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2018 Vermont Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Vermont customer went without power for about 11.4 hours, the 6th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
11.4
vs prior year
▲ 12%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
4.3M
Peak customers out
39,805
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
100%
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, 2018

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

CSVJSON
Vermont customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 54K, Feb 44K, Mar 76K, Apr 685K, May 549K, Jun 204K, Jul 104K, Aug 73K, Sep 116K, Oct 170K, Nov 2.2M, Dec 116K01M2M3M54KJan44KFeb76KMar685KApr549KMay204KJun104KJul73KAug116KSep170KOct2.2MNov116KDec
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All 14 Vermont counties, 2018

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

CSVJSON
#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Windham County71.21.1M15,12114,231806
2Windsor County27.01.0M38,10713,372791
3Essex County26.858K2,1621,647240
4Orange County24.2430K17,7555,072428
5Orleans County14.9181K12,1502,999367
6Grand Isle County9.720K2,0402,040232
7Washington County9.5393K41,3875,963448
8Bennington County8.8210K23,8744,054614
9Rutland County8.4317K37,8283,677746
10Caledonia County7.6133K17,4765,835286
11Lamoille County7.2126K17,4973,009178
12Addison County6.5112K17,2151,616554
13Franklin County3.893K24,3912,121437
14Chittenden County1.5165K113,0895,207852

Biggest Vermont outages of 2018

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

CSVJSON
#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Windham County, VTNovember 27, 2018 00:30December 2, 2018 22:155d 21h14,231563K
2Windsor County, VTNovember 27, 2018 00:00December 3, 2018 00:006d13,372656K
3Windham County, VTJune 18, 2018 18:15June 20, 2018 03:001d 8h10,53975K
4Windham County, VTApril 4, 2018 20:15April 8, 2018 01:153d 5h9,032216K
5Windsor County, VTApril 4, 2018 22:30April 7, 2018 17:302d 19h6,677119K
6Washington County, VTApril 4, 2018 22:45April 6, 2018 21:301d 22h5,96385K
7Caledonia County, VTDecember 15, 2018 10:15December 15, 2018 12:001h 45m5,8354,187
8Windham County, VTMay 4, 2018 22:30May 7, 2018 01:452d 3h5,55146K
9Washington County, VTNovember 27, 2018 05:45December 2, 2018 01:304d 19h5,491136K
10Chittenden County, VTNovember 26, 2018 21:45November 30, 2018 18:453d 21h5,20749K
11Orange County, VTNovember 27, 2018 05:45December 2, 2018 00:004d 18h5,072188K
12Chittenden County, VTMarch 13, 2018 22:15March 14, 2018 17:4519h 30m5,0566,200
13Washington County, VTMay 4, 2018 23:45May 7, 2018 23:002d 23h4,86677K
14Orange County, VTMay 5, 2018 00:45May 8, 2018 21:303d 20h4,65098K
15Orange County, VTAugust 7, 2018 19:30August 8, 2018 20:301d 1h4,3909,684
16Windham County, VTOctober 31, 2018 20:00October 31, 2018 20:3030m4,1011,026
17Bennington County, VTNovember 14, 2018 15:00November 14, 2018 22:457h 45m4,0542,580
18Windsor County, VTNovember 3, 2018 16:45November 4, 2018 16:0023h 15m3,97033K
19Washington County, VTNovember 10, 2018 15:00November 14, 2018 20:004d 5h3,69818K
20Rutland County, VTMay 4, 2018 22:15May 6, 2018 20:451d 22h3,67728K
21Windham County, VTMarch 23, 2018 18:45March 23, 2018 19:0015m3,584896
22Windsor County, VTMarch 7, 2018 23:30March 8, 2018 23:1523h 45m3,5699,831
23Rutland County, VTNovember 2, 2018 12:45November 2, 2018 17:304h 45m3,5041,025
24Rutland County, VTNovember 27, 2018 00:15December 1, 2018 22:154d 22h3,447133K
25Chittenden County, VTDecember 28, 2018 13:45December 28, 2018 17:303h 45m3,443987
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of Vermont's electricity customers in 2018; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Vermont by year:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIMEMINJ

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

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