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Power Outages in Stearns County, MN

As of October 19, 2026 03:05 UTC, no outages are reported by Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn, Kandiyohi Power Coop, ALLETE, Inc., Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn, Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, Runestone Electric Assn and Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn in Stearns County, MN. There is no live feed for City of Sauk Centre - (MN) and Melrose Public Utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.4 hours.

Stearns County, MN is served by 9 tracked utilities.

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No active outages are reported by Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn, Kandiyohi Power Coop, ALLETE, Inc., Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn, Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, Runestone Electric Assn and Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn in Stearns County.

No live feed for City of Sauk Centre - (MN) and Melrose Public Utilities: outages in theirservice area won't show here.

Live status by utility · Stearns County

28%of this county's ~79,096 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.

Blind spots

We can't see outages for: City of Sauk Centre - (MN), Melrose Public Utilities. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.

UtilityFeedOutServed% outSmall outagesIncidentsUtility ETRAs of
Stearns Cooperative Elec AssnLive · county022,0940.0%---
Kandiyohi Power CoopLive · county080.0%---
ALLETE, Inc.Live · county0---0-
Meeker Coop Light & Power AssnLive · county0---0-
Northern States Power Co - MinnesotaLive · county0---0-
Runestone Electric AssnLive · county0---0-
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec AssnLive · county0---0-
City of Sauk Centre - (MN)No live feedcan't see------
Melrose Public UtilitiesNo live feedcan't see------

Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn, Kandiyohi Power Coop, ALLETE, Inc., Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn, Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, Runestone Electric Assn and Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn 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, 2026

Medicare beneficiaries in Stearns 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.

Power-dependent
1,167
Oxygen service
213
Dialysis (facility)
183
Home health / hospice
214
By ZIP code (23)
ZIPPower-dependentVentilatorsO2 concentratorsHome dialysis
56303180≤11111≤11
56377135≤1193≤11
56301132≤1183≤11
5638778≤11550
56378720520
5637465037≤11
5632057041≤11
5636249≤1135≤11
56352460380
55320420270
5636836≤1127≤11
5630734024≤11
5538230≤11150
5631028≤11190
5535328≤11180
5631221015≤11
56331150≤110
56375≤110≤110
56369≤1100≤11
56356≤110≤110
56340≤110≤110
56335≤110≤110
56321≤110≤110

Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.

🔔 Alerts for Stearns County, MN

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Recent NWS alert activity · Stearns County

Stearns County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.

  • Dense Fog Advisory ×4
  • Freeze Warning ×3
  • Freeze Watch ×1
  • Special Weather Statement ×1

Latest Stearns County, MN outage updates

A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.

  1. RESOLVED

    Power restored after 9m

  2. OUTAGE BEGAN

    Outage began: 1,270 customers out (1.6% of the county)

Outage trend · Stearns County, MN
0customers out
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC
Stearns County, MN: customers without power, last 24 hoursPeak 0 customers out; latest 0 as of Oct 19, 2026 03:00 UTC. Each point is the highest reading in its interval.00.30.50.81Oct 186 AM12 PM6 PM
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Times in EDT. Shaded stretches had no reading.

Hardest-hit cities in Stearns County

Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.

  • St. Cloudno outage reported

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.

Official state benchmark (EIA 2025)Source: US EIA

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 2.4 hrs.

A decade of outages (2015–2025)
avg hrs without power / customer
Stearns County average outage hours per customer by year2015–2025: 2015 0.5h, 2016 0.7h, 2017 2.0h, 2018 1.1h, 2019 1.1h, 2020 1.0h, 2021 1.0h, 2022 1.9h, 2023 1.7h, 2024 1.6h, 2025 2.4h. Highlighted: 2025.01230.5h20150.7h20162.0h20171.1h20181.1h20191.0h20201.0h20211.9h20221.7h20231.6h20242.4h2025
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Worst year here was 2025 (peak 5,269 customers out) · decade average 1.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.

YearOutage eventsPeak customers outAvg hrs/customer
20153781,7460.5
20163643,5240.7
201736511,6062.0
20184984,3271.1
20195224,9561.1
20205094,2681.0
20214885,1121.0
202257512,3811.9
20235437,6041.7
20246274,9971.6
20257315,2692.4

Cost of power in Stearns County

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Estimated residential electricity price for Stearns 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.

16.1¢/kWh
estimated residential average
▲ 36% since 2015
vs Minnesota avg 17.4¢
vs US avg 20.0¢
BY UTILITY · RESIDENTIAL ¢/kWh

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.

Worst recorded outages
STARTEDPEAK OUTDURATION
January 16, 202212,3814h
June 11, 201711,6061d 21h
July 26, 20237,6041d 7h
August 11, 20236,8187h
July 19, 20236,25623h
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Natural hazards & outage risk
ELEVATED

Relatively High high winds exposure · 1.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.

TornadoRelatively High
Strong windRelatively High
Ice stormRelatively Moderate
FloodingRelatively Moderate
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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 ALLETE, Inc., Kandiyohi Power Coop, Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn, Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn, Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn.
Nearby counties
Benton CountyDouglas CountyKandiyohi CountyMeeker County
Cities & towns in Stearns County

St. Cloud. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Stearns County level shown above.

ZIP codes in Stearns County

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.

ProviderOfficial SAIDI (EIA)LiveReport outage
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota3.6 hrsLive · county-
ALLETE, Inc.2.4 hrsLive · county-
Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec Assn0.7 hrsLive · county-
Runestone Electric Assn2.3 hrsLive · county-
Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn1.8 hrsLive · county-
Meeker Coop Light & Power Assn2.5 hrsLive · county-
Kandiyohi Power Coop-Live · county-
City of Sauk Centre - (MN)-No live feed-
Melrose Public Utilities-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/27145 and /api/v1/counties/27145/history.