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2023 Vermont Power Outage Report

In 2023, the average Vermont customer went without power for about 10.7 hours, the 11th worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
10.7
vs prior year
▼ 21%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
4.1M
Peak customers out
37,070
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, 2023

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

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Vermont customer-hours without power by month, 2023Jan 272K, Feb 58K, Mar 1.5M, Apr 93K, May 121K, Jun 91K, Jul 499K, Aug 103K, Sep 329K, Oct 51K, Nov 578K, Dec 396K0500k1M1.5M272KJan58KFeb1.5MMar93KApr121KMay91KJun499KJul103KAug329KSep51KOct578KNov396KDec
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All 14 Vermont counties, 2023

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Windham County85.61.3M15,12115,121742
2Essex County27.259K2,1622,162194
3Orange County19.8351K17,7554,913555
4Windsor County16.2619K38,1078,028747
5Orleans County15.8192K12,1508,468336
6Bennington County14.2339K23,8747,994576
7Washington County11.8487K41,38716,009632
8Caledonia County11.0192K17,4766,499302
9Addison County6.0104K17,2153,173494
10Lamoille County5.087K17,4971,995212
11Rutland County4.4167K37,8285,699669
12Franklin County2.868K24,3912,010426
13Grand Isle County2.65,2492,040392145
14Chittenden County1.0116K113,0895,378767

Biggest Vermont outages of 2023

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Washington County, VTNovember 27, 2023 06:15November 30, 2023 05:302d 23h16,009206K
2Windham County, VTMarch 14, 2023 04:30March 19, 2023 22:305d 18h15,121833K
3Windham County, VTJanuary 23, 2023 01:45January 27, 2023 03:004d 1h9,527181K
4Orleans County, VTJuly 15, 2023 04:30July 15, 2023 05:1545m8,4682,775
5Windsor County, VTMarch 14, 2023 04:30March 18, 2023 21:004d 16h8,028325K
6Bennington County, VTSeptember 7, 2023 22:30September 10, 2023 04:152d 5h7,994119K
7Windham County, VTSeptember 7, 2023 14:15September 9, 2023 20:452d 6h7,76470K
8Orleans County, VTDecember 11, 2023 11:45December 13, 2023 17:452d 6h6,91746K
9Washington County, VTJanuary 15, 2023 09:45January 15, 2023 14:304h 45m6,57317K
10Caledonia County, VTNovember 27, 2023 06:45November 30, 2023 16:453d 10h6,49966K
11Washington County, VTJuly 18, 2023 17:45July 19, 2023 05:1511h 30m6,3565,442
12Washington County, VTJuly 19, 2023 13:15July 19, 2023 18:305h 15m6,1182,925
13Rutland County, VTJuly 13, 2023 22:30July 16, 2023 00:002d 1h5,69955K
14Orleans County, VTNovember 27, 2023 07:30November 29, 2023 00:301d 17h5,51561K
15Chittenden County, VTJuly 13, 2023 22:00July 14, 2023 08:3010h 30m5,3785,236
16Bennington County, VTMarch 14, 2023 07:30March 18, 2023 16:454d 9h5,345159K
17Orange County, VTNovember 27, 2023 06:15November 30, 2023 21:303d 15h4,913125K
18Chittenden County, VTSeptember 7, 2023 18:15September 8, 2023 03:008h 45m4,6814,968
19Chittenden County, VTMarch 14, 2023 15:00March 15, 2023 22:151d 7h4,5069,967
20Orleans County, VTMay 10, 2023 16:45May 10, 2023 23:156h 30m4,3657,546
21Windham County, VTApril 15, 2023 01:00April 15, 2023 04:003h4,28012K
22Bennington County, VTJuly 12, 2023 18:15July 13, 2023 09:0014h 45m4,2128,891
23Washington County, VTMarch 14, 2023 08:15March 15, 2023 23:151d 15h3,92230K
24Chittenden County, VTMay 5, 2023 14:00May 5, 2023 19:005h3,8691,053
25Washington County, VTJuly 10, 2023 19:30July 13, 2023 14:152d 18h3,73764K
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Vermont's electricity customers in 2023; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Vermont by year:2025202420222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2023:MEMIKYOKARWVLAMS

Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.

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