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2024 South Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2024, the average South Dakota customer went without power for about 2.3 hours — the 44th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
2.3
Peak customers out
14,526
Rank (worst state)
44th
Counties affected
20

South Dakota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2024 highlighted.

0.7h20150.9h20160.8h20171.1h20183.8h20194.6h20203.4h20216.9h20222.3h20232.3h20246.5h2025

Hardest-hit South Dakota counties in 2024

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

1Lincoln County14,5262Minnehaha County12,4183Lawrence County4,8334Pennington County4,3305Brown County2,9206Davison County2,7357Todd County2,2268Union County1,8069Meade County1,69010Grant County1,67411Fall River County1,66912Harding County1,53213Yankton County1,50014McCook County1,23415Charles Mix County1,20416Perkins County1,14917Ziebach County1,10318Beadle County1,10119Bon Homme County98520Day County971

Biggest South Dakota outages of 2024

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Lincoln CountyApril 22, 202414,526
Minnehaha CountyMarch 25, 202412,418
Minnehaha CountyJune 17, 202411,079
Lawrence CountyJanuary 18, 20244,833
Pennington CountyNovember 21, 20244,330
Lincoln CountyApril 5, 20243,020
Lincoln CountyFebruary 21, 20243,014
Brown CountyJuly 31, 20242,920
Davison CountyJune 22, 20242,735
Minnehaha CountyJune 12, 20242,708
South Dakota by year:20252023202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2024:NCSCMEGATXFL

Part of the 2024 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.