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2022 North Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average North Dakota customer went without power for about 2.9 hours — the 35th worst of any US state that year, 1.8× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
2.9
Peak customers out
9,998
Rank (worst state)
35th
Counties affected
20

North Dakota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2022 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit North Dakota counties in 2022

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

1Grand Forks County9,9982Williams County9,4693Cass County8,7304Ward County7,4775Morton County1,7776Mountrail County1,7037Rolette County1,6308McLean County1,6219Traill County1,59910Wells County1,45311Burleigh County1,36712Richland County1,32113Eddy County1,28114Stark County1,20315Pierce County1,07416Hettinger County1,03917LaMoure County89418Walsh County88619Divide County84620McHenry County844

Biggest North Dakota outages of 2022

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Grand Forks CountySeptember 13, 20229,998
Williams CountyApril 18, 20229,469
Cass CountyNovember 13, 20228,730
Ward CountyApril 5, 20227,477
Cass CountySeptember 15, 20226,694
Cass CountyJune 20, 20225,659
Cass CountyMay 11, 20224,906
Cass CountyMay 23, 20224,537
Cass CountyJune 25, 20224,305
Grand Forks CountyJuly 23, 20223,982
North Dakota by year:20252024202320212020201920182017
Other states in 2022:MENCFLWVVTAK

Part of the 2022 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.