Is the power out in 25243?

Live answer for ZIP 25243 (unincorporated area; Roane County), from Appalachian Power and Mon Power, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 25243

No. The utility reports no outages in 25243 right now.

0.00% of 346 customers

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Updated 8 min ago

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Outage map

ZIP 25243Roane CountyAppalachian Power and Mon Power publish totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Neighboring ZIP codes

ZIP	Area	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
25286	Unincorporated area	0	827	0.00%
25276	Spencer	0	22	0.00%
25259	Unincorporated area	0	28	0.00%
25005	Unincorporated area	0	135	0.00%
25270	Reedy	–	–	–
25251	Unincorporated area	0	69	0.00%

Outage history in Roane County, which includes 25243

2014–2025 record

Roane County averaged 63 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most West Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 65. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 2.5 days, starting January 6, 2025.

The largest on record began March 1, 2017, with 7,192 customers out at once.

63significant outages a year (2023–2025)

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.

4 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

14 dayslongest on record (June 2016)

7,192most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
March 1, 2017	7,192	3.2 days	90,724
July 14, 2015	6,137	3.1 days	118,575
June 23, 2016	6,038	14 days	393,028
June 13, 2022	4,203	4.9 days	117,435
May 1, 2017	3,495	26 hours	14,509

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

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.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

Appalachian Power: outage map and reporting
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Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.