Power Outages in Sargent County, ND
As of October 19, 2026 08:55 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Sargent County, ND across 1 reported incident. There is no live feed for Northern Electric Coop, Inc and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration, so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 7.9 hours.
Sargent County, ND is served by 5 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/north-dakota/sargent-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 08:55 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Sargent County, ND", live data as of October 19, 2026 08:55 UTC. https://massoutage.com/north-dakota/sargent-county
Not counted: no live feed for Northern Electric Coop, Inc and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration.
100%of this county's ~2,997 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Northern Electric Coop, Inc, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Tail Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 1,695 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc | Live · county | 1 | 1,116 | 0.1% | - | - | - | |
| Cass County Elec Coop Inc | Live · county | 0 | 228 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Northern Electric Coop, Inc | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Otter Tail Power Co, Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc and Cass County Elec Coop Inc 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 Sargent 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 (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58069 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 58067 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 58060 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 58043 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 58040 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 58032 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 58017 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 58013 | ≤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 Sargent County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Sargent County right now.
Sargent County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 16, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×8
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Freeze Warning ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Sargent County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Sargent Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Sargent County went about 7.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 926 customers.
The US EIA reports North Dakota utilities averaged 3.5 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 7.9 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 698 customers out) · decade average 8.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 17 | 47 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 31 | 286 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 19 | 80 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | 104 | 205 | 4.2 |
| 2019 | 54 | 297 | 4.7 |
| 2020 | 46 | 690 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 152 | 555 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 166 | 698 | 36.3 |
| 2023 | 214 | 926 | 22.7 |
| 2024 | 191 | 530 | 7.5 |
| 2025 | 177 | 593 | 7.9 |
Cost of power in Sargent County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Sargent 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.
- Cass County Elec Coop Inc12.7¢52,785 cust
- Otter Tail Power Co11.1¢45,437 cust
- Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc12.7¢5,790 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 Moderate ice storms exposure · 8.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Sargent County: FAQ
- How often does Sargent County, ND lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Sargent County, ND logged 177 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 7.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Sargent County, ND?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 926 customers without power, beginning July 4, 2023 and lasting about 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Sargent County, ND right now?
- Yes, about 1 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Sargent County, ND?
- Tracked electric providers include Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc, Otter Tail Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Sargent County.
58013, 58017, 58032, 58040, 58043, 58060, 58067, 58069
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Tail Power Co | 8.9 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Northern Electric Coop, Inc | 1.2 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc | 1.1 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Cass County Elec Coop Inc | 5.0 hrs | Live · county | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
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 North Dakota customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/38081 and /api/v1/counties/38081/history. Live data as of .