Power Outages in Stearns County, MN
As of the latest utility report, no major power outages are reported in Stearns County, MN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.4 hours.
Stearns County, MN is served by 4 tracked utilities.
No active power outages are currently reported in Stearns County.
No active NWS alerts for Stearns County right now.
Stearns County has been under 22 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 17, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×9
- Air Quality Alert ×8
- Extreme Heat Warning ×5
Latest Stearns County, MN outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed — updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 22m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began — 881 customers out
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 4h 11m
- IMPROVING
Improving — down to 698 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,551 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,551 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,551 customers out
- GREW
Outage grew to 1,513 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Stearns County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- St. Cloudno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Stearns County went about 2.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 12,381 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 5,269 customers out) · decade average 1.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 378 | 1,746 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 364 | 3,524 | 0.7 |
| 2017 | 365 | 11,606 | 2.0 |
| 2018 | 498 | 4,327 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 522 | 4,956 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 509 | 4,268 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 488 | 5,112 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 575 | 12,381 | 1.9 |
| 2023 | 543 | 7,604 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 627 | 4,997 | 1.6 |
| 2025 | 731 | 5,269 | 2.4 |
Relatively High high winds exposure · 1.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Stearns County: FAQ
- How often does Stearns County, MN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Stearns County, MN logged 731 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Stearns County, MN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 12,381 customers without power, beginning January 16, 2022 and lasting about 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Stearns County, MN right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Stearns County, MN. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Stearns County, MN?
- Tracked electric providers include KANDIYOHI POWER COOP, MEEKER COOP LIGHT & POWER ASSN, STEARNS COOPERATIVE ELEC ASSN, WRIGHT-HENNEPIN COOP ELEC ASSN.
St. Cloud. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Stearns County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Stearns County.
55320, 55353, 55382, 56301, 56303, 56307, 56310, 56312, 56320, 56321, 56325, 56331, 56335, 56340, 56352, 56356, 56362, 56368, 56369, 56371, 56374, 56375, 56376, 56377, 56378, 56387
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEARNS COOPERATIVE ELEC ASSN | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| KANDIYOHI POWER COOP | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| WRIGHT-HENNEPIN COOP ELEC ASSN | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
| MEEKER COOP LIGHT & POWER ASSN | — | ODIN ✓ | — |
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/27145 and /api/v1/counties/27145/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Minnesota customers).