Power outages in Custer County, SD

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Custer County yet. Black Hills Power, Inc., Black Hills Electric Coop, Inc and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration serve this county.

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Black Hills Power, Inc.no 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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Black Hills Electric Coop, Incno 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 Custer County

2014–2025 record

Custer County averaged 8.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for South Dakota counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 19. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 5.7 days, starting December 18, 2025.

The largest on record began December 18, 2025, with 5,295 customers out at once.

8.7significant 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.
5.7 dayslongest on record (December 2025)
5,295most 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.
December 18, 20255,2955.7 days255,677
November 13, 20254,9107 hours15,135
May 21, 20191,64923 hours7,685
March 13, 20211,5644 hours4,091
November 30, 20191,50611 hours14,442

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.