Power Outages in Davison County, SD
Central Electric Coop, Inc - (SD), Douglas Electric Coop, Inc and NorthWestern Energy - (SD) publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for NorthWestern Energy and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.5 hours.
Davison County, SD is served by 5 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Davison County, SD". https://massoutage.com/south-dakota/davison-county
Central Electric Coop, Inc - (SD), Douglas Electric Coop, Inc and NorthWestern Energy - (SD) publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for NorthWestern Energy and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~15,645 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: NorthWestern Energy, WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Central Electric Coop, Inc - (SD), Douglas Electric Coop, Inc, NorthWestern Energy - (SD).
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Electric Coop, Inc - (SD) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Douglas Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NorthWestern Energy - (SD) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NorthWestern Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Davison Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (3)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57301 | 195 | ≤11 | 161 | ≤11 |
| 57363 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 57334 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Davison County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Davison County right now.
Davison County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Dense Fog Advisory on September 30, 2026.
- Dense Fog Advisory ×10
Latest Davison County, SD outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 31m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 372 customers out (3.2% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Davison County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Davison County went about 1.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,327 customers.
The US EIA reports South Dakota utilities averaged 4.7 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 6,327 customers out) · decade average 2.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 39 | 79 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 222 | 3,951 | 3.8 |
| 2021 | 199 | 2,581 | 1.3 |
| 2022 | 169 | 6,327 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 145 | 3,518 | 2.2 |
| 2024 | 200 | 2,735 | 1.9 |
| 2025 | 237 | 1,458 | 1.5 |
Cost of power in Davison County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Davison County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- NorthWestern Energy - (SD)13.4¢51,787 cust
- Central Electric Coop, Inc - (SD)14.7¢6,515 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively High winter weather exposure · 2.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Davison County: FAQ
- How often does Davison County, SD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Davison County, SD logged 237 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Davison County, SD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,327 customers without power, beginning May 12, 2022 and lasting about 5h 45m.
- Is there a power outage in Davison County, SD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Davison County, SD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Davison County, SD?
- Tracked electric providers include Central Electric Coop, Inc - (SD), NorthWestern Energy, NorthWestern Energy - (SD).
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Davison County.
57301, 57334, 57363
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| NorthWestern Energy - (SD) | 2.0 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | - | No live feed | - |
| NorthWestern Energy | - | No live feed | - |
| Central Electric Coop, Inc - (SD) | - | Live · total only | - |
| Douglas Electric Coop, Inc | - | Live · total only | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of South Dakota customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/46035 and /api/v1/counties/46035/history.