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2016 Vermont Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average Vermont customer went without power for about 4.3 hours, the 10th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
4.3
vs prior year
▲ 64%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
1.6M
Peak customers out
23,363
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of VT customers
Counties reporting
14

Vermont year over year

Vermont: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 2.6h; 2016: 4.3h; 2017: 10.2h; 2018: 11.4h, coverage 100%; 2019: 6.8h, coverage 100%; 2020: 3.8h, coverage 100%; 2021: 4.2h, coverage 100%; 2022: 13.6h, coverage 100%; 2023: 10.7h; 2024: 11.2h; 2025: 4.1h0510150%50%100%2.6h20154.3h201610.2h201711.4h20186.8h20193.8h20204.2h202113.6h202210.7h202311.2h20244.1h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2016

Customer-hours without power across Vermont; July was the worst.

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Vermont customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 49K, Feb 84K, Mar 143K, Apr 46K, May 54K, Jun 82K, Jul 565K, Aug 129K, Sep 53K, Oct 261K, Nov 88K, Dec 85K0200k400k600k49KJan84KFeb143KMar46KApr54KMay82KJun565KJul129KAug53KSep261KOct88KNov85KDec
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All 14 Vermont counties, 2016

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Essex County15.233K2,162925148
2Orange County14.8263K17,7558,784386
3Windham County14.3216K15,1216,782731
4Windsor County8.3318K38,1076,749746
5Addison County7.6131K17,2157,133535
6Bennington County4.199K23,8743,025512
7Grand Isle County4.18,3582,0401,849183
8Orleans County4.048K12,1501,823315
9Rutland County3.8145K37,8284,320614
10Franklin County2.767K24,3914,023420
11Washington County2.7111K41,3872,566448
12Lamoille County2.646K17,4973,389346
13Caledonia County1.629K17,4761,209245
14Chittenden County1.1127K113,0896,206677

Biggest Vermont outages of 2016

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Orange County, VTJuly 23, 2016 20:30July 26, 2016 05:152d 8h8,784154K
2Addison County, VTJuly 23, 2016 20:00July 25, 2016 22:452d 2h7,13368K
3Windham County, VTOctober 27, 2016 21:30October 29, 2016 16:151d 18h6,78273K
4Windsor County, VTJuly 23, 2016 19:30July 27, 2016 00:003d 4h6,749125K
5Chittenden County, VTOctober 14, 2016 20:00October 14, 2016 22:002h6,20612K
6Windham County, VTMarch 1, 2016 05:15March 3, 2016 01:451d 20h4,78047K
7Rutland County, VTJuly 27, 2016 13:30July 28, 2016 05:0015h 30m4,32030K
8Franklin County, VTJuly 18, 2016 16:00July 19, 2016 02:1510h 15m4,0236,128
9Windsor County, VTOctober 27, 2016 22:30October 30, 2016 05:002d 6h3,90244K
10Chittenden County, VTDecember 1, 2016 04:45December 1, 2016 18:3013h 45m3,5056,043
11Windsor County, VTMarch 1, 2016 03:15March 3, 2016 01:301d 22h3,40527K
12Lamoille County, VTDecember 1, 2016 04:45December 1, 2016 08:303h 45m3,3895,194
13Windham County, VTNovember 25, 2016 14:15November 25, 2016 20:306h 15m3,1775,369
14Chittenden County, VTJuly 23, 2016 19:30July 24, 2016 22:301d 3h3,11411K
15Bennington County, VTJune 26, 2016 11:30June 26, 2016 16:004h 30m3,0256,020
16Bennington County, VTFebruary 3, 2016 21:30February 4, 2016 04:307h2,97710K
17Orange County, VTMarch 1, 2016 04:45March 2, 2016 08:151d 3h2,78713K
18Windham County, VTJanuary 11, 2016 03:15January 11, 2016 20:1517h2,6915,071
19Washington County, VTAugust 1, 2016 11:30August 1, 2016 16:154h 45m2,5665,231
20Chittenden County, VTOctober 18, 2016 16:45October 18, 2016 20:454h2,544657
21Rutland County, VTJuly 23, 2016 20:30July 25, 2016 22:452d 2h2,52014K
22Bennington County, VTNovember 20, 2016 11:00November 21, 2016 12:451d 1h2,38614K
23Lamoille County, VTDecember 14, 2016 06:00December 14, 2016 09:303h 30m2,2938,026
24Washington County, VTMarch 10, 2016 22:15March 10, 2016 23:451h 30m2,2812,732
25Addison County, VTFebruary 25, 2016 04:45February 25, 2016 07:152h 30m2,2523,411
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Vermont's electricity customers in 2016; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Vermont by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172015
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCVAMEFLLAAR

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.