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2018 Pope County, MN Power Outage Report
In 2018, customers in Pope County, MN went without power for an average of 0.9 hours, a total of 5,275 customer-hours (Minnesota average 2.0 hours). That ranks 41st worst of 69 Minnesota counties and 2350th of 2,798 nationally.
Compared with MN, the US and 2017
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Minnesota customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Pope County, 2018
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 25, 2018 21:15 | January 25, 2018 23:30 | 2h 15m | 4,005 | 2,194 |
| 2 | July 12, 2018 08:30 | July 12, 2018 11:00 | 2h 30m | 368 | 761 |
| 3 | October 4, 2018 00:45 | October 4, 2018 04:00 | 3h 15m | 173 | 476 |
| 4 | August 10, 2018 14:45 | August 10, 2018 18:30 | 3h 45m | 171 | 308 |
| 5 | January 17, 2018 16:45 | January 17, 2018 18:15 | 1h 30m | 117 | 151 |
| 6 | September 5, 2018 19:00 | September 6, 2018 06:15 | 11h 15m | 90 | 288 |
| 7 | June 11, 2018 11:45 | June 11, 2018 17:30 | 5h 45m | 77 | 251 |
| 8 | July 13, 2018 17:15 | July 13, 2018 23:00 | 5h 45m | 37 | 213 |
| 9 | December 15, 2018 20:45 | December 15, 2018 23:30 | 2h 45m | 21 | 43 |
| 10 | October 7, 2018 01:45 | October 7, 2018 12:00 | 10h 15m | 17 | 169 |
Outage episodes by size in 2018: 5 reached 100+ customers, 1 reached 1,000+ customers, 0 reached 10,000+ customers.
Utility reliability filed with the EIA
SAIDI (average outage time per customer) and SAIFI (average interruptions per customer) that utilities serving Pope County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2018, or their most recent earlier filing. Utility-wide figures, not county-specific.
| Utility | EIA year | SAIDI | SAIFI | SAIDI excl. major events | SAIFI excl. major events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otter Tail Power Co | 2018 | 1.8 hrs | 1.30 | 1.7 hrs | 1.23 |
| Northern States Power Co - Minnesota | 2018 | 90 min | 0.73 | 69 min | 0.62 |
| Runestone Electric Assn | 2018 | 1.6 hrs | 1.41 | 1.6 hrs | 1.38 |
| Agralite Electric Coop | 2018 | 1.9 hrs | 1.11 | 1.9 hrs | 1.11 |
| Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn | 2018 | 2.1 hrs | 1.32 | 1.6 hrs | 1.04 |
| Kandiyohi Power Coop | 2018 | 1.8 hrs | 1.48 | 54 min | 0.70 |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about 71% of Minnesota's customers in 2018; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 5,930 customers (ORNL modeled county customer count), including major storm days. It is comparable across counties but is not the SAIDI a utility files.
- An outage event is a continuous stretch with customers out; counts at 100, 1,000 and 10,000+ use its peak.
- Years loaded: 2015–2025. Pope County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Pope County, MN annual power outage report, 2018, data as of Oct 3, 2026 02:41 UTC, sources: DOE EAGLE-I (https://eagle-i.doe.gov/); EAGLE-I modeled customer counts (MCC) (https://figshare.com/); EIA Form 861 (utility reliability) (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/). https://massoutage.com/reports/2018/minnesota/pope-county