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2025 North Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2025, the average North Dakota customer went without power for about 3.1 hours — the 37th worst of any US state that year, 1.9× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
3.1
Peak customers out
9,696
Rank (worst state)
37th
Counties affected
20

North Dakota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2025 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit North Dakota counties in 2025

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

1Stutsman County9,6962Cass County7,7543Richland County4,2374Grand Forks County2,9975Barnes County2,9526Ward County2,8067Morton County2,6908Traill County2,6499Ramsey County2,40610Burleigh County2,18511Williams County2,12412McLean County2,11313Stark County2,09314Ransom County1,81915Wells County1,62516Rolette County1,58917Cavalier County1,29018Eddy County1,07419Griggs County1,06120LaMoure County936

Biggest North Dakota outages of 2025

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Stutsman CountyJune 20, 20259,696
Stutsman CountyAugust 8, 20259,012
Cass CountyJune 21, 20257,754
Cass CountyAugust 8, 20256,296
Richland CountyJune 18, 20254,237
Cass CountyMay 15, 20253,140
Grand Forks CountyJuly 27, 20252,997
Barnes CountyJune 21, 20252,952
Cass CountyNovember 20, 20252,814
Ward CountyDecember 28, 20252,806
North Dakota by year:20242023202220212020201920182017
Other states in 2025:WVMIAKPANCMO

Part of the 2025 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.