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2017 South Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average South Dakota customer went without power for about 0.8 hours — the 50th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
0.8
Peak customers out
7,875
Rank (worst state)
50th
Counties affected
20

South Dakota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2017 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit South Dakota counties in 2017

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

1Minnehaha County7,8752Lake County4,1063Meade County2,4324Walworth County2,0735Pennington County1,6616Lincoln County1,6467Lawrence County1,5358Custer County7799Perkins County75910Hanson County71611Turner County66912McPherson County65613Butte County60414Union County59415Edmunds County54916Fall River County45817Potter County40518McCook County38919Miner County25320Sanborn County179

Biggest South Dakota outages of 2017

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Minnehaha CountyApril 26, 20177,875
Lake CountyOctober 2, 20174,106
Meade CountyOctober 18, 20172,432
Lake CountyNovember 8, 20172,421
Lake CountyOctober 2, 20172,409
Minnehaha CountyMay 18, 20172,259
Minnehaha CountyJune 13, 20172,140
Meade CountyMay 17, 20172,084
Walworth CountyJune 4, 20172,073
Minnehaha CountyMay 1, 20171,966
South 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.