When will the power be back in Williams County, ND?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Williams County, ND right now.

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Elsewhere in North Dakota: 9 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 4:16 AM CDT.

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Who serves Williams County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative, Montana-Dakota Utilities, Lower Yellowstone REA and Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Sheridan Electric Cooperative also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Williams County, ND

Last significant outage: Oct 2, 2026 — peaked at 256 customers, restored in ~1.8 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 3 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 23, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Williams County, ND

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 73 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~4.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is longer than the North Dakota norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~1.8 hr.

Largest on record: ~9,469 customers out in April 2022, restored after about 30.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2019.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Cities we track in Williams County

Williston

Communities in Williams County include Williston, Tioga, Ray, Grenora, Wildrose, Epping, Alamo and Springbrook. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.

Common questions

How do I report a power outage in Williams County, ND?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Williams include Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative, Montana-Dakota Utilities, Lower Yellowstone REA and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Nearby counties & areas

Divide County · McKenzie County · Mountrail County · Burke County · Dunn County · Renville County · Ward County · Billings County

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