State · EIA Form 861 · WV
West Virginia
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's EIA Form 861, SAIDI and SAIFI for West Virginia utilities come from the federal annual survey. 2 utilities report reliability metrics; figures are customer-weighted state averages, not a guarantee for any single address.
Signature read: long chronic outage minutes relative to the 51-state Form 861 cohort (>365 min tercile cut).
EIA Form 861 · Continuity Brief
West Virginia
EIA Form 861 Continuity Brief · August 2026 · IEEE 1366 SAIDI/SAIFI minutes, not a storm forecast.
West Virginia sits in the upper-third SAIDI band at 747.2 minutes across 2 reporting utilities (Wheeling Power Co highest at 777.3), above the live national mean of 341.
Named SAIDI peers (in-state best + nearest-state averages)
State SAIDI neighbourhood (minutes / customer-year)
- West Virginia 747.2
- Vermont 744.4
- Arkansas 772.3
- Mississippi 801.3
- New Hampshire 644.5
- Tennessee 866.4
Lower is fewer interruption minutes. Neighbours are nearest other-state averages in this corpus.
West Virginia vs all states by EIA Form 861 utility headcount
Where this state's reporting utility count sits among every state in the Form 861 file (coverage density, not reliability quality)
2 Top 96% more reporting utilities than 4% of 51 states
States, banded by electric utilities reporting on EIA Form 861
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EIA Form 861 · 2026-08-30
Utilities Ranked by Reliability · West Virginia long-outage cohort
All 2 electric utilities in West Virginia with reliability data, sorted by 2023 SAIDI; statewide average sits in the upper-third Form 861 band.
| # | Utility | Type | SAIDI 2023 | SAIFI 2023 | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monongahela Power Co | IOU | 744.0 | 2.57 | 396,758 |
| 2 | Wheeling Power Co | IOU | 777.3 | 2.25 | 41,400 |
Read with this West Virginia roster · long-outage band
- Lowest published SAIDI in West Virginia: Monongahela Power Co (744.0 min)
- Highest published SAIDI in West Virginia: Wheeling Power Co (777.3 min)
- Ownership mix here: IOU leads (2 of 2 utilities) · national type means
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Vermont (744.4 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Arkansas (772.3 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Mississippi (801.3 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: New Hampshire (644.5 min)
- Nearest avg SAIDI: Tennessee (866.4 min)
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Form 861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report, reliability · 2020-2023 State averages are rebuilt from utility filings in this portal DB; corpus ranks use headcount and customer sums.