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2024 Vermont Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average Vermont customer went without power for about 11.2 hours, the 13th worst of 51 states (US average 11.2 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
11.2
vs prior year
▲ 5%
vs 2023
Customer-hours out
4.3M
Peak customers out
49,422
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, 2024

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

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Vermont customer-hours without power by month, 2024Jan 1.0M, Feb 181K, Mar 417K, Apr 783K, May 77K, Jun 154K, Jul 187K, Aug 998K, Sep 38K, Oct 145K, Nov 207K, Dec 39K0500k1M1.5M1.0MJan181KFeb417KMar783KApr77KMay154KJun187KJul998KAug38KSep145KOct207KNov39KDec
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All 14 Vermont counties, 2024

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Windham County26.0393K15,1216,851792
2Essex County25.555K2,1622,162179
3Addison County21.8375K17,2157,286563
4Orange County19.7350K17,7555,881493
5Orleans County18.8228K12,1504,860371
6Grand Isle County16.534K2,0402,040147
7Windsor County12.3469K38,1078,329786
8Caledonia County11.6202K17,4763,551282
9Rutland County10.8408K37,8288,084728
10Franklin County9.9242K24,3914,874424
11Washington County9.7403K41,38710,830620
12Lamoille County8.8153K17,4973,971157
13Bennington County7.4177K23,8743,210606
14Chittenden County6.9779K113,08918,305750

Biggest Vermont outages of 2024

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

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Chittenden County, VTAugust 9, 2024 20:45August 13, 2024 02:453d 6h18,305326K
2Washington County, VTMarch 10, 2024 05:00March 12, 2024 15:002d 10h10,830104K
3Chittenden County, VTJanuary 10, 2024 00:15January 15, 2024 20:155d 20h9,883289K
4Windsor County, VTMarch 10, 2024 01:15March 11, 2024 23:001d 21h8,32997K
5Washington County, VTApril 4, 2024 07:30April 7, 2024 01:302d 18h8,091137K
6Rutland County, VTJanuary 13, 2024 05:30January 15, 2024 03:001d 21h8,08493K
7Addison County, VTJanuary 10, 2024 00:15January 15, 2024 05:155d 5h7,286172K
8Windsor County, VTApril 4, 2024 03:15April 6, 2024 21:302d 18h7,195143K
9Rutland County, VTApril 3, 2024 16:15April 6, 2024 23:153d 7h7,162113K
10Windham County, VTFebruary 29, 2024 01:30March 2, 2024 03:002d 1h6,85194K
11Orange County, VTJanuary 13, 2024 11:30January 14, 2024 02:1514h 45m5,88150K
12Washington County, VTAugust 9, 2024 21:00August 12, 2024 00:302d 3h5,73247K
13Orange County, VTApril 4, 2024 04:15April 6, 2024 22:302d 18h5,541112K
14Rutland County, VTJanuary 9, 2024 23:00January 12, 2024 01:002d 2h5,34368K
15Windham County, VTApril 4, 2024 06:15April 6, 2024 15:002d 8h5,30670K
16Addison County, VTAugust 9, 2024 20:00August 11, 2024 22:302d 2h4,979109K
17Franklin County, VTAugust 9, 2024 22:30August 13, 2024 20:303d 22h4,87499K
18Orleans County, VTAugust 9, 2024 22:15August 15, 2024 19:455d 21h4,86098K
19Addison County, VTApril 3, 2024 19:45April 6, 2024 21:303d 1h4,81938K
20Orange County, VTMarch 10, 2024 01:45March 12, 2024 02:002d4,72554K
21Franklin County, VTJanuary 10, 2024 01:00January 15, 2024 14:305d 13h4,56084K
22Rutland County, VTAugust 9, 2024 10:30August 11, 2024 23:302d 13h4,55628K
23Rutland County, VTAugust 4, 2024 22:00August 5, 2024 06:008h4,42311K
24Windsor County, VTJune 19, 2024 17:45June 21, 2024 02:451d 9h4,21327K
25Washington County, VTMay 24, 2024 16:30May 28, 2024 04:303d 12h3,9906,426
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Vermont's electricity customers in 2024; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Vermont by year:2025202320222021202020192018201720162015
Other states in 2024:SCMENCGATXFLWVLA

Part of the 2024 US Power Outage Report.

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