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2017 Richland County, ND Power Outage Report
In 2017, customers in Richland County, ND went without power for an average of 0.5 hours, a total of 2,322 customer-hours (North Dakota average 0.9 hours). That ranks 18th worst of 34 North Dakota counties and 2313th of 2,786 nationally.
Compared with ND, the US and 2016
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of North Dakota customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Richland County, 2017
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 18, 2017 11:45 | July 18, 2017 12:30 | 45m | 931 | 438 |
| 2 | January 6, 2017 16:45 | January 6, 2017 17:00 | 15m | 517 | 129 |
| 3 | June 14, 2017 02:00 | June 14, 2017 07:15 | 5h 15m | 225 | 398 |
| 4 | August 15, 2017 21:00 | August 15, 2017 22:30 | 1h 30m | 154 | 193 |
| 5 | September 20, 2017 08:00 | September 20, 2017 08:15 | 15m | 153 | 38 |
| 6 | January 26, 2017 21:15 | January 26, 2017 22:30 | 1h 15m | 139 | 78 |
| 7 | June 14, 2017 08:00 | June 14, 2017 08:30 | 30m | 136 | 68 |
| 8 | February 6, 2017 15:15 | February 6, 2017 17:00 | 1h 45m | 90 | 96 |
| 9 | July 12, 2017 14:00 | July 12, 2017 15:15 | 1h 15m | 78 | 59 |
| 10 | September 5, 2017 14:00 | September 5, 2017 14:30 | 30m | 72 | 36 |
Outage episodes by size in 2017: 7 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 2017, 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 | 2017 | 2.4 hrs | 2.12 | 2.0 hrs | 2.00 |
| Cass County Elec Coop Inc | 2017 | 43 min | 0.80 | 30 min | 0.71 |
| Dakota Valley Elec Coop Inc | 2017 | 3.4 hrs | 1.78 | 2.6 hrs | 1.66 |
| 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 2017; 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, 2017, 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/2017/north-dakota/richland-county