When will the power be back in South St. Paul, MN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
South St. Paul is a city of about 20,590 residents in Dakota County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for South St. Paul by name, so this page reports the Dakota County county-wide view, which covers South St. Paul. If a serving utility does name South St. Paul during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in South St. Paul:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around South St. Paul: the closest other places we track are West St. Paul, about 2 miles to the northwest; Inver Grove Heights, about 4 miles to the south; Mendota Heights, about 5 miles to the west; and St. Paul, about 5 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Woodbury (6 mi E), Maplewood (7 mi N), Cottage Grove (7 mi SE), Eagan (8 mi SW), Oakdale (8 mi NE), North St. Paul (9 mi N), Little Canada (10 mi N) and Rosemount (10 mi S).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Vadnais Heights (12 mi); northeast toward Lake Elmo (10 mi); east toward Hudson, WI (16 mi); southeast toward Hastings (14 mi); south toward Farmington (17 mi); southwest toward Apple Valley (13 mi); west toward Richfield (12 mi); and northwest toward Roseville (10 mi).
Who serves South St. Paul?
We track live outage data from Dakota Electric Association ↗, Xcel Energy, Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative and Otter Tail Power ↗ in Dakota County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association also serves parts of Dakota County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.
South St. Paul's last tracked outage began Sep 1, peaked at 83 customers out, and was restored in an hour. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour.
- Sep 1 — 83 customers out, restored in an hour
- Aug 20 — 108 customers out, restored in an hour
County context: across all of Dakota County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Dakota County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in South St. Paul, MN?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from South St. Paul's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran an hour — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in South St. Paul, MN?
To check your own street, search a South St. Paul ZIP code — 55075 — and the map opens on that area.
