When will the power be back in Alexandria, MN?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Douglas County, Minnesota

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

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Elsewhere in Minnesota: 250 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 11:16 PM CDT.

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What we track for Alexandria

Alexandria is a city of about 14,914 residents in Douglas County.

None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Alexandria by name, so this page reports the Douglas County county-wide view, which covers Alexandria. If a serving utility does name Alexandria during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.

ZIP codes in Alexandria:

56308

Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around Alexandria: the closest other places we track are Fergus Falls, about 44 miles to the northwest; Willmar, about 54 miles to the south; Sartell, about 59 miles to the east; and Sauk Rapids, about 62 miles to the east. Also nearby: St. Cloud (63 mi E), Brainerd (65 mi NE), Detroit Lakes (68 mi N), Monticello (86 mi SE), Big Lake (87 mi SE), Buffalo (88 mi SE), St. Michael (94 mi SE) and Moorhead (95 mi NW).

Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Bemidji (114 mi); east toward Cambridge (106 mi); southeast toward Otsego (95 mi); south toward Marshall (101 mi); southwest toward Watertown, SD (109 mi); and northwest toward Fargo, ND (97 mi).

Who serves Alexandria?

We track live outage data from Otter Tail Power ↗, Xcel Energy, Lake Region Electric Cooperative and Stearns Cooperative Electric Association in Douglas County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. City of Alexandria, Runestone Electric Association and Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative also serve parts of Douglas County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see Xcel Energy outages across every state it serves.

Outage history — Douglas County, MN (covers Alexandria)

Last significant outage: Sep 16, 2026 — peaked at 207 customers, restored in ~1.2 hr (no severe weather).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.5 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 24, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

County context: across all of Douglas County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Douglas County

Common questions

How do I check the power outage status in Alexandria, MN?

To check your own street, search an Alexandria ZIP code — 56308 — and the map opens on that area.

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