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2015 South Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average South Dakota customer went without power for about 0.7 hours — the 44th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
0.7
Peak customers out
6,655
Rank (worst state)
44th
Counties affected
10

South Dakota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

0.7h20150.9h20160.8h20171.1h20183.8h20194.6h20203.4h20216.9h20222.3h20232.3h20246.5h2025

Hardest-hit South Dakota counties in 2015

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

1Minnehaha County6,6552Lincoln County2,3063Hanson County7154Turner County5575McCook County3926Miner County3687Union County2188Lake County1939Sanborn County17710Pennington County15

Biggest South Dakota outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Minnehaha CountyJune 22, 20156,655
Minnehaha CountyAugust 27, 20155,004
Minnehaha CountyOctober 22, 20153,163
Minnehaha CountyOctober 12, 20153,154
Minnehaha CountyJuly 30, 20152,716
Minnehaha CountyAugust 20, 20152,488
Minnehaha CountySeptember 19, 20152,370
Lincoln CountyAugust 10, 20152,306
Lincoln CountyMay 9, 20152,295
Minnehaha CountyJune 23, 20152,290
South 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.