2015 Vermont Power Outage Report
In 2015, the average Vermont customer went without power for about 2.6 hours, the 18th worst of 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
2.6
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
1.0M
Peak customers out
7,773
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of VT customers
Counties reporting
14
Vermont year over year
All 14 Vermont counties, 2015
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essex County | 19.4 | 42K | 2,162 | 1,224 | 174 |
| 2 | Windham County | 11.1 | 167K | 15,121 | 5,066 | 685 |
| 3 | Grand Isle County | 4.7 | 9,500 | 2,040 | 2,040 | 197 |
| 4 | Windsor County | 4.1 | 157K | 38,107 | 4,540 | 755 |
| 5 | Orange County | 4.1 | 73K | 17,755 | 4,277 | 356 |
| 6 | Addison County | 3.4 | 59K | 17,215 | 1,534 | 608 |
| 7 | Bennington County | 3.3 | 80K | 23,874 | 3,980 | 569 |
| 8 | Rutland County | 3.2 | 120K | 37,828 | 5,033 | 688 |
| 9 | Orleans County | 2.8 | 34K | 12,150 | 1,916 | 341 |
| 10 | Lamoille County | 2.7 | 48K | 17,497 | 3,345 | 311 |
| 11 | Washington County | 1.8 | 76K | 41,387 | 4,206 | 495 |
| 12 | Franklin County | 1.2 | 30K | 24,391 | 1,951 | 449 |
| 13 | Caledonia County | 1.2 | 21K | 17,476 | 2,387 | 235 |
| 14 | Chittenden County | 0.8 | 87K | 113,089 | 4,886 | 817 |
Biggest Vermont outages of 2015
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windham County, VT | January 8, 2015 07:00 | January 8, 2015 10:00 | 3h | 5,066 | 3,316 |
| 2 | Rutland County, VT | May 26, 2015 12:15 | May 26, 2015 23:30 | 11h 15m | 5,033 | 6,207 |
| 3 | Windham County, VT | July 12, 2015 18:30 | July 13, 2015 05:15 | 10h 45m | 5,015 | 26K |
| 4 | Chittenden County, VT | August 4, 2015 16:30 | August 4, 2015 17:45 | 1h 15m | 4,886 | 1,335 |
| 5 | Chittenden County, VT | April 13, 2015 16:00 | April 13, 2015 19:45 | 3h 45m | 4,842 | 8,177 |
| 6 | Windsor County, VT | July 19, 2015 23:15 | July 20, 2015 22:30 | 23h 15m | 4,540 | 16K |
| 7 | Orange County, VT | June 10, 2015 10:45 | June 11, 2015 14:30 | 1d 3h | 4,277 | 1,323 |
| 8 | Washington County, VT | March 25, 2015 11:15 | March 25, 2015 15:45 | 4h 30m | 4,206 | 7,323 |
| 9 | Windham County, VT | May 19, 2015 08:45 | May 19, 2015 17:45 | 9h | 4,169 | 5,923 |
| 10 | Windham County, VT | January 19, 2015 17:00 | January 19, 2015 19:15 | 2h 15m | 4,020 | 3,076 |
| 11 | Bennington County, VT | August 3, 2015 19:00 | August 4, 2015 09:30 | 14h 30m | 3,980 | 6,020 |
| 12 | Windsor County, VT | August 5, 2015 18:45 | August 6, 2015 01:15 | 6h 30m | 3,512 | 956 |
| 13 | Windsor County, VT | June 30, 2015 18:15 | July 1, 2015 01:00 | 6h 45m | 3,504 | 13K |
| 14 | Rutland County, VT | December 30, 2015 13:45 | December 30, 2015 18:30 | 4h 45m | 3,485 | 5,848 |
| 15 | Windham County, VT | June 21, 2015 15:15 | June 21, 2015 18:45 | 3h 30m | 3,413 | 3,415 |
| 16 | Lamoille County, VT | November 13, 2015 09:30 | November 13, 2015 16:15 | 6h 45m | 3,345 | 3,761 |
| 17 | Rutland County, VT | June 28, 2015 08:45 | June 29, 2015 03:45 | 19h | 2,969 | 17K |
| 18 | Windham County, VT | January 5, 2015 05:00 | January 6, 2015 05:15 | 1d | 2,935 | 18K |
| 19 | Windsor County, VT | August 3, 2015 13:15 | August 4, 2015 17:45 | 1d 4h | 2,913 | 10K |
| 20 | Windham County, VT | September 9, 2015 23:45 | September 10, 2015 07:45 | 8h | 2,701 | 1,958 |
| 21 | Windsor County, VT | September 29, 2015 23:00 | October 1, 2015 18:30 | 1d 19h | 2,583 | 9,960 |
| 22 | Windham County, VT | May 12, 2015 14:15 | May 13, 2015 07:15 | 17h | 2,580 | 8,497 |
| 23 | Bennington County, VT | March 16, 2015 18:45 | March 16, 2015 19:00 | 15m | 2,538 | 635 |
| 24 | Orange County, VT | August 24, 2015 04:15 | August 24, 2015 06:45 | 2h 30m | 2,464 | 3,832 |
| 25 | Lamoille County, VT | November 19, 2015 20:00 | November 19, 2015 21:45 | 1h 45m | 2,461 | 1,883 |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Vermont's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.