Power Outages in Grand Isle County, VT
Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.5 hours.
Grand Isle County, VT is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/vermont/grand-isle-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Grand Isle County, VT". https://massoutage.com/vermont/grand-isle-county
Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~3,099 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Grand Isle 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 (5)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05440 | 22 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 05458 | 13 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05486 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05474 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 05463 | ≤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 Grand Isle County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Grand Isle County right now.
Grand Isle County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Frost Advisory ×3
- Wind Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Grand Isle County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Grand Isle County went about 7.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,040 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 7.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 1,972 customers out) · decade average 9.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 197 | 2,040 | 4.7 |
| 2016 | 183 | 1,849 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | 197 | 2,040 | 15.4 |
| 2018 | 232 | 2,040 | 9.7 |
| 2019 | 166 | 936 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 201 | 1,102 | 2.3 |
| 2021 | 180 | 2,040 | 4.0 |
| 2022 | 177 | 1,972 | 26.2 |
| 2023 | 145 | 392 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 147 | 2,040 | 16.5 |
| 2025 | 200 | 2,040 | 7.5 |
Cost of power in Grand Isle County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Grand Isle 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.
- 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 ice storms exposure · 9.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Grand Isle County: FAQ
- How often does Grand Isle County, VT lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Grand Isle County, VT logged 200 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Grand Isle County, VT?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,040 customers without power, beginning March 24, 2021 and lasting about 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Grand Isle County, VT right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Grand Isle County, VT. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Grand Isle County, VT?
- Tracked electric providers include Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Grand Isle County.
05440, 05458, 05463, 05474, 05486
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 | - |
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/50013 and /api/v1/counties/50013/history.