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2019 Golden Valley County, ND Power Outage Report
In 2019, customers in Golden Valley County, ND went without power for an average of 0.3 hours, a total of 423 customer-hours (North Dakota average 1.1 hours). That ranks 20th worst of 35 North Dakota counties and 2738th of 2,945 nationally.
Compared with ND, the US and 2018
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of North Dakota customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Golden Valley County, 2019
The 8 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 25, 2019 15:15 | September 25, 2019 22:00 | 6h 45m | 57 | 377 |
| 2 | September 18, 2019 04:45 | September 18, 2019 05:00 | 15m | 41 | 10 |
| 3 | April 4, 2019 19:00 | April 4, 2019 20:15 | 1h 15m | 14 | 18 |
| 4 | September 3, 2019 18:45 | September 3, 2019 19:15 | 30m | 9 | 5 |
| 5 | September 5, 2019 20:15 | September 5, 2019 20:30 | 15m | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | May 14, 2019 16:45 | May 14, 2019 17:30 | 45m | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | September 6, 2019 19:15 | September 6, 2019 19:45 | 30m | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | July 24, 2019 20:45 | July 24, 2019 21:15 | 30m | 6 | 3 |
Outage episodes by size in 2019: 0 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 2019, 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 53% of North Dakota's customers in 2019; 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, 2019, 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/2019/north-dakota/golden-valley-county