Power Outages in Oglala Lakota County, SD
Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc, LaCreek Electric Assn, Inc and West River Electric Assn Inc publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Nebraska Public Power District. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.1 hours.
Oglala Lakota County, SD is served by 4 tracked utilities.
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Oglala Lakota County, SD". https://massoutage.com/south-dakota/oglala-lakota-county
Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc, LaCreek Electric Assn, Inc and West River Electric Assn Inc publish no county-level figures.
No live feed for Nebraska Public Power District: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~7,118 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Nebraska Public Power District. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc, LaCreek Electric Assn, Inc, West River Electric Assn Inc.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LaCreek Electric Assn, Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| West River Electric Assn Inc | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nebraska Public Power District | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Oglala Lakota County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Oglala Lakota County right now.
Oglala Lakota County has been under 7 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 16, 2026.
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Wind Advisory ×2
- Fire Weather Watch ×1
- Red Flag Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Oglala Lakota County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Oglala Lakota County went about 2.1 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,500 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 2.1 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 816 customers out) · decade average 0.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | 22 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 16 | 68 | 0.2 |
| 2020 | 50 | 907 | 0.9 |
| 2021 | 47 | 521 | 0.9 |
| 2022 | 55 | 1,500 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 57 | 547 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 63 | 563 | 0.5 |
| 2025 | 78 | 816 | 2.1 |
Cost of power in Oglala Lakota County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Oglala Lakota 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.
- West River Electric Assn Inc15.2¢18,975 cust
- Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc14.8¢9,415 cust
- Nebraska Public Power District10.1¢1,047 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 high winds exposure · 0.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Oglala Lakota County: FAQ
- How often does Oglala Lakota County, SD lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Oglala Lakota County, SD logged 78 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.1 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Oglala Lakota County, SD?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,500 customers without power, beginning December 16, 2022 and lasting about 1h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Oglala Lakota County, SD right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Oglala Lakota County, SD. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Oglala Lakota County.
57716, 57722, 57752, 57756, 57764, 57770, 57772, 57794
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Public Power District | 3.3 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc | 41.4 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| West River Electric Assn Inc | 0.4 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| LaCreek Electric Assn, 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/46102 and /api/v1/counties/46102/history.