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Electric utilities serving Towner County, North Dakota
Utilities that list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024, with each one's average price, bill and outage minutes.
Towner County, North Dakota, appears in the Form EIA-861 service territory of 3 utilities for 2024; Otter Tail Power Co, Northern Plains Electric Coop and WAPA: Western Area Power Administration are the largest by residential customers statewide.
Their average residential prices ran from 10.65¢ to 11.38¢ per kilowatthour, with a median of 11.02¢, against a North Dakota average of 11.51¢ and a US average of 16.48¢. Each price is the utility's figure for all of its North Dakota customers, not for this county alone.
WAPA: Western Area Power Administration lists the county too but reported no residential sales in North Dakota under its own name.
The median SAIDI they reported was 216.6 minutes per customer including major event days; the median among all North Dakota utilities reporting was 95.7.
The Census Bureau estimates the county's population at 2,040. EIA does not publish customers by county, so which utility serves a given address has to be confirmed with the utility or the state utility commission.
Average price is revenue divided by sales for the sector and year; it is not a tariff rate. Reliability figures are as reported by utilities to EIA on Form 861 and may use different calculation methods. Figures are for each utility's whole North Dakota operation; EIA publishes nothing at county level.
Utilities and their 2024 figures
| Utility | Ownership | Residential customers | ¢ per kWh | Monthly bill | SAIDI, all events | SAIDI, no major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Tail Power Co | Investor-owned | 45,467 | 11.38¢ | $116.12 | 170.7 | 129.6 |
| Northern Plains Electric Coop | Cooperative | 10,393 | 10.65¢ | $194.53 | 262.4 | 262.4 |
| WAPA: Western Area Power Administration | Federal | — | — | — | — | — |
Ordered by residential customers in North Dakota. Short-form filers are small utilities that report only totals to EIA, so no residential price is available. A utility with no customers shown reported its retail sales elsewhere or delivers power that other companies bill for.
Against the state and the country
| Measure, 2024 | Utilities listing Towner County | North Dakota | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average residential price per kWh | 11.02¢ median | 11.51¢ | 16.48¢ |
| Average monthly residential bill | $155.32 median | $118.38 | $142.26 |
| SAIDI, all events (minutes) | 216.6 median | 95.7 median | 184.5 median |
| SAIDI, without major event days | 196.0 median | 93.4 median | 99.8 median |
| Utilities counted | 3 | 17 | 1,413 |
Outage minutes reported
SAIDI for 2024 across each utility's whole system, including major event days (paler bars: only the figure without major event days was reported). Not a measure of outages in Towner County itself.
Population: 2,040 (U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimate). Statewide, residential sales came to 6,143 kWh per resident in 2024.
Other North Dakota counties
- Sheridan County 4
- Sioux County 2
- Slope County 4
- Stark County 3
- Steele County 5
- Stutsman County 4
- Traill County 6
- Walsh County 4
- Ward County 8
- Wells County 4
- Williams County 6
All 53 counties and every North Dakota utility
Questions and answers
Who provides electricity in Towner County?
Otter Tail Power Co, Northern Plains Electric Coop and WAPA: Western Area Power Administration list the county in their Form EIA-861 service territory for 2024. Territories overlap, and a utility may cover only a corner of the county.
What is the electricity price in Towner County?
EIA has no county-level prices. The utilities serving the county reported average residential prices of 10.65¢ to 11.38¢ per kilowatthour across their North Dakota customers in 2024; the state average was 11.51¢.
How reliable is power in Towner County?
Reliability is reported per utility, not per county. The utilities listed reported a median of 216.6 minutes of interruption per customer in 2024 including major event days and 196.0 minutes excluding them.
Provenance
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 for 2024, final release: service territory file (counties by utility), sales to ultimate customers, reliability and short form files. State and US averages: Form EIA-861M workbook. Population: U.S. Census Bureau. Public domain. To confirm the utility at an address, ask the utility or the state utility commission.