Wheeling Power Co, WV
How often Wheeling Power Co goes out
11.8 hours without power across 2.3 outages last year - Wheeling Power Co's West Virginia customers are well past the typical US utility's outage time. That is 30% less outage time than the West Virginia state average of 16.9 hours a year.
How long a single Wheeling Power Co outage runs
A single outage here runs long, about 5.2 hours on average - past what a battery or portable unit comfortably covers, which is where a standby generator with its own fuel line matters. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for Wheeling Power Co
Serving 41,032 customers here, Outages at Wheeling Power Co run well above the national norm. You should get a backup generator here - it is a sound investment, not a luxury.
Where this number comes from
Wheeling Power Co filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire West Virginia territory, serving 41,032 customers here, not a single street or outage. Every other utility in West Virginia is covered too: see West Virginia's full record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.