Power outages in Towner County, ND

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Towner County yet. Otter Tail Power Co, Northern Plains Electric Coop and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration serve this county.

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Otter Tail Power Cono live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Northern Plains Electric Coopno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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WAPA-- Western Area Power Administrationno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Towner County

2014–2025 record

Towner County averaged 5.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for North Dakota counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 3. Half were over within 30 minutes; the longest lasted 3 hours, starting February 28, 2025.

The largest on record began January 31, 2020, with 501 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in January.

5.3significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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.
2 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
12 hourslongest on record (November 2022)
501most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
January 31, 202050115 minutes125
April 8, 202050115 minutes125
January 10, 20215011 hour299
February 4, 202150130 minutes251
April 14, 20225011 hour501

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom 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.