Power outages in Wheeling, WV
Live outages for Wheeling and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Wheeling has 25,680 residents.
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Elevated outages
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.23customers without power in Ohio County
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A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.Outage map
WheelingOhio County
Outage history in Ohio County, which includes Wheeling
2014–2025 recordOhio County averaged 30.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for West Virginia counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 23. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 2.8 days, starting June 15, 2025.
The largest on record began June 14, 2022, with 15,804 customers out at once.
30.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.3 hourstypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.4.4 dayslongest on record (June 2022)
15,804most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| June 14, 2022 | 15,804 | 4.4 days | 613,301 |
| February 3, 2022 | 6,117 | 4.1 days | 266,143 |
| June 30, 2021 | 6,097 | 31 hours | 62,280 |
| April 29, 2025 | 5,872 | 27 hours | 69,228 |
| July 9, 2016 | 4,941 | 15 minutes | 1,235 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.