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2017 North Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average North Dakota customer went without power for about 0.9 hours — the 49th 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
12,637
Rank (worst state)
49th
Counties affected
20

North Dakota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2017 highlighted.

0.6h20151.0h20160.9h20170.7h20181.1h20191.3h20201.0h20212.9h20224.1h20231.2h20243.1h2025

Hardest-hit North Dakota counties in 2017

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

1Ward County12,6372Cass County7,4183Grand Forks County6,1734Burleigh County2,4545Traill County2,4106Mercer County1,7897Barnes County9708Richland County9319Adams County91810Morton County83611Williams County81312Ransom County80213Stark County77814Golden Valley County69015Logan County49616Mountrail County47617Kidder County40118Burke County31819Emmons County26420Dunn County235

Biggest North Dakota outages of 2017

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Ward CountyJuly 10, 201712,637
Cass CountyDecember 18, 20177,418
Grand Forks CountyJune 13, 20176,173
Cass CountySeptember 20, 20174,179
Cass CountyJune 14, 20174,032
Cass CountyJune 28, 20174,011
Cass CountyAugust 2, 20173,941
Cass CountySeptember 1, 20173,823
Cass CountyOctober 7, 20173,402
Cass CountyAugust 3, 20173,083
North Dakota by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHGARI

Part of the 2017 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.