Is the power out in 26506?

Live answer for ZIP 26506 (Morgantown 100% of the ZIP; Monongalia County), from Mon Power, updated every 10 minutes.

Right now in 26506

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Monongalia County as a whole has 77 customers without power.

Outage map

Outage locations not published
ZIP 26506Monongalia CountyMon Power publishes totals only, not outage locations.
iSome utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

Outage history in Monongalia County, which includes 26506

2014–2025 record

Monongalia County averaged 38.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for West Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 43. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 3.8 days, starting April 20, 2025.

The largest on record began April 20, 2025, with 33,334 customers out at once.

38.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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.
2 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
3.8 dayslongest on record (April 2025)
33,334most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
April 20, 202533,3343.8 days890,151
June 16, 201627,9582.3 days490,633
March 16, 202515,25122 hours80,811
April 13, 202013,28032 hours110,014
March 5, 201510,9803 days302,011

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

iFrom 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.

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Generators, heat and cold

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