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2021 Golden Valley County, ND Power Outage Report
In 2021, customers in Golden Valley County, ND went without power for an average of 1.6 hours, a total of 2,182 customer-hours (North Dakota average 1.0 hours). That ranks 15th worst of 51 North Dakota counties and 2387th of 2,974 nationally.
Compared with ND, the US and 2020
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of North Dakota customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Golden Valley County, 2021
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 21, 2021 05:30 | July 21, 2021 08:00 | 2h 30m | 614 | 1,086 |
| 2 | July 20, 2021 23:15 | July 21, 2021 00:15 | 1h | 601 | 600 |
| 3 | July 8, 2021 23:45 | July 9, 2021 00:00 | 15m | 461 | 115 |
| 4 | December 26, 2021 15:45 | December 26, 2021 17:15 | 1h 30m | 71 | 106 |
| 5 | March 29, 2021 21:15 | March 29, 2021 22:45 | 1h 30m | 67 | 61 |
| 6 | April 1, 2021 19:15 | April 1, 2021 20:15 | 1h | 61 | 61 |
| 7 | August 24, 2021 10:00 | August 24, 2021 13:15 | 3h 15m | 60 | 68 |
| 8 | July 8, 2021 04:45 | July 8, 2021 05:45 | 1h | 55 | 26 |
| 9 | September 3, 2021 13:00 | September 3, 2021 13:15 | 15m | 55 | 14 |
| 10 | March 11, 2021 20:00 | March 11, 2021 21:15 | 1h 15m | 15 | 19 |
Outage episodes by size in 2021: 3 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 2021, 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 | 2021 | 2.7 hrs | 1.42 | 2.7 hrs | 1.42 |
| 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 66% of North Dakota's customers in 2021; 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, 2021, 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/2021/north-dakota/golden-valley-county