Power outages in Brule County, SD
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Brule County yet. NorthWestern Energy - (SD), Central Electric Coop, Inc - (SD) and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration serve this county.
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No live outage data for Brule 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.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 Brule County
2014–2025 recordBrule County averaged 3.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most South Dakota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 2. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 3.5 hours, starting May 15, 2025.
The largest on record began July 4, 2020, with 2,117 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in July.
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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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| July 4, 2020 | 2,117 | 3.5 hours | 4,676 |
| July 5, 2020 | 2,116 | 5 hours | 5,158 |
| August 31, 2020 | 2,114 | 1.5 hours | 2,643 |
| May 12, 2022 | 2,088 | 2.5 hours | 4,642 |
| March 15, 2021 | 2,067 | 5 hours | 8,504 |
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 Brule County
Utilities
- NorthWestern Energy - (SD) no live feed
- Central Electric Coop, Inc - (SD) no live feed
- WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration no live feed
- Charles Mix Electric Assn, Inc no live feed
- All South Dakota outages