When will the power be back in Dakota County, MN?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Dakota County, MN right now.

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Elsewhere in Minnesota: 257 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Dakota County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Dakota Electric Association ↗, Xcel Energy, Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative and Otter Tail Power ↗, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association 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. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Dakota County, MN

⚡ Power here was restored about 7 hours ago — the outage peaked at 396 customers.

Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 396 customers, restored in ~4.3 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 17 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.2 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 8, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Dakota County, MN

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 881 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 8 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.5 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~21,324 customers out in April 2023, restored after about 37.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2023.

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 Dakota County

Apple Valley · Burnsville · Eagan · Farmington · Hastings · Inver Grove Heights · Lakeville · Mendota Heights · Rosemount · South St. Paul · West St. Paul

Communities in Dakota County include Lakeville, Eagan, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Inver Grove Heights, Rosemount, Farmington and Hastings. 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 Dakota County, MN?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Dakota include Dakota Electric Association, Xcel Energy, Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative 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

Scott County · Ramsey County · Rice County · Goodhue County · Washington County · Hennepin County · Carver County · Le Sueur County

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