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2015 Richland County, ND Power Outage Report
In 2015, customers in Richland County, ND went without power for an average of 0.8 hours, a total of 4,033 customer-hours (North Dakota average 0.6 hours). That ranks 2nd worst of 10 North Dakota counties and 1870th of 2,484 nationally.
Compared with ND, the US
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of North Dakota customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Richland County, 2015
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 18, 2015 23:00 | June 19, 2015 00:30 | 1h 30m | 513 | 258 |
| 2 | May 22, 2015 07:00 | May 22, 2015 07:15 | 15m | 512 | 128 |
| 3 | June 9, 2015 06:30 | June 9, 2015 08:45 | 2h 15m | 509 | 1,145 |
| 4 | June 11, 2015 05:45 | June 11, 2015 07:00 | 1h 15m | 509 | 509 |
| 5 | July 22, 2015 18:30 | July 22, 2015 19:15 | 45m | 509 | 382 |
| 6 | June 18, 2015 14:00 | June 18, 2015 14:15 | 15m | 295 | 74 |
| 7 | June 20, 2015 09:45 | June 20, 2015 10:00 | 15m | 273 | 68 |
| 8 | May 11, 2015 12:30 | May 11, 2015 14:45 | 2h 15m | 236 | 439 |
| 9 | May 28, 2015 22:45 | May 29, 2015 00:30 | 1h 45m | 184 | 124 |
| 10 | June 24, 2015 17:45 | June 24, 2015 19:15 | 1h 30m | 144 | 216 |
Outage episodes by size in 2015: 10 reached 100+ customers, 0 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Richland County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2015, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Tail Power Co | 2015 | 1.8 hrs | 3.23 | 1.8 hrs | 3.23 |
| Cass County Elec Coop Inc | 2015 | 47 min | 1.18 | 38 min | 1.05 |
| Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc | 2015 | 3.2 hrs | 1.16 | 1.9 hrs | 1.02 |
| Montana-Dakota Utilities Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Traverse Electric Coop, Inc | - | - | - | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of North Dakota's customers in 2015; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 5,021 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Richland County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Richland County, ND annual power outage report, 2015, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2015/north-dakota/richland-county