⚡ No power in Carlton, MN? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Lake Country Power, ALLETE / Minnesota Power ↗ and East Central Energy, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Moose Lake Water & Light Commission 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 — Carlton County, MN
Last significant outage: Jul 20, 2026 — peaked at 300 customers, restored in ~48 min (heat event).
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 20, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Carlton County, MN
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
232 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025.
Typical restoration ran ~3.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~7,550 customers out in December 2022, restored after about 4.2 days. The busiest year on record here was 2025.
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.
Communities in Carlton County include Cloquet, Moose Lake, Scanlon, Barnum, Wrenshall, Cromwell, Kettle River and Wright. 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 Carlton County, MN?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Carlton include Lake Country Power, ALLETE / Minnesota Power, East Central Energy 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.
