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2016 South Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2016, the average South Dakota customer went without power for about 0.9 hours, the 45th worst of 49 states (US average 3.8 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
0.9
vs prior year
▲ 30%
vs 2015
Customer-hours out
228K
Peak customers out
48,007
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of SD customers
Counties reporting
15

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, 2016

Customer-hours without power across South Dakota; February was the worst.

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South Dakota customer-hours without power by month, 2016Jan 8,427, Feb 55K, Mar 8,084, Apr 18K, May 13K, Jun 51K, Jul 41K, Aug 13K, Sep 14K, Oct 5,420, Nov 530, Dec 671020k40k60k8,427Jan55KFeb8,084Mar18KApr13KMay51KJun41KJul13KAug14KSep5,420Oct530Nov671Dec
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All 15 South 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
1Union County8.629K3,3593,35998
2Custer County1.56,5884,48169480
3Hanson County1.22,3271,96071717
4Lawrence County1.117K15,54011,970120
5Minnehaha County1.096K91,9407,515456
6Fall River County1.03,9534,0553,27763
7Meade County0.913K14,2868,29962
8McCook County0.92,8843,10243278
9Butte County0.73,3394,7172,38242
10Pennington County0.643K68,13022,078170
11Turner County0.52,6794,96465043
12Miner County0.33101,06913611
13Lincoln County0.27,38931,561652162
14Lake County0.17048,0642918
15Sanborn County0.0611,463376

Biggest South 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
1Pennington County, SDFebruary 10, 2016 12:45February 14, 2016 06:303d 17h22,07817K
2Lawrence County, SDFebruary 11, 2016 17:30February 11, 2016 18:1545m11,9708,978
3Meade County, SDFebruary 11, 2016 17:30February 11, 2016 18:1545m8,2996,224
4Minnehaha County, SDApril 29, 2016 04:30April 29, 2016 07:453h 15m7,51514K
5Pennington County, SDFebruary 19, 2016 20:30February 19, 2016 21:301h4,8723,566
6Minnehaha County, SDJune 9, 2016 21:45June 10, 2016 11:0013h 15m4,8154,161
7Minnehaha County, SDJune 18, 2016 00:45June 19, 2016 04:301d 3h4,46114K
8Minnehaha County, SDFebruary 20, 2016 14:15February 20, 2016 18:454h 30m4,0055,835
9Pennington County, SDAugust 10, 2016 05:00August 10, 2016 05:4545m3,8831,883
10Union County, SDSeptember 6, 2016 18:45September 6, 2016 21:152h 30m3,3592,853
11Fall River County, SDFebruary 11, 2016 17:30February 11, 2016 18:1545m3,2772,458
12Meade County, SDJuly 6, 2016 22:00July 6, 2016 23:151h 15m3,0143,104
13Minnehaha County, SDMay 24, 2016 19:15May 24, 2016 23:304h 15m2,7152,724
14Minnehaha County, SDJuly 2, 2016 19:30July 3, 2016 00:154h 45m2,6423,970
15Minnehaha County, SDJune 11, 2016 16:30June 12, 2016 10:0017h 30m2,6385,371
16Butte County, SDFebruary 11, 2016 16:30February 11, 2016 22:456h 15m2,3821,814
17Minnehaha County, SDJanuary 25, 2016 17:45January 25, 2016 18:1530m2,151664
18Minnehaha County, SDJune 20, 2016 06:00June 20, 2016 09:303h 30m2,0354,071
19Union County, SDJuly 11, 2016 20:30July 12, 2016 09:4513h 15m1,78114K
20Minnehaha County, SDJuly 7, 2016 03:00July 7, 2016 11:008h1,7774,496
21Minnehaha County, SDJune 28, 2016 06:00June 28, 2016 08:002h1,7693,096
22Meade County, SDSeptember 16, 2016 06:45September 16, 2016 08:452h1,5193,038
23Minnehaha County, SDMay 20, 2016 23:15May 20, 2016 23:3015m1,518380
24Pennington County, SDMarch 30, 2016 15:30March 30, 2016 15:4515m1,288322
25Minnehaha County, SDSeptember 5, 2016 06:15September 5, 2016 10:003h 45m1,1921,211
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of South 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.
South 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.