Power Outages in Mille Lacs County, MN
Is there a power outage in Mille Lacs County, MN right now? None reported. As of October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC, no outages are reported by East Central Energy and Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative in Mille Lacs County, MN. There is no live feed for Connexus Energy and Princeton Public Utils Comm.
Mille Lacs County, MN is served by 4 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 0.8 hours.
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- October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC
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MassOutage, "Power Outages in Mille Lacs County, MN", live data as of October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC. https://massoutage.com/minnesota/mille-lacs-county
No active outages are reported by East Central Energy and Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative in Mille Lacs County.
No live feed for Connexus Energy and Princeton Public Utils Comm: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
Report an outage in Mille Lacs County, MN
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for East Central Energy, Connexus Energy, Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative and Princeton Public Utils Comm; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
74%of this county's ~17,069 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Connexus Energy, Princeton Public Utils Comm. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Central Energy | Live · county | 0 | 8,971 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative | Live · county | 0 | 3,600 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Connexus Energy | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Princeton Public Utils Comm | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
East Central Energy and Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Mille Lacs Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55371 | 152 | ≤11 | 116 | ≤11 |
| 56353 | 80 | ≤11 | 61 | ≤11 |
| 56359 | 64 | ≤11 | 46 | ≤11 |
| 56450 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 56386 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 56363 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 56330 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 56313 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Mille Lacs County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Mille Lacs County right now.
Mille Lacs County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Freeze Warning ×4
- Dense Fog Advisory ×3
- Freeze Watch ×1
- Frost Advisory ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Mille Lacs County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Mille Lacs County went about 0.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,552 customers.
The US EIA reports Minnesota utilities averaged 3.0 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 0.8 hrs.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 4,552 customers out) · decade average 1.1 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 35 | 42 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 442 | 4,552 | 2.1 |
| 2021 | 402 | 4,548 | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 427 | 1,878 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 428 | 690 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 396 | 1,280 | 1.1 |
| 2025 | 507 | 562 | 0.8 |
Cost of power in Mille Lacs County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Mille Lacs County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Connexus Energy14.1¢136,082 cust
- East Central Energy17.6¢55,839 cust
- Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative17.5¢14,603 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively Low ice storms exposure · 1.1 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Mille Lacs County: FAQ
- How often does Mille Lacs County, MN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Mille Lacs County, MN logged 507 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 0.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Mille Lacs County, MN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,552 customers without power, beginning September 26, 2020 and lasting about 2h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in Mille Lacs County, MN right now?
- None reported. As of October 19, 2026 18:55 UTC, no outages are reported by East Central Energy and Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative in Mille Lacs County, MN. There is no live feed for Connexus Energy and Princeton Public Utils Comm.
- Which utilities serve Mille Lacs County, MN?
- Tracked electric providers include East Central Energy, Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Mille Lacs County.
55371, 56313, 56330, 56353, 56359, 56363, 56386
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Mille Lacs County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Minnesota →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Central Energy | 1.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Connexus Energy | 0.9 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative | 3.5 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Princeton Public Utils Comm | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Minnesota customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/27095 and /api/v1/counties/27095/history.