South Dakota: official power outage sources

If your power is out

1. Stay away from downed lines and anything touching them. Call 911.
2. Report it to your own utility. The name and outage phone number are on your electric bill. Do not assume a neighbor has reported it.
3. Check your utility's outage page for the area affected and any restoration estimate. Only your utility can give that estimate.

More on staying safe during an outage

Utility outage pages

Each link covers only that utility's own customers. If your provider is not listed here, use the directories in the next section.

• Black Hills Energy Outage page Outage map, reporting and power shutoff notices. Call 888-890-5554. blackhillsenergy.com
• NorthWestern Energy Outage page Choose South Dakota, not Montana. Call 800-245-6977. northwesternenergy.com
• South Dakota electric cooperatives (SDREA outage map) Outage page Combined map for participating co-ops. Each co-op supplies its own information. outages.sdrea.coop
• Xcel Energy Outage page Outage reporting and map for Xcel customers. xcelenergy.com
• Montana-Dakota Utilities Outage page montana-dakota.com
• Otter Tail Power Outage page otpco.com

Official state sources

Use these to find out which utility serves an address, to reach the regulator, and to follow state emergency information.

• South Dakota PUC: find your utility provider Provider directory Guide to the electric providers that serve South Dakota. puc.sd.gov
• South Dakota PUC: electric service territory maps Provider directory Maps of which provider serves each area. Boundaries can change through agreements between utilities. puc.sd.gov
• South Dakota PUC: municipal electric utilities Provider directory List of city-owned electric utilities. puc.sd.gov
• National Weather Service Weather alerts Enter your town or ZIP code for current watches and warnings. A weather warning is not an outage prediction. weather.gov

Good to know in South Dakota

• Black Hills Energy and Black Hills Electric Cooperative are different providers. Black Hills Energy's map does not cover the co-op's members.
• The co-op outage map covers only participating cooperatives. City utility and investor-owned utility customers should check with their own provider.
• Southeast Electric and Southeastern Electric are two different cooperatives. Check your bill for the exact name.
• Service territory lines can change through agreements between utilities, and the state map may not show the latest change.
• A power shutoff watch means power might be turned off to reduce wildfire risk; it does not mean power is already off.

The wider grid

Regional grid organizations and balancing areas that cover all or part of South Dakota: SPP; MISO. They balance supply and demand on the high-voltage system. Their alerts describe the regional system, not an outage on your street. How the pieces fit together