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2018 Golden Valley County, ND Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Golden Valley County, ND went without power for an average of 1.8 hours, a total of 2,422 customer-hours (North Dakota average 0.7 hours). That ranks 9th worst of 31 North Dakota counties and 1939th of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with ND, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of North Dakota customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Golden Valley County, 2018
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 24, 2018 00:15 | April 24, 2018 03:15 | 3h | 658 | 1,808 |
| 2 | April 30, 2018 01:15 | April 30, 2018 02:00 | 45m | 656 | 492 |
| 3 | January 2, 2018 15:30 | January 2, 2018 16:00 | 30m | 51 | 19 |
| 4 | June 8, 2018 03:45 | June 8, 2018 04:00 | 15m | 40 | 10 |
| 5 | March 20, 2018 19:30 | March 20, 2018 20:30 | 1h | 16 | 16 |
| 6 | August 23, 2018 14:15 | August 23, 2018 14:30 | 15m | 13 | 3 |
| 7 | March 5, 2018 13:45 | March 5, 2018 18:15 | 4h 30m | 7 | 32 |
| 8 | April 30, 2018 06:30 | April 30, 2018 06:45 | 15m | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | May 9, 2018 05:15 | May 9, 2018 05:30 | 15m | 7 | 2 |
| 10 | April 25, 2018 19:00 | April 25, 2018 21:30 | 2h 30m | 6 | 15 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 2 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 Golden Valley County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2018, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKenzie Electric Coop Inc | 2018 | 3.7 hrs | 1.47 | 3.7 hrs | 1.47 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| Montana-Dakota Utilities Co | - | - | - | - | - |
| Roughrider Electric Cooperativ | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goldenwest 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 51% of North Dakota's customers in 2018; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 1,324 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. Golden Valley County has data for 2017–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Golden Valley County, ND annual power outage report, 2018, 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/2018/north-dakota/golden-valley-county