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2019 Vermont Power Outage Report

In 2019, the average Vermont customer went without power for about 6.8 hours, the 6th worst of 51 states (US average 4.6 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
6.8
vs prior year
▼ 41%
vs 2018
Customer-hours out
2.6M
Peak customers out
55,970
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, 2019

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

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Vermont customer-hours without power by month, 2019Jan 51K, Feb 125K, Mar 86K, Apr 148K, May 65K, Jun 83K, Jul 133K, Aug 84K, Sep 37K, Oct 253K, Nov 1.5M, Dec 45K0500k1M1.5M51KJan125KFeb86KMar148KApr65KMay83KJun133KJul84KAug37KSep253KOct1.5MNov45KDec
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All 14 Vermont counties, 2019

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Essex County47.8103K2,1622,162210
2Windham County23.1349K15,12114,012673
3Orange County14.3254K17,7555,849331
4Orleans County14.2173K12,1507,269360
5Windsor County13.6516K38,1078,359700
6Bennington County8.8211K23,8744,429548
7Caledonia County8.1141K17,4765,537236
8Washington County6.7278K41,38712,162365
9Grand Isle County5.712K2,040936166
10Lamoille County5.393K17,4973,767147
11Franklin County4.6111K24,3917,840353
12Rutland County3.7140K37,8283,133651
13Addison County3.459K17,2153,285517
14Chittenden County1.2132K113,0894,375849

Biggest Vermont outages of 2019

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Windham County, VTOctober 31, 2019 20:15November 4, 2019 22:004d 1h14,012183K
2Washington County, VTNovember 1, 2019 06:15November 5, 2019 22:454d 16h12,162179K
3Windsor County, VTOctober 31, 2019 20:45November 5, 2019 02:004d 5h8,359335K
4Franklin County, VTJuly 31, 2019 18:45July 31, 2019 22:003h 15m7,84011K
5Orleans County, VTJune 26, 2019 10:30June 26, 2019 13:152h 45m7,2691,954
6Orange County, VTOctober 31, 2019 23:30November 5, 2019 23:305d5,849169K
7Orleans County, VTNovember 1, 2019 02:15November 4, 2019 21:453d 19h5,704126K
8Caledonia County, VTOctober 31, 2019 23:00November 9, 2019 09:308d 10h5,537113K
9Bennington County, VTOctober 31, 2019 19:45November 4, 2019 22:454d 3h4,42962K
10Chittenden County, VTJuly 30, 2019 15:30July 31, 2019 09:0017h 30m4,37512K
11Bennington County, VTOctober 17, 2019 01:15October 20, 2019 14:303d 13h4,36485K
12Franklin County, VTNovember 1, 2019 06:15November 4, 2019 13:303d 7h4,36162K
13Lamoille County, VTNovember 1, 2019 06:15November 4, 2019 14:003d 7h3,76751K
14Washington County, VTApril 14, 2019 23:00April 15, 2019 01:152h 15m3,5394,425
15Addison County, VTJuly 30, 2019 20:00July 31, 2019 06:4510h 45m3,28510K
16Rutland County, VTOctober 16, 2019 22:00October 18, 2019 23:002d 1h3,13324K
17Rutland County, VTOctober 31, 2019 21:15November 4, 2019 18:003d 20h2,90936K
18Windham County, VTMarch 23, 2019 21:45March 23, 2019 23:452h2,8655,729
19Windham County, VTMay 24, 2019 12:00May 24, 2019 22:1510h 15m2,8513,990
20Windham County, VTOctober 17, 2019 02:00October 19, 2019 02:302d2,81632K
21Windsor County, VTApril 3, 2019 19:15April 5, 2019 03:301d 8h2,77222K
22Caledonia County, VTFebruary 25, 2019 22:00February 26, 2019 10:3012h 30m2,7406,392
23Bennington County, VTApril 3, 2019 20:30April 4, 2019 14:0017h 30m2,5953,196
24Washington County, VTApril 27, 2019 09:45April 27, 2019 14:304h 45m2,5243,594
25Orange County, VTJanuary 9, 2019 12:30January 10, 2019 13:301d 1h2,5237,919
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of Vermont's electricity customers in 2019; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Vermont by year:2025202420232022202120202018201720162015
Other states in 2019:WVMINCLACAVAARME

Part of the 2019 US Power Outage Report.

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