Ransom County power outages

North Dakota outage history from 2015 to 2023, with the largest outages and a backup battery estimate.

Ransom County, North Dakota had 1 major outage from 2015 to 2023

Above middle outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.98 times the US outage time per person and 3.33 times the North Dakota rate. It ranks 2 of 23 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

0.1major outages per year
1 of 9years with a major outage
117 hrslongest major outage
Dec, Julhardest months

December and July made up 90% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Dec 26, 2023, reached 2,462 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 116.8 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

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YearCustomer-hoursReported outagesMajor outages
201565330
20165,601140
201737030
201845810
201930820
20205,886100
20211,97370
20221,91050
2023103,340111

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start dateHoursPeak customersCustomer-hours
Dec 26, 2023116.82,46297,571
Oct 6, 20232.81,2733,501
Jul 18, 20206.84122,702
Dec 26, 20164.54081,836
Jun 8, 20207.02921,691

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

  • A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
  • Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
  • Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.