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2016 Richland County, ND Power Outage Report
In 2016, customers in Richland County, ND went without power for an average of 0.2 hours, a total of 1,034 customer-hours (North Dakota average 1.0 hours). That ranks 7th worst of 13 North Dakota counties and 2165th of 2,391 nationally.
Compared with ND, the US and 2015
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of North Dakota customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Richland County, 2016
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 10, 2016 07:30 | August 10, 2016 12:15 | 4h 45m | 546 | 227 |
| 2 | July 3, 2016 02:15 | July 3, 2016 02:30 | 15m | 516 | 129 |
| 3 | July 27, 2016 13:15 | July 27, 2016 14:30 | 1h 15m | 87 | 82 |
| 4 | May 24, 2016 21:30 | May 24, 2016 22:45 | 1h 15m | 49 | 61 |
| 5 | August 5, 2016 15:15 | August 5, 2016 15:30 | 15m | 39 | 10 |
| 6 | August 13, 2016 07:30 | August 13, 2016 07:45 | 15m | 30 | 8 |
| 7 | November 12, 2016 22:00 | November 12, 2016 23:45 | 1h 45m | 29 | 16 |
| 8 | August 4, 2016 06:15 | August 4, 2016 09:15 | 3h | 21 | 31 |
| 9 | December 21, 2016 17:00 | December 21, 2016 17:15 | 15m | 21 | 5 |
| 10 | July 12, 2016 19:15 | July 12, 2016 20:00 | 45m | 20 | 15 |
Outage episodes by size in 2016: 2 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 2016, 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 | 2016 | 7.2 hrs | 3.27 | 1.8 hrs | 2.87 |
| Cass County Elec Coop Inc | 2016 | 1.6 hrs | 0.96 | 36 min | 0.56 |
| Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc | 2016 | 16.5 hrs | 2.75 | 2.7 hrs | 1.57 |
| 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 2016; 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, 2016, 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/2016/north-dakota/richland-county