Power Outages in Franklin County, VT
Is there a power outage in Franklin County, VT right now? No. As of October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC, no outages are reported by Green Mountain Power Corp, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc, Village of Enosburg Falls - (VT) and Village of Swanton - (VT) in Franklin County, VT.
Franklin County, VT is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.6 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/vermont/franklin-county
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- October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Franklin County, VT", live data as of October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC. https://massoutage.com/vermont/franklin-county
No active outages are reported by Green Mountain Power Corp, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc, Village of Enosburg Falls - (VT) and Village of Swanton - (VT) in Franklin County.
Report an outage in Franklin County, VT
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc, Green Mountain Power Corp, Village of Enosburg Falls - (VT) and Village of Swanton - (VT); check your electric bill or the utility's website.
0.0%of this county's ~24,520 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 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Village of Enosburg Falls - (VT) | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Village of Swanton - (VT) | Live · county | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
Green Mountain Power Corp, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc, Village of Enosburg Falls - (VT) and Village of Swanton - (VT) reportevery 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 Franklin 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 (13)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05478 | 149 | ≤11 | 111 | 0 |
| 05488 | 76 | ≤11 | 51 | 0 |
| 05450 | 65 | ≤11 | 55 | ≤11 |
| 05476 | 42 | ≤11 | 33 | 0 |
| 05454 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 05457 | 21 | ≤11 | 18 | 0 |
| 05459 | 19 | ≤11 | 16 | 0 |
| 05483 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 05471 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05455 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05448 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05447 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05441 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤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 Franklin County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Franklin County right now.
Franklin County has been under 8 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×7
- Wind Advisory ×1
Latest Franklin County, VT outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 16m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,692 customers out (6.9% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Franklin County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Franklin County went about 1.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,066 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 1.6 hrs.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 9,765 customers out) · decade average 4.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 449 | 1,194 | 1.2 |
| 2016 | 420 | 4,023 | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 415 | 9,765 | 13.4 |
| 2018 | 437 | 2,121 | 3.8 |
| 2019 | 353 | 7,840 | 4.6 |
| 2020 | 473 | 1,459 | 1.6 |
| 2021 | 422 | 1,604 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | 464 | 10,066 | 10.9 |
| 2023 | 426 | 2,010 | 2.8 |
| 2024 | 424 | 4,874 | 9.9 |
| 2025 | 445 | 1,746 | 1.6 |
Cost of power in Franklin County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Franklin 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Moderate ice storms exposure · 4.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Franklin County: FAQ
- How often does Franklin County, VT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Franklin County, VT logged 445 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Franklin County, VT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,066 customers without power, beginning December 23, 2022 and lasting about 5d 12h.
- Is there a power outage in Franklin County, VT right now?
- No. As of October 19, 2026 15:00 UTC, no outages are reported by Green Mountain Power Corp, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc, Village of Enosburg Falls - (VT) and Village of Swanton - (VT) in Franklin County, VT.
- Which utilities serve Franklin County, VT?
- Tracked electric providers include Green Mountain Power Corp, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc, Village of Enosburg Falls - (VT).
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Franklin County.
05441, 05447, 05448, 05450, 05454, 05455, 05457, 05459, 05471, 05476, 05478, 05481, 05483, 05485, 05488
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Franklin County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Vermont →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc | 4.2 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Green Mountain Power Corp | - | Live · county | - |
| Village of Enosburg Falls - (VT) | - | Live · county | - |
| Village of Swanton - (VT) | - | 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/50011 and /api/v1/counties/50011/history.