Power outages in Foster County, ND
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Foster County yet. Otter Tail Power Co, Northern Plains Electric Coop and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration serve this county.
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No live outage data for Foster County yet.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in Foster County
2014–2025 recordFoster County averaged 4 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for North Dakota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 5. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 3 hours, starting June 21, 2025.
The largest on record began January 4, 2023, with 1,148 customers out at once.
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| January 4, 2023 | 1,148 | 1.5 hours | 1,269 |
| June 7, 2023 | 1,146 | 2 hours | 1,899 |
| December 28, 2023 | 1,098 | 3 hours | 3,294 |
| December 27, 2023 | 1,089 | 13 hours | 13,416 |
| June 21, 2025 | 659 | 3 hours | 1,781 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
Cities in Foster County
Utilities
- Otter Tail Power Co no live feed
- Northern Plains Electric Coop no live feed
- WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration no live feed
- All North Dakota outages