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2016 North Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average North Dakota customer went without power for about 1.0 hours, the 44th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
1.0
vs prior year
▲ 72%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
248K
Peak customers out
8,081
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of ND customers
Counties reporting
13

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, 2016

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

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North Dakota customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 14K, Feb 13K, Mar 11K, Apr 20K, May 51K, Jun 29K, Jul 30K, Aug 24K, Sep 9,721, Oct 1,130, Nov 3,003, Dec 42K020k40k60k14KJan13KFeb11KMar20KApr51KMay29KJun30KJul24KAug9,721Sep1,130Oct3,003Nov42KDec
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All 13 North Dakota counties, 2016

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

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1Barnes County2.720K7,694880229
2Ransom County2.56,9382,772801134
3Grand Forks County1.456K39,9925,090165
4Sargent County1.22,2721,90028631
5Cass County1.1143K124,6038,081588
6Ward County0.317K51,5222,727160
7Richland County0.21,0345,021546109
8LaMoure County0.12792,0584427
9Traill County0.14714,1044039
10Steele County0.0355725
11Stutsman County0.0148,427109
12Griggs County0.0178623
13Dickey County0.012,59511

Biggest North Dakota outages of 2016

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, NDMay 3, 2016 07:45May 6, 2016 15:453d 8h8,08112K
2Cass County, NDJune 26, 2016 07:45June 27, 2016 02:0018h 15m7,7369,725
3Cass County, NDDecember 20, 2016 00:00December 20, 2016 03:153h 15m7,0188,232
4Cass County, NDDecember 21, 2016 04:30December 21, 2016 05:301h6,2521,881
5Grand Forks County, NDMay 23, 2016 04:00May 23, 2016 14:0010h5,09026K
6Grand Forks County, NDApril 16, 2016 01:45April 16, 2016 02:451h3,9191,960
7Cass County, NDJanuary 21, 2016 11:45January 21, 2016 16:304h 45m3,8717,752
8Cass County, NDMarch 8, 2016 06:00March 8, 2016 10:304h 30m3,6164,461
9Cass County, NDAugust 25, 2016 13:00August 29, 2016 02:453d 13h3,58711K
10Cass County, NDApril 22, 2016 11:30April 22, 2016 14:152h 45m3,1596,739
11Ward County, NDJanuary 8, 2016 07:45January 8, 2016 11:303h 45m2,7273,415
12Cass County, NDJune 17, 2016 19:30June 20, 2016 10:002d 14h2,6163,334
13Cass County, NDDecember 2, 2016 18:45December 2, 2016 20:452h2,533639
14Cass County, NDDecember 2, 2016 14:45December 2, 2016 16:151h 30m2,5301,345
15Ward County, NDJuly 28, 2016 16:30July 28, 2016 20:003h 30m2,4821,090
16Cass County, NDDecember 21, 2016 06:15December 21, 2016 06:4530m2,3171,159
17Cass County, NDDecember 19, 2016 02:45December 19, 2016 06:003h 15m2,3165,016
18Cass County, NDMay 2, 2016 22:45May 3, 2016 07:008h 15m2,2781,696
19Cass County, NDMay 1, 2016 17:00May 1, 2016 18:001h2,2611,567
20Cass County, NDApril 25, 2016 09:00April 25, 2016 11:002h2,2153,877
21Cass County, NDMarch 30, 2016 22:00March 30, 2016 22:3030m1,998987
22Grand Forks County, NDJune 14, 2016 18:45June 14, 2016 23:304h 45m1,9283,055
23Cass County, NDApril 27, 2016 01:45April 27, 2016 03:151h 30m1,8462,768
24Cass County, NDJuly 1, 2016 23:15July 6, 2016 00:154d 1h1,7815,591
25Grand Forks County, NDJuly 20, 2016 03:45July 20, 2016 08:154h 30m1,7722,666
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of North Dakota's electricity customers in 2016; 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:2025202420232022202120202019201820172015
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCVAMEFLLAAR

Part of the 2016 US Power Outage Report.

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