Power outages in Buffalo County, SD
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Buffalo County yet. Central Electric Coop, Inc - (SD), Dakota Energy Coop Inc and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration serve this county.
Right now
No live outage data for Buffalo County yet.
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 Buffalo County
2014–2025 recordBuffalo County rarely has significant outages, meaning at least 1% of its customers out at once: 6 since 2014.
There were none in the 12 months to December 2025. Over the full record, half of outages were over within 2 hours.
The largest on record began April 19, 2021, with 639 customers out at once.
i
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. |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 19, 2021 | 639 | 1.5 hours | 799 |
| September 16, 2020 | 633 | 3 hours | 1,899 |
| July 20, 2021 | 482 | 30 minutes | 227 |
| July 22, 2021 | 482 | 2 hours | 964 |
| August 2, 2019 | 165 | 2 hours | 329 |
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.
Utilities
- Central Electric Coop, Inc - (SD) no live feed
- Dakota Energy Coop Inc no live feed
- WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration no live feed
- All South Dakota outages