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2020 Vermont Power Outage Report

In 2020, the average Vermont customer went without power for about 3.8 hours, the 35th worst of 51 states (US average 8.0 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
3.8
vs prior year
▼ 43%
vs 2019
Customer-hours out
1.5M
Peak customers out
21,840
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, 2020

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

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Vermont customer-hours without power by month, 2020Jan 47K, Feb 286K, Mar 80K, Apr 45K, May 92K, Jun 90K, Jul 133K, Aug 325K, Sep 94K, Oct 131K, Nov 46K, Dec 86K0100k200k300k400k47KJan286KFeb80KMar45KApr92KMay90KJun133KJul325KAug94KSep131KOct46KNov86KDec
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All 14 Vermont counties, 2020

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Windham County22.8345K15,12115,121727
2Essex County17.438K2,1621,650232
3Orange County8.2146K17,7554,136452
4Windsor County6.7254K38,1075,261780
5Caledonia County5.087K17,4763,686261
6Addison County3.559K17,2152,478602
7Bennington County3.379K23,8745,325599
8Rutland County3.1115K37,8282,112718
9Orleans County2.328K12,1504,386363
10Grand Isle County2.34,7212,0401,102201
11Washington County2.289K41,3875,209410
12Lamoille County1.731K17,4971,404186
13Franklin County1.639K24,3911,459473
14Chittenden County1.2139K113,0896,433821

Biggest Vermont outages of 2020

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, VTAugust 4, 2020 19:30August 7, 2020 00:452d 5h15,121146K
2Chittenden County, VTAugust 11, 2020 23:15August 13, 2020 15:451d 16h6,43316K
3Chittenden County, VTJuly 8, 2020 20:45July 9, 2020 20:0023h 15m5,42023K
4Bennington County, VTOctober 7, 2020 20:15October 8, 2020 23:001d 2h5,32523K
5Windsor County, VTFebruary 7, 2020 13:30February 9, 2020 21:302d 8h5,26176K
6Washington County, VTDecember 1, 2020 01:15December 15, 2020 14:3014d 13h5,20911K
7Windham County, VTSeptember 30, 2020 03:00September 30, 2020 23:1520h 15m4,48827K
8Orleans County, VTMarch 20, 2020 22:30March 21, 2020 07:158h 45m4,3865,416
9Orange County, VTDecember 15, 2020 04:15December 15, 2020 14:3010h 15m4,13614K
10Chittenden County, VTOctober 5, 2020 15:30October 5, 2020 17:001h 30m3,807970
11Orange County, VTFebruary 7, 2020 16:15February 9, 2020 10:301d 18h3,77433K
12Orange County, VTAugust 4, 2020 21:15August 8, 2020 13:303d 16h3,75325K
13Caledonia County, VTFebruary 7, 2020 19:15February 9, 2020 03:451d 8h3,68655K
14Windham County, VTJune 30, 2020 08:00June 30, 2020 15:457h 45m3,4144,946
15Windham County, VTMay 10, 2020 17:00May 10, 2020 21:454h 45m3,3852,942
16Windham County, VTSeptember 16, 2020 17:15September 16, 2020 18:0045m3,2882,133
17Windham County, VTOctober 30, 2020 12:30October 30, 2020 17:305h3,0932,970
18Windham County, VTApril 18, 2020 06:00April 18, 2020 08:302h 30m2,6165,844
19Windham County, VTOctober 7, 2020 20:30October 8, 2020 17:0020h 30m2,5229,421
20Chittenden County, VTSeptember 7, 2020 11:45September 7, 2020 23:4512h2,5125,155
21Windham County, VTMay 15, 2020 21:00May 17, 2020 04:001d 7h2,49112K
22Addison County, VTOctober 13, 2020 20:00October 13, 2020 22:452h 45m2,4783,152
23Windham County, VTFebruary 7, 2020 14:45February 9, 2020 21:152d 6h2,46023K
24Windsor County, VTOctober 7, 2020 18:45October 8, 2020 09:1514h 30m2,4325,222
25Chittenden County, VTJuly 26, 2020 02:15July 26, 2020 09:307h 15m2,4204,043
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of Vermont's electricity customers in 2020; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Vermont by year:2025202420232022202120192018201720162015
Other states in 2020:LAMEOKIAALMSNJNC

Part of the 2020 US Power Outage Report.

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