Power Outages in Essex County, VT
Green Mountain Power Corp, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc and Village of Lyndonville - (VT) publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 15.7 hours.
Essex County, VT is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/vermont/essex-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Essex County, VT". https://massoutage.com/vermont/essex-county
Green Mountain Power Corp, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc and Village of Lyndonville - (VT) publish no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~4,047 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Green Mountain Power Corp, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc, Village of Lyndonville - (VT).
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain Power Corp | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Village of Lyndonville - (VT) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Essex 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 (10)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05906 | 18 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05846 | 15 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05824 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05907 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05905 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05904 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05903 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05902 | ≤11 | 0 | 0 | ≤11 |
| 05858 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05837 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
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 Essex County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Essex County right now.
Essex County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Frost Advisory on September 19, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×4
Latest Essex County, VT outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 8h 35m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 967 customers out (45% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Essex County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Essex County went about 15.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,162 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 15.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2019 (peak 2,162 customers out) · decade average 24.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 174 | 1,224 | 19.4 |
| 2016 | 148 | 925 | 15.2 |
| 2017 | 178 | 1,729 | 31.9 |
| 2018 | 240 | 1,647 | 26.8 |
| 2019 | 210 | 2,162 | 47.8 |
| 2020 | 232 | 1,650 | 17.4 |
| 2021 | 192 | 963 | 14.3 |
| 2022 | 175 | 1,582 | 30.3 |
| 2023 | 194 | 2,162 | 27.2 |
| 2024 | 179 | 2,162 | 25.5 |
| 2025 | 196 | 2,084 | 15.7 |
Cost of power in Essex County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Essex 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
- Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc24.3¢36,019 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 winter weather exposure · 24.7 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Essex County: FAQ
- How often does Essex County, VT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Essex County, VT logged 196 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 15.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Essex County, VT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,162 customers without power, beginning June 26, 2019 and lasting about 2h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Essex County, VT right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Essex County, VT. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Essex County, VT?
- Tracked electric providers include Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Essex County.
05824, 05837, 05840, 05846, 05858, 05901, 05902, 05903, 05904, 05905, 05906, 05907
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc | 4.2 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Green Mountain Power Corp | - | Live · total only | - |
| Village of Lyndonville - (VT) | - | Live · total only | - |
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/50009 and /api/v1/counties/50009/history.