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2018 North Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average North Dakota customer went without power for about 0.7 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
0.7
Peak customers out
6,424
Rank (worst state)
50th
Counties affected
20

North Dakota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2018 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit North Dakota counties in 2018

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

1Grand Forks County6,4242Cass County3,9063Stark County3,1734Traill County2,4285Ward County2,2296Morton County1,9237Burleigh County1,2968McKenzie County1,2649Adams County87610Bowman County79211Hettinger County66212Golden Valley County65813Williams County65414Mercer County61315Renville County57216Burke County52417Dickey County37318Divide County32319Stutsman County32020Richland County272

Biggest North Dakota outages of 2018

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Grand Forks CountyJuly 8, 20186,424
Grand Forks CountyJuly 7, 20183,999
Cass CountyJuly 15, 20183,906
Cass CountyJune 27, 20183,409
Stark CountyJune 29, 20183,173
Cass CountyNovember 28, 20183,061
Traill CountyJune 6, 20182,428
Ward CountyAugust 12, 20182,229
Morton CountyJuly 3, 20181,923
Grand Forks CountyJune 29, 20181,746
North Dakota by year:20252024202320222021202020192017
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVT

Part of the 2018 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.