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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 any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
0.9
Peak customers out
22,078
Rank (worst state)
45th
Counties affected
15

South Dakota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2016 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit South Dakota counties in 2016

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

1Pennington County22,0782Lawrence County11,9703Meade County8,2994Minnehaha County7,5155Union County3,5666Fall River County3,2777Butte County2,3828Hanson County7179Custer County69410Lincoln County65211Turner County65012McCook County43213Lake County29114Miner County13615Sanborn County37

Biggest South Dakota outages of 2016

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Pennington CountyFebruary 10, 201622,078
Lawrence CountyFebruary 11, 201611,970
Meade CountyFebruary 11, 20168,299
Minnehaha CountyApril 29, 20167,515
Pennington CountyFebruary 19, 20164,872
Minnehaha CountyJune 9, 20164,815
Minnehaha CountyJune 18, 20164,461
Minnehaha CountyFebruary 20, 20164,005
Pennington CountyAugust 10, 20163,883
Union CountySeptember 6, 20163,566
South Dakota by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2016:NCWVSCVAMEFL

Part of the 2016 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.