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2018 North Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average North Dakota customer went without power for about 0.8 hours, the 50th worst of 51 states (US average 5.3 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.

Avg hrs / customer
0.8
vs prior year
▼ 17%
vs 2017
Customer-hours out
311K
Peak customers out
6,424
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
51%
of ND customers
Counties reporting
31

North Dakota year over year

North Dakota: average hours without power per customer by year2015: 0.6h; 2016: 1.0h; 2017: 0.9h; 2018: 0.7h, coverage 51%; 2019: 1.1h, coverage 53%; 2020: 1.3h, coverage 66%; 2021: 1.0h, coverage 66%; 2022: 2.8h, coverage 66%; 2023: 4.0h; 2024: 1.2h; 2025: 3.1h012340%50%100%0.6h20151.0h20160.9h20170.7h20181.1h20191.3h20201.0h20212.8h20224.0h20231.2h20243.1h2025
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Average hours without power per customer. Line: EAGLE-I coverage, share of customers tracked (right axis).

Month by month, 2018

Customer-hours without power across North Dakota; July was the worst.

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North Dakota customer-hours without power by month, 2018Jan 3,587, Feb 5,603, Mar 18K, Apr 9,516, May 11K, Jun 69K, Jul 95K, Aug 44K, Sep 23K, Oct 27K, Nov 2,939, Dec 2,848025k50k75k100k3,587Jan5,603Feb18KMar9,516Apr11KMay69KJun95KJul44KAug23KSep27KOct2,939Nov2,848Dec
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All 31 North Dakota counties, 2018

Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.

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#CountyHrs / customerCustomer-hoursCustomersPeak outEvents
1LaMoure County4.79,6112,058203188
2Sargent County4.27,9711,900205104
3Divide County3.93,46789332314
4Burke County3.74,3141,18052436
5Dickey County3.18,0562,595373148
6Richland County2.914K5,021272178
7Hettinger County2.65,2061,96666213
8Ransom County1.85,0802,77222953
9Golden Valley County1.82,4221,32465811
10Williams County1.828K15,51665485
11Traill County1.76,9874,1042,42834
12Grand Forks County1.664K39,9926,424261
13McKenzie County1.218K14,6551,26425
14Renville County1.01,6131,6065728
15Logan County1.01,1881,24410152
16Dunn County0.83,3624,30023430
17Morton County0.814K19,0851,92331
18Stark County0.717K23,6143,17360
19Bowman County0.71,7632,6237929
20Mercer County0.53,1156,01561310
21Emmons County0.51,5133,11125219
22Adams County0.58871,90287611
23McIntosh County0.49402,1807039
24Cass County0.450K124,6033,906463
25Stutsman County0.43,0588,42732083
26Oliver County0.44381,2311894
27Burleigh County0.319K57,0761,29697
28Ward County0.315K51,5222,229206
29Kidder County0.1771,472609
30Mountrail County0.0524,771254
31Barnes County0.0377,69444

Biggest North Dakota outages of 2018

Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.

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#CountyStarted (UTC)Ended (UTC)DurationPeak outCustomer-hours
1Grand Forks County, NDJuly 8, 2018 04:15July 10, 2018 02:451d 22h6,42429K
2Grand Forks County, NDJuly 7, 2018 21:00July 8, 2018 02:155h 15m3,9999,806
3Cass County, NDJuly 15, 2018 13:30July 15, 2018 16:002h 30m3,9065,638
4Cass County, NDJune 27, 2018 00:00June 27, 2018 03:003h3,4096,287
5Stark County, NDJune 29, 2018 05:45June 29, 2018 21:1515h 30m3,1734,726
6Cass County, NDNovember 28, 2018 22:30November 28, 2018 22:4515m3,061765
7Traill County, NDJune 6, 2018 05:00June 7, 2018 00:0019h2,4284,836
8Ward County, NDAugust 12, 2018 21:30August 13, 2018 05:308h2,2294,016
9Morton County, NDJuly 3, 2018 10:15July 3, 2018 20:4510h 30m1,9235,726
10Grand Forks County, NDJune 29, 2018 09:30June 29, 2018 17:458h 15m1,7466,245
11Grand Forks County, NDJune 11, 2018 18:45June 11, 2018 20:151h 30m1,6622,078
12Grand Forks County, NDJuly 30, 2018 18:15July 30, 2018 22:003h 45m1,5091,137
13Burleigh County, NDJuly 2, 2018 05:30July 2, 2018 06:301h1,296386
14McKenzie County, NDJuly 10, 2018 05:45July 18, 2018 23:158d 17h1,26417K
15Cass County, NDAugust 5, 2018 14:15August 6, 2018 00:3010h 15m1,2564,068
16Cass County, NDFebruary 16, 2018 22:45February 17, 2018 01:302h 45m1,2411,550
17Morton County, NDMarch 7, 2018 13:45March 7, 2018 14:451h1,0201,020
18Morton County, NDSeptember 17, 2018 17:30September 17, 2018 18:1545m956717
19Morton County, NDSeptember 25, 2018 05:30September 25, 2018 07:452h 15m9342,047
20Morton County, NDAugust 19, 2018 06:00August 19, 2018 08:452h 45m9262,531
21Stark County, NDJuly 4, 2018 04:00July 4, 2018 06:452h 45m9181,073
22Adams County, NDSeptember 25, 2018 00:15September 25, 2018 04:154h876668
23Bowman County, NDMarch 10, 2018 14:00March 10, 2018 15:001h792335
24Bowman County, NDJuly 11, 2018 06:30July 11, 2018 07:301h775772
25Stark County, NDMarch 5, 2018 19:15March 6, 2018 01:005h 45m7601,020
EAGLE-I tracked about 51% of North Dakota's electricity customers in 2018; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
North Dakota by year:2025202420232022202120202019201720162015
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVTMEMI

Part of the 2018 US Power Outage Report.

Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.