Power outage history
Eddy County North Dakota
The outage record here is too thin for a reliable yearly average. Raw events are listed below.
Worst outage on record Jun 24, 2022 100% of customers out · 90% back in 2.6 daysEvery day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Eddy's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
Eddy, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 814 | 100% | 2.6 d | 2.6 d | 50k |
| Aug 8, 2025 | No storm report | 386 | 47% | 13 h | 7.5 h | 4.4k |
| Mar 3, 2024 | No storm report | 814 | 100% | 4.0 h | 3.8 h | 1.4k |
| Mar 26, 2025 | No storm report | 165 | 20% | 6.5 h | 6.5 h | 1.1k |
| Jul 2, 2025 | No storm report | 165 | 20% | 5.2 h | 5.2 h | 866 |
| Jun 18, 2024 | No storm report | 814 | 100% | 3.0 h | 2.5 h | 797 |
| Jul 8, 2020 | No storm report | 814 | 100% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 659 |
| Oct 5, 2025 | No storm report | 814 | 100% | 30 min | 30 min | 407 |
| Oct 30, 2023 | No storm report | 357 | 44% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 357 |
| Apr 28, 2023 | No storm report | 174 | 21% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 348 |
| Apr 3, 2025 | No storm report | 164 | 20% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 328 |
| Jun 8, 2023 | No storm report | 559 | 69% | 30 min | 30 min | 280 |
| Sep 22, 2020 | No storm report | 193 | 24% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 193 |
| Aug 6, 2025 | No storm report | 165 | 20% | 1.0 h | 1.0 h | 165 |
| May 5, 2025 | No storm report | 164 | 20% | 1.0 h | 4.2 h | 164 |
| Apr 6, 2021 | No storm report | 191 | 23% | 48 min | 48 min | 143 |
| Dec 23, 2020 | No storm report | 191 | 23% | 12 min | – | 48 |
| Jul 23, 2025 | No storm report | 140 | 17% | 12 min | 12 min | 35 |
| Oct 5, 2025 | No storm report | 27 | 3% | 1.2 h | – | 34 |
| Aug 31, 2022 | No storm report | 34 | 4% | 1.0 h | – | 34 |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Eddy from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Thunderstorms 81%
- No storm on record 19%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Eddy
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole North Dakota territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Tail Power Co | Investor Owned | 575 | 132 | 2.03 | 11.1 | 45k |
| Nodak Electric Coop Inc | Cooperative | 321 | 104 | 5.40 | 12.7 | 21k |
| Northern Plains Electric Coop | Cooperative | 371 | 188 | 1.43 | 10.9 | 10k |
| WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration | Federal | – | – | – | – | – |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
- Wells 21 h
- Eddy (this county) – h
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 814 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →