — 40 customers out, restored in an hour
- Sep 27 — 27 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 25 — 611 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Sep 24 — 32 customers out, restored in 5 hours
County context: across all of Monongalia County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 3.8 hr. The full record for Monongalia County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Morgantown, WV?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Morgantown's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 5 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Morgantown, WV?
To check your own street, search a Morgantown ZIP code — 26501, 26502, 26504, 26505, 26506, 26507 or any of the other 1 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Morgantown specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Morgantown we have the city-level view: FirstEnergy WV has published outages for Morgantown under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Morgantown is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Monongalia County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Morgantown.
