When will the power be back in Pennington County, SD?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Pennington County, SD right now.

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Elsewhere in South Dakota: 102 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 9:31 PM MDT.

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Who serves Pennington County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Black Hills Energy ↗, West River Electric Association and South Dakota Rural Electric Association, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Pennington County, SD

Last significant outage: Sep 21, 2026 — peaked at 299 customers, restored in ~42 min (no severe weather).

Across the 3 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 31, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Pennington County, SD

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 306 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 3 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.4 hr (median).

Largest on record: ~41,253 customers out in November 2025, restored after about 6.8 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 Pennington County

Box Elder · Rapid City

Communities in Pennington County include Rapid City, Box Elder, Hill City, Wall, New Underwood, Keystone, Wasta and Quinn. 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 Pennington County, SD?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Pennington include Black Hills Energy, West River Electric Association and South Dakota Rural Electric Association — 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.

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