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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 49 states (US average 2.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
0.6
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
137K
Peak customers out
15,146
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of ND customers
Counties reporting
10

North Dakota year over year

North Dakota: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 0.6h; 2016: 1.0h; 2017: 0.9h; 2018: 0.7h, coverage 51%; 2019: 1.1h, coverage 53%; 2020: 1.3h, coverage 66%; 2021: 1.0h, coverage 66%; 2022: 2.8h, coverage 66%; 2023: 4.0h; 2024: 1.2h; 2025: 3.1h012340%50%100%0.6h20151.0h20160.9h20170.7h20181.1h20191.3h20201.0h20212.8h20224.0h20231.2h20243.1h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2015

Customer-hours without power across North Dakota; July was the worst.

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North Dakota customer-hours without power by month, 2015Jan 869, Feb 2,940, Mar 926, Apr 542, May 12K, Jun 19K, Jul 33K, Aug 18K, Sep 9,660, Oct 20K, Nov 14K, Dec 6,377010k20k30k40k869Jan2,940Feb926Mar542Apr12KMay19KJun33KJul18KAug9,660Sep20KOct14KNov6,377Dec
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All 10 North Dakota counties, 2015

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Grand Forks County0.937K39,9922,699172
2Richland County0.84,0335,021513104
3Ransom County0.72,0632,7721,06593
4Ward County0.628K51,5222,990189
5Barnes County0.53,8047,694383198
6Cass County0.560K124,60313,568662
7Traill County0.51,9374,10459937
8Sargent County0.11321,9004717
9Steele County0.0255721
10LaMoure County0.072,05854

Biggest North Dakota outages of 2015

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Cass County, NDJune 18, 2015 23:00June 19, 2015 02:453h 45m13,5685,837
2Cass County, NDSeptember 3, 2015 22:30September 4, 2015 02:153h 45m5,4964,514
3Cass County, NDOctober 12, 2015 11:45October 12, 2015 15:303h 45m3,9594,942
4Ward County, NDNovember 2, 2015 21:30November 2, 2015 23:302h2,9903,016
5Grand Forks County, NDAugust 25, 2015 19:15August 25, 2015 21:152h2,6991,464
6Cass County, NDFebruary 2, 2015 16:00February 2, 2015 16:3030m2,367652
7Cass County, NDOctober 12, 2015 21:30October 13, 2015 02:455h 15m2,1303,732
8Cass County, NDMay 6, 2015 20:00May 6, 2015 21:151h 15m2,1251,126
9Cass County, NDAugust 6, 2015 23:15August 7, 2015 00:0045m2,1161,587
10Cass County, NDOctober 11, 2015 19:15October 12, 2015 04:159h2,0961,326
11Grand Forks County, NDNovember 26, 2015 07:15November 26, 2015 13:156h1,7755,018
12Cass County, NDSeptember 10, 2015 13:45September 10, 2015 16:002h 15m1,555562
13Grand Forks County, NDJuly 5, 2015 07:00July 5, 2015 08:451h 45m1,4901,490
14Grand Forks County, NDJuly 16, 2015 04:00July 16, 2015 09:155h 15m1,4755,880
15Grand Forks County, NDOctober 22, 2015 14:45October 22, 2015 16:301h 45m1,4751,486
16Cass County, NDMay 6, 2015 22:00May 6, 2015 23:301h 30m1,468429
17Grand Forks County, NDJune 29, 2015 12:00June 29, 2015 13:451h 45m1,4681,104
18Grand Forks County, NDNovember 13, 2015 21:45November 13, 2015 23:001h 15m1,222735
19Ward County, NDJuly 28, 2015 19:15July 30, 2015 01:151d 6h1,22016K
20Grand Forks County, NDNovember 5, 2015 01:00November 5, 2015 15:1514h 15m1,1831,196
21Ransom County, NDJune 18, 2015 23:00June 19, 2015 00:301h 30m1,065545
22Cass County, NDFebruary 2, 2015 02:00February 2, 2015 08:306h 30m1,0141,715
23Cass County, NDSeptember 23, 2015 13:00September 23, 2015 17:304h 30m970286
24Ward County, NDAugust 20, 2015 20:00August 20, 2015 22:452h 45m967726
25Grand Forks County, NDAugust 24, 2015 16:45August 24, 2015 22:456h946744
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of North Dakota's electricity customers in 2015; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
North Dakota by year:2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Other states in 2015:WVWAMINCRILAOKNJ

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.