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2017 Vermont Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Vermont customer went without power for about 10.2 hours, the 7th worst of 51 states (US average 7.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
10.2
vs prior year
▲ 137%
vs 2016
Customer-hours out
3.9M
Peak customers out
74,170
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, 2017

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

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Vermont customer-hours without power by month, 2017Jan 70K, Feb 72K, Mar 98K, Apr 130K, May 493K, Jun 87K, Jul 125K, Aug 99K, Sep 47K, Oct 2.0M, Nov 506K, Dec 117K01M2M3M70KJan72KFeb98KMar130KApr493KMay87KJun125KJul99KAug47KSep2.0MOct506KNov117KDec
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All 14 Vermont counties, 2017

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Essex County31.969K2,1621,729178
2Windham County26.2396K15,1218,479762
3Orange County18.3325K17,7556,319413
4Addison County17.0293K17,2156,476581
5Grand Isle County15.431K2,0402,040197
6Franklin County13.4326K24,3919,765415
7Rutland County12.6475K37,82815,886690
8Orleans County11.1135K12,1502,497344
9Lamoille County11.1194K17,4976,816201
10Windsor County8.4320K38,1075,166790
11Washington County8.1334K41,3879,894438
12Chittenden County6.8769K113,08921,446749
13Bennington County6.6157K23,8745,578566
14Caledonia County3.866K17,4761,590293

Biggest Vermont outages of 2017

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Chittenden County, VTOctober 30, 2017 05:30November 1, 2017 22:152d 16h21,446591K
2Rutland County, VTMay 5, 2017 20:00May 8, 2017 02:152d 6h15,886236K
3Washington County, VTOctober 29, 2017 16:15November 2, 2017 12:003d 19h9,894233K
4Franklin County, VTOctober 30, 2017 05:30November 1, 2017 09:152d 3h9,765262K
5Windham County, VTMay 19, 2017 00:45May 20, 2017 19:151d 18h8,47988K
6Lamoille County, VTOctober 30, 2017 05:15November 1, 2017 06:152d 1h6,816139K
7Rutland County, VTOctober 30, 2017 02:00November 1, 2017 21:152d 19h6,589154K
8Addison County, VTOctober 30, 2017 04:30November 1, 2017 04:302d6,476218K
9Orange County, VTOctober 30, 2017 01:45November 1, 2017 10:002d 8h6,319186K
10Windham County, VTDecember 23, 2017 17:00December 24, 2017 21:151d 4h6,04626K
11Bennington County, VTMay 19, 2017 00:30May 20, 2017 06:001d 5h5,57828K
12Windham County, VTApril 18, 2017 13:00April 18, 2017 16:153h 15m5,2824,516
13Windsor County, VTOctober 29, 2017 22:00November 1, 2017 04:152d 6h5,166120K
14Windsor County, VTFebruary 25, 2017 18:15February 26, 2017 21:451d 3h5,02521K
15Windsor County, VTMarch 31, 2017 23:30April 1, 2017 18:1518h 45m4,88034K
16Windham County, VTMarch 2, 2017 06:30March 3, 2017 06:451d4,73817K
17Chittenden County, VTMay 18, 2017 21:00May 19, 2017 04:457h 45m4,61412K
18Windham County, VTOctober 29, 2017 22:00November 2, 2017 04:303d 6h3,97069K
19Windsor County, VTNovember 10, 2017 07:00November 10, 2017 11:004h3,9124,430
20Windham County, VTJune 30, 2017 22:30July 1, 2017 08:009h 30m3,84019K
21Washington County, VTJuly 8, 2017 18:15July 9, 2017 21:151d 3h3,73030K
22Chittenden County, VTJanuary 5, 2017 04:15January 5, 2017 06:001h 45m3,5083,513
23Chittenden County, VTFebruary 15, 2017 18:30February 23, 2017 19:308d 1h3,3913,240
24Chittenden County, VTNovember 1, 2017 23:00November 2, 2017 13:3014h 30m3,29825K
25Windham County, VTOctober 18, 2017 20:45October 18, 2017 23:453h3,1756,352
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Vermont's electricity customers in 2017; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Vermont by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820162015
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHGARINCLA

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report.

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