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2015 Minnesota Power Outage Report

In 2015, the average Minnesota customer went without power for about 1.7 hours — the 34th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.7
Peak customers out
44,374
Rank (worst state)
34th
Counties affected
20

Minnesota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2015 highlighted.

1.7h20153.2h20161.9h20172.0h20181.7h20192.2h20202.1h20214.0h20223.0h20234.0h20243.7h2025

Hardest-hit Minnesota counties in 2015

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Hennepin County44,3742Crow Wing County6,5253Dakota County5,3164Ramsey County5,0695Wright County4,6846Cass County4,5937Freeborn County4,2788Todd County4,2039Anoka County4,09210Aitkin County3,48111Morrison County3,34712St. Louis County3,33813Benton County3,33614Scott County3,30515Sibley County3,29716Otter Tail County3,20217Washington County3,15918Chisago County3,14819Hubbard County2,86020Le Sueur County2,589

Biggest Minnesota outages of 2015

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Hennepin CountyJuly 19, 201544,374
Hennepin CountyOctober 7, 201513,315
Hennepin CountyNovember 14, 201511,965
Hennepin CountyJuly 18, 20159,302
Hennepin CountyAugust 2, 20156,947
Hennepin CountyJuly 19, 20156,937
Crow Wing CountyJuly 13, 20156,525
Hennepin CountyJune 3, 20156,036
Dakota CountyJune 9, 20155,316
Ramsey CountyJuly 19, 20155,069
Minnesota by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2015:WVWANCMIRILA

Part of the 2015 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.