When will the power be back in Albert Lea, MN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Albert Lea is a city of about 18,159 residents in Freeborn County.
Freeborn-Mower Electric Cooperative has reported outages for Albert Lea by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Albert Lea is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Albert Lea:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Albert Lea: the closest other places we track are Rochester, about 51 miles to the northeast; Lakeville, about 71 miles to the north; Savage, about 76 miles to the north; and Burnsville, about 77 miles to the north. Also nearby: Hastings (79 mi N), Eagan (81 mi N), West St. Paul (87 mi N), St. Paul (90 mi N), Maplewood (93 mi N), Roseville (95 mi N), Vadnais Heights (98 mi N) and White Bear Lake (99 mi N).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Shoreview (99 mi); northeast toward Menomonie, WI (112 mi); east toward La Crosse, WI (107 mi); southeast toward Marion, IA (143 mi); south toward Ottumwa, IA (188 mi); southwest toward Lincoln, NE (260 mi); and west toward Mitchell, SD (233 mi).
Who serves Albert Lea?
We track live outage data from Freeborn-Mower Electric Cooperative and Xcel Energy in Freeborn County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric and Heartland Power Cooperative also serve parts of Freeborn 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.
Albert Lea's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 35 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 4 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Sep 29 — 35 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 12 — 1,078 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 9 — 34 customers out, restored in 50 minutes
- Aug 25 — 64 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Freeborn County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.3 hr. The full record for Freeborn County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Albert Lea, 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 Albert Lea's own record: across the 4 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Albert Lea, MN?
To check your own street, search an Albert Lea ZIP code — 56007 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Albert Lea specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Albert Lea we have the city-level view: Freeborn-Mower Electric Cooperative has published outages for Albert Lea under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Albert Lea is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Freeborn County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Albert Lea.
