Power Outages in Bennington County, VT
As of October 19, 2026 07:00 UTC, no outages are reported by Green Mountain Power Corp in Bennington County, VT. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.5 hours.
Bennington County, VT is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/vermont/bennington-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 07:00 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Bennington County, VT", live data as of October 19, 2026 07:00 UTC. https://massoutage.com/vermont/bennington-county
No active outages are reported by Green Mountain Power Corp in Bennington County.
0.0%of this county's ~23,964 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain Power Corp | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
Green Mountain Power Corp reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Bennington Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (15)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05201 | 148 | ≤11 | 105 | ≤11 |
| 05255 | 53 | ≤11 | 36 | 0 |
| 05261 | 35 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 05250 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 05257 | 19 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 05262 | 18 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05776 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05352 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05350 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05340 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05260 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05253 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05252 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05251 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05152 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Bennington County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Bennington County right now.
Bennington County has been under 1 National Weather Service alert recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on September 24, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Bennington County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Bennington County went about 4.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,994 customers.
The US EIA reports Vermont utilities averaged 4.2 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 4.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 7,994 customers out) · decade average 6.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 569 | 3,980 | 3.3 |
| 2016 | 512 | 3,025 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | 566 | 5,578 | 6.6 |
| 2018 | 614 | 4,054 | 8.8 |
| 2019 | 548 | 4,429 | 8.8 |
| 2020 | 599 | 5,325 | 3.3 |
| 2021 | 598 | 4,099 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | 594 | 4,279 | 8.6 |
| 2023 | 576 | 7,994 | 14.2 |
| 2024 | 606 | 3,210 | 7.4 |
| 2025 | 619 | 2,161 | 4.5 |
Cost of power in Bennington County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Bennington County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Green Mountain Power Corp23.3¢227,727 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively Low hurricanes exposure · 6.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Bennington County: FAQ
- How often does Bennington County, VT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Bennington County, VT logged 619 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Bennington County, VT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,994 customers without power, beginning September 7, 2023 and lasting about 2d 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Bennington County, VT right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Bennington County, VT. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Bennington County, VT?
- Tracked electric providers include Green Mountain Power Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Bennington County.
05152, 05201, 05250, 05251, 05252, 05253, 05254, 05255, 05257, 05260, 05261, 05262, 05340, 05350, 05352, 05768, 05776
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain Power Corp | - | Live · county | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Vermont customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/50003 and /api/v1/counties/50003/history.