When will the power be back in Wetzel County, WV?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Wetzel County, WV right now.

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Elsewhere in West Virginia: 193 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:31 PM EDT.

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Who serves Wetzel County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include FirstEnergy WV and Appalachian Power, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of New Martinsville 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. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Wetzel County, WV

Last significant outage: Sep 29, 2026 — peaked at 702 customers, restored in ~5.5 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 8 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 15 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 — Wetzel County, WV

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 334 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~4.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~8,502 customers out in March 2015, restored after about 4.9 days. 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 Wetzel County include New Martinsville, Paden City, Pine Grove, Hundred, Smithfield, Jacksonburg, Littleton and Reader. 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 Wetzel County, WV?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Wetzel include FirstEnergy WV, Appalachian Power and City of New Martinsville — 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.

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