When's the Power Back?

Power outages in Minnesota

Live outage status by county · updated ~every 15 minutes
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customers reported out statewide · 12 counties reporting · 1 above the significant-outage threshold · updated 8:00 PM CDT
Significant outages (50+ customers, largest first)
Hennepin90 reported out · eased overall — a small recent uptick in the latest reading
“Reporting” means at least one customer reported out in county-level data (the federal nationwide tally combined with utilities' own live data where we track them); “significant” means 50+ customers out — the floor for the active list above.

Utility coverage in Minnesota

Tracked utilities with dedicated pages
Also tracked live — opens in the app
This is our tracking coverage, not a complete registry of every utility serving Minnesota.

Historical outage patterns in Minnesota

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) contain 15,759 county-level outage records (200+ customers at peak) in Minnesota between 2014 and 2025 for the 84 counties the federal record covers — 142 of them major events of 10,000+ customers. Half were restored within about 2.7 hr, and county-level outages here have been most common in summer (39% of all records). The busiest year on record was 2025.
Largest single-county outage on record: ~84,596 customers out in Hennepin County in June 2023, restored after about 40.8 hr.
Months that hit the widest area at once — these rank among the three largest outages ever recorded in the most counties: May 2022 (17 counties), June 2025 (12 counties), July 2023 (11 counties).
Where restoration has historically taken longest: Hennepin County (~7.8 hr typical), Ramsey County (~4.5 hr typical), Aitkin County (~3.7 hr typical) — against ~2.7 hr statewide.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), 2014–2025. These are federal historical records, not outages tracked live by this site. Statewide figures aggregate the same per-county records shown on each county page below; the statewide restoration figure is the typical (middle) value across the per-county typical times, weighted by how many records each county has. A county appears in a “widest area” month when that month produced one of its three largest recorded outages.
Minnesota — live power outage tracker

Common questions

How do I check power outages in Minnesota?

This page lists live outage status for every county in Minnesota, updated about every 15 minutes from the federal government's public county outage data (ODIN) and National Weather Service alerts, combined with utilities' own live data where we track them. Open any county for its restoration outlook, or search your ZIP or address for the most specific view.

Which utilities serve Minnesota?

Electric utilities we track in Minnesota include Xcel Energy (Minnesota), ALLETE / Minnesota Power, Connexus Energy (MN), Dakota Electric Association (MN) and others. Each restores its own service area — report an outage to your serving utility so crews can be dispatched.

When will power be restored in Minnesota?

Restoration depends on the cause and scale of each outage, so it varies by county and utility. For each affected area with enough trend data we publish an independent restoration estimate — from the live outage count, the recovery rate, and weather — shown even before the utility posts an official time; very small or brand-new outages say so instead of guessing. Open an area above for its outlook.

How accurate are the estimates?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Statewide totals combine the federal county-by-county tally with utilities' own live outage data, so this page and the live map always show the same numbers.