2022 Vermont Power Outage Report
In 2022, the average Vermont customer went without power for about 13.6 hours, the 5th worst of 51 states (US average 6.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
13.6
vs prior year
▲ 220%
vs 2021
Customer-hours out
5.2M
Peak customers out
72,555
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
100%
of VT customers
Counties reporting
14
Vermont year over year
All 14 Vermont counties, 2022
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windham County | 33.6 | 508K | 15,121 | 6,650 | 733 |
| 2 | Orange County | 32.0 | 569K | 17,755 | 7,999 | 541 |
| 3 | Essex County | 30.3 | 66K | 2,162 | 1,582 | 175 |
| 4 | Windsor County | 28.6 | 1.1M | 38,107 | 21,318 | 769 |
| 5 | Addison County | 26.5 | 457K | 17,215 | 9,890 | 523 |
| 6 | Grand Isle County | 26.2 | 54K | 2,040 | 1,972 | 177 |
| 7 | Washington County | 14.3 | 591K | 41,387 | 13,629 | 605 |
| 8 | Rutland County | 13.0 | 493K | 37,828 | 8,904 | 681 |
| 9 | Franklin County | 11.0 | 267K | 24,391 | 10,066 | 464 |
| 10 | Caledonia County | 9.3 | 163K | 17,476 | 3,650 | 335 |
| 11 | Bennington County | 8.6 | 205K | 23,874 | 4,279 | 594 |
| 12 | Orleans County | 7.5 | 91K | 12,150 | 5,241 | 361 |
| 13 | Lamoille County | 6.3 | 110K | 17,497 | 2,941 | 245 |
| 14 | Chittenden County | 4.5 | 514K | 113,089 | 18,073 | 839 |
Biggest Vermont outages of 2022
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windsor County, VT | December 16, 2022 12:30 | December 21, 2022 22:00 | 5d 9h | 21,318 | 788K |
| 2 | Chittenden County, VT | December 23, 2022 07:30 | December 28, 2022 22:45 | 5d 15h | 18,073 | 314K |
| 3 | Washington County, VT | December 23, 2022 10:00 | December 29, 2022 20:30 | 6d 10h | 13,629 | 345K |
| 4 | Chittenden County, VT | April 19, 2022 08:30 | April 21, 2022 20:30 | 2d 12h | 11,317 | 102K |
| 5 | Franklin County, VT | December 23, 2022 07:15 | December 28, 2022 20:00 | 5d 12h | 10,066 | 201K |
| 6 | Addison County, VT | December 23, 2022 03:00 | December 27, 2022 23:00 | 4d 20h | 9,890 | 346K |
| 7 | Rutland County, VT | December 16, 2022 20:00 | December 20, 2022 17:45 | 3d 21h | 8,904 | 152K |
| 8 | Rutland County, VT | December 22, 2022 23:00 | December 27, 2022 21:15 | 4d 22h | 8,620 | 209K |
| 9 | Orange County, VT | December 16, 2022 15:45 | December 21, 2022 00:00 | 4d 8h | 7,999 | 297K |
| 10 | Chittenden County, VT | July 5, 2022 19:15 | July 6, 2022 03:30 | 8h 15m | 7,240 | 11K |
| 11 | Washington County, VT | December 16, 2022 15:00 | December 21, 2022 15:30 | 5d | 6,774 | 135K |
| 12 | Windham County, VT | December 16, 2022 12:00 | December 20, 2022 17:00 | 4d 5h | 6,650 | 226K |
| 13 | Windham County, VT | March 8, 2022 02:00 | March 10, 2022 06:45 | 2d 4h | 5,296 | 57K |
| 14 | Orleans County, VT | December 23, 2022 10:45 | December 28, 2022 07:00 | 4d 20h | 5,241 | 32K |
| 15 | Windsor County, VT | December 23, 2022 03:15 | December 26, 2022 15:15 | 3d 12h | 5,071 | 62K |
| 16 | Windsor County, VT | July 12, 2022 19:15 | July 13, 2022 19:30 | 1d | 4,843 | 37K |
| 17 | Orange County, VT | June 30, 2022 00:00 | June 30, 2022 03:15 | 3h 15m | 4,356 | 5,093 |
| 18 | Orange County, VT | December 23, 2022 05:00 | December 29, 2022 17:15 | 6d 12h | 4,321 | 176K |
| 19 | Bennington County, VT | April 7, 2022 18:30 | April 8, 2022 22:30 | 1d 4h | 4,279 | 9,650 |
| 20 | Bennington County, VT | February 4, 2022 03:45 | February 5, 2022 23:45 | 1d 20h | 4,268 | 78K |
| 21 | Windsor County, VT | May 26, 2022 16:00 | May 27, 2022 01:15 | 9h 15m | 4,196 | 14K |
| 22 | Windham County, VT | November 6, 2022 06:45 | November 6, 2022 08:00 | 1h 15m | 3,920 | 4,899 |
| 23 | Washington County, VT | November 11, 2022 14:00 | November 11, 2022 20:30 | 6h 30m | 3,813 | 2,948 |
| 24 | Orleans County, VT | November 28, 2022 00:15 | November 28, 2022 06:00 | 5h 45m | 3,769 | 15K |
| 25 | Windsor County, VT | November 30, 2022 21:00 | December 2, 2022 02:15 | 1d 5h | 3,712 | 19K |
EAGLE-I tracked about 100% of Vermont's electricity customers in 2022; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.