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2018 Minnesota Power Outage Report

In 2018, the average Minnesota customer went without power for about 2.0 hours — the 39th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
2.0
Peak customers out
19,946
Rank (worst state)
39th
Counties affected
20

Minnesota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2018 highlighted.

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

Hardest-hit Minnesota counties in 2018

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

1Hennepin County19,9462Beltrami County9,8363Washington County9,0874Dakota County8,8285Rice County8,7606Ramsey County8,4337St. Louis County8,3278Goodhue County6,7519Scott County6,52510Wright County5,23611Stearns County4,32712Otter Tail County4,18913Wabasha County4,06714Pope County4,00515Becker County3,05416Benton County3,04017Le Sueur County2,99118Aitkin County2,84119Kandiyohi County2,66920Winona County2,658

Biggest Minnesota outages of 2018

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Hennepin CountyJune 28, 201819,946
Hennepin CountySeptember 17, 201818,546
Beltrami CountyJune 29, 20189,836
Washington CountyAugust 27, 20189,087
Dakota CountyAugust 18, 20188,828
Rice CountySeptember 20, 20188,760
Hennepin CountyJuly 24, 20188,655
Hennepin CountyJune 10, 20188,448
Ramsey CountyOctober 11, 20188,433
Hennepin CountyMarch 9, 20188,334
Minnesota by year:20252024202320222021202020192017
Other states in 2018:NCVAWVMARIVT

Part of the 2018 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.