Essex County, Vermont Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Essex County, Vermont had 14 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Higher outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 3.07 times the US outage time per person and 1.91 times the Vermont rate. It ranks 4 of 14 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.6major outages per year

7 of 9years with a major outage

59 hrslongest major outage

Nov, Dechardest months

November and December made up 33% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Nov 1, 2019, reached 2,147 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 59.2 hours.

Outage time per resident, rated Vermont counties

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	33,064	30	1
2016	28,342	22	2
2017	59,654	22	3
2018	45,199	37	2
2019	92,819	30	2
2020	28,156	26	0
2021	21,903	23	0
2022	55,142	23	3
2023	43,606	31	1

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Nov 1, 2019	59.2	2,147	57,064
Oct 30, 2017	39.5	1,465	27,884
Dec 23, 2022	19.5	1,582	21,327
Dec 24, 2022	15.5	1,323	12,677
Feb 15, 2019	16.5	728	10,878

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.