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

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

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Elsewhere in Minnesota: 326 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 4:16 AM CDT.

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Who serves Renville County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Otter Tail Power ↗, Minnesota Valley Co-op Light & Power and Xcel Energy, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association, Meeker Cooperative Light & Power Association, McLeod Cooperative Power Association and 3 others also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. 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 — Renville County, MN

Last significant outage: Sep 28, 2026 — peaked at 308 customers, restored in ~30 min (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: Sep 20, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Renville County, MN

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 52 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is shorter than the Minnesota norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.7 hr.

Largest on record: ~3,897 customers out in December 2025, restored after about 6.3 hr. 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 covered

Communities in Renville County include Olivia, Fairfax, Hector, Bird Island, Buffalo Lake, Franklin, Sacred Heart and Danube. 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 Renville County, MN?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Renville include Otter Tail Power, Minnesota Valley Co-op Light & Power, Renville-Sibley Cooperative Power Association 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

Redwood County · Kandiyohi County · McLeod County · Meeker County · Brown County · Sibley County · Chippewa County · Nicollet County

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