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

Avg hrs / customer
0.7
vs prior year
-
no earlier year loaded
Customer-hours out
147K
Peak customers out
6,882
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of SD customers
Counties reporting
10

South Dakota year over year

South Dakota: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 0.7h; 2016: 0.9h; 2017: 0.8h; 2018: 1.1h, coverage 46%; 2019: 3.8h, coverage 87%; 2020: 4.6h, coverage 79%; 2021: 3.4h, coverage 79%; 2022: 6.9h, coverage 89%; 2023: 2.3h; 2024: 2.3h; 2025: 6.5h024680%50%100%0.7h20150.9h20160.8h20171.1h20183.8h20194.6h20203.4h20216.9h20222.3h20232.3h20246.5h2025
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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 South Dakota; June was the worst.

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South Dakota customer-hours without power by month, 2015Jan 0, Feb 0, Mar 0, Apr 0, May 9,773, Jun 49K, Jul 11K, Aug 31K, Sep 14K, Oct 9,716, Nov 17K, Dec 5,506020k40k60k0Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr9,773May49KJun11KJul31KAug14KSep9,716Oct17KNov5,506Dec
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All 10 South 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
1Hanson County1.83,5141,9607159
2Turner County1.67,9264,96455763
3Minnehaha County1.3118K91,9406,655511
4McCook County0.72,0523,10239234
5Miner County0.66731,06936811
6Union County0.31,1433,35921835
7Lincoln County0.311K31,5612,306165
8Sanborn County0.22691,4631777
9Lake County0.15658,0641939
10Pennington County0.02,07068,130151

Biggest South 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
1Minnehaha County, SDJune 22, 2015 01:15June 22, 2015 14:4513h 30m6,65520K
2Minnehaha County, SDAugust 27, 2015 23:00August 28, 2015 13:1514h 15m5,00413K
3Minnehaha County, SDOctober 22, 2015 13:15October 22, 2015 18:004h 45m3,163856
4Minnehaha County, SDOctober 12, 2015 11:45October 12, 2015 15:303h 45m3,1545,904
5Minnehaha County, SDJuly 30, 2015 21:30July 30, 2015 22:451h 15m2,7161,693
6Minnehaha County, SDAugust 20, 2015 12:00August 20, 2015 21:459h 45m2,4881,953
7Minnehaha County, SDSeptember 19, 2015 16:15September 19, 2015 19:002h 45m2,3702,394
8Lincoln County, SDAugust 10, 2015 06:45August 10, 2015 07:0015m2,306577
9Lincoln County, SDMay 9, 2015 14:30May 9, 2015 19:004h 30m2,2951,152
10Minnehaha County, SDJune 23, 2015 01:30June 23, 2015 11:4510h 15m2,2906,323
11Minnehaha County, SDJuly 31, 2015 00:45July 31, 2015 04:003h 15m2,1321,725
12Minnehaha County, SDJune 22, 2015 20:00June 22, 2015 20:4545m2,0931,288
13Minnehaha County, SDJune 10, 2015 20:30June 11, 2015 01:004h 30m1,7951,619
14Minnehaha County, SDNovember 22, 2015 22:45November 23, 2015 11:1512h 30m1,78510K
15Minnehaha County, SDJune 22, 2015 21:30June 22, 2015 23:151h 45m1,7472,838
16Minnehaha County, SDAugust 10, 2015 01:30August 10, 2015 12:0010h 30m1,5621,955
17Minnehaha County, SDMay 9, 2015 17:15May 9, 2015 18:0045m1,519760
18Minnehaha County, SDJune 24, 2015 00:30June 25, 2015 01:301d 1h1,4054,362
19Minnehaha County, SDJuly 31, 2015 21:15July 31, 2015 23:152h1,2871,109
20Minnehaha County, SDJune 23, 2015 15:30June 23, 2015 18:152h 45m1,2841,435
21Minnehaha County, SDJune 23, 2015 14:15June 23, 2015 14:4530m1,274637
22Lincoln County, SDAugust 10, 2015 04:45August 10, 2015 05:451h1,098956
23Minnehaha County, SDOctober 28, 2015 18:30October 28, 2015 22:003h 30m1,077543
24Hanson County, SDDecember 16, 2015 20:00December 16, 2015 21:451h 45m7151,073
25Hanson County, SDAugust 18, 2015 12:00August 18, 2015 15:153h 15m7142,142
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of South 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.
South 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.