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

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

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

Lights out where you are? Very small or brand-new outages can take a few minutes to reach county-level data — check your exact address on the live map, and see what to check before you report it.

🔔 Get a free alert if an outage is detected here — one tap in your browser, no signup.

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

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

Open the live outage map

⚡ No power in Steele, MN? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.

An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.

Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been

Who serves Steele County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Xcel Energy and Freeborn-Mower Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Owatonna, Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric and City of Blooming Prairie 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 — Steele County, MN

Last significant outage: Sep 2, 2026 — peaked at 354 customers, restored in ~5.3 hr (wind/storm).

Across the 2 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.1 hr.

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 4, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Steele County, MN

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 31 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~2.5 hr (median).

Largest on record: ~700 customers out in May 2017, restored after about 3.5 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2021.

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 Steele County include Owatonna, Blooming Prairie, Medford, Ellendale, Aurora, Berlin, Clinton Falls and Deerfield. 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 Steele County, MN?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Steele include City of Owatonna, Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric, Xcel Energy 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

Waseca County · Dodge County · Rice County · Freeborn County · Mower County · Le Sueur County · Goodhue County · Olmsted County

All Minnesota outage pages · All states