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2015 North Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average North Dakota customer went without power for about 0.6 hours — the 45th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
0.6
Peak customers out
13,568
Rank (worst state)
45th
Counties affected
10

North Dakota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

0.6h20151.0h20160.9h20170.7h20181.1h20191.3h20201.0h20212.9h20224.1h20231.2h20243.1h2025

Hardest-hit North Dakota counties in 2015

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Cass County13,5682Ward County2,9903Grand Forks County2,6994Ransom County1,0655Traill County5996Richland County5137Barnes County3838Sargent County479LaMoure County510Steele County2

Biggest North Dakota outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Cass CountyJune 18, 201513,568
Cass CountySeptember 3, 20155,496
Cass CountyOctober 12, 20153,959
Ward CountyNovember 2, 20152,990
Grand Forks CountyAugust 25, 20152,699
Cass CountyFebruary 2, 20152,367
Cass CountyOctober 12, 20152,130
Cass CountyMay 6, 20152,125
Cass CountyAugust 6, 20152,116
Cass CountyOctober 11, 20152,096
North Dakota by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2015:WVWANCMIRILA

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.