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2020 McHenry County, ND Power Outage Report
In 2020, customers in McHenry County, ND went without power for an average of 2.4 hours, a total of 7,920 customer-hours (North Dakota average 1.3 hours). That ranks 17th worst of 51 North Dakota counties and 2106th of 3,019 nationally.
Compared with ND, the US
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of North Dakota customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in McHenry County, 2020
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | August 21, 2020 11:00 | August 21, 2020 11:15 | 15m | 736 | 184 |
| 2 | September 2, 2020 23:30 | September 2, 2020 23:45 | 15m | 736 | 184 |
| 3 | July 8, 2020 05:30 | July 9, 2020 14:00 | 1d 8h | 602 | 4,540 |
| 4 | June 30, 2020 15:30 | June 30, 2020 22:15 | 6h 45m | 378 | 902 |
| 5 | April 23, 2020 17:45 | April 23, 2020 20:15 | 2h 30m | 346 | 779 |
| 6 | January 13, 2020 16:15 | January 13, 2020 16:45 | 30m | 345 | 173 |
| 7 | July 13, 2020 08:00 | July 13, 2020 08:15 | 15m | 345 | 86 |
| 8 | April 15, 2020 06:15 | April 15, 2020 07:30 | 1h 15m | 256 | 320 |
| 9 | September 5, 2020 14:00 | September 5, 2020 14:45 | 45m | 183 | 137 |
| 10 | July 17, 2020 21:15 | July 17, 2020 23:45 | 2h 30m | 143 | 358 |
Outage episodes by size in 2020: 11 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 McHenry County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2020, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Tail Power Co | 2020 | 1.6 hrs | 1.40 | 1.6 hrs | 1.40 |
| Northern States Power Co - Minnesota | 2020 | 1.7 hrs | 0.84 | 68 min | 0.71 |
| Verendrye Electric Coop Inc | 2020 | 49 min | 0.68 | 49 min | 0.68 |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | - | - | - | - |
| McLean Electric Coop, Inc | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Central Elec 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 66% of North Dakota's customers in 2020; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 3,351 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. McHenry County has data for 2020–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), McHenry County, ND annual power outage report, 2020, 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/2020/north-dakota/mchenry-county