2023 Minnesota Power Outage Report
In 2023, the average Minnesota customer went without power for about 3.0 hours, the 33rd worst of 51 states (US average 6.7 hours). Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, including major storm days.
Avg hrs / customer
3.0
vs prior year
▼ 26%
vs 2022
Customer-hours out
8.1M
Peak customers out
138,483
across the state at once
EAGLE-I coverage
n/a
of MN customers
Counties reporting
82
Minnesota year over year
All 82 Minnesota counties, 2023
Ranked by average hours without power per customer. Each county links to its annual report.
| # | County | Hrs / customer | Customer-hours | Customers | Peak out | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington County | 8.1 | 887K | 109,959 | 22,519 | 773 |
| 2 | Lake County | 6.9 | 41K | 5,952 | 1,114 | 107 |
| 3 | Stevens County | 6.0 | 40K | 6,634 | 2,778 | 68 |
| 4 | Itasca County | 5.8 | 131K | 22,613 | 2,267 | 616 |
| 5 | Lincoln County | 5.1 | 13K | 2,548 | 1,448 | 33 |
| 6 | Ramsey County | 5.1 | 1.3M | 257,190 | 59,372 | 832 |
| 7 | Chisago County | 4.7 | 111K | 23,550 | 6,884 | 633 |
| 8 | Aitkin County | 4.4 | 51K | 11,677 | 833 | 431 |
| 9 | Otter Tail County | 3.8 | 168K | 43,936 | 4,957 | 756 |
| 10 | Pipestone County | 3.7 | 17K | 4,666 | 1,936 | 159 |
| 11 | Goodhue County | 3.6 | 48K | 13,457 | 4,308 | 383 |
| 12 | Kandiyohi County | 3.6 | 73K | 20,235 | 6,530 | 119 |
| 13 | Cass County | 3.6 | 85K | 23,771 | 1,809 | 678 |
| 14 | Pine County | 3.5 | 57K | 16,386 | 2,139 | 693 |
| 15 | St. Louis County | 3.5 | 441K | 127,172 | 8,091 | 778 |
| 16 | Morrison County | 3.5 | 68K | 19,525 | 3,217 | 565 |
| 17 | Hennepin County | 3.5 | 2.2M | 624,985 | 84,596 | 495 |
| 18 | Wilkin County | 3.0 | 9,396 | 3,109 | 664 | 94 |
| 19 | Anoka County | 2.9 | 469K | 159,251 | 32,549 | 916 |
| 20 | Dakota County | 2.9 | 569K | 193,827 | 21,324 | 674 |
| 21 | Red Lake County | 2.7 | 6,240 | 2,280 | 1,447 | 24 |
| 22 | Wabasha County | 2.6 | 28K | 10,731 | 1,632 | 377 |
| 23 | Big Stone County | 2.6 | 4,537 | 1,766 | 279 | 20 |
| 24 | Carlton County | 2.5 | 57K | 22,459 | 1,951 | 614 |
| 25 | Beltrami County | 2.5 | 74K | 29,065 | 5,351 | 577 |
| 26 | Blue Earth County | 2.4 | 83K | 34,191 | 10,374 | 365 |
| 27 | Wright County | 2.4 | 152K | 63,435 | 9,510 | 838 |
| 28 | Dodge County | 2.3 | 14K | 6,199 | 1,523 | 245 |
| 29 | Kanabec County | 2.2 | 15K | 7,031 | 1,128 | 419 |
| 30 | Lac qui Parle County | 2.1 | 4,043 | 1,882 | 200 | 48 |
| 31 | Benton County | 2.1 | 42K | 19,602 | 5,337 | 493 |
| 32 | Norman County | 2.1 | 4,144 | 1,952 | 596 | 28 |
| 33 | Sherburne County | 2.0 | 85K | 41,598 | 9,959 | 493 |
| 34 | Pope County | 2.0 | 12K | 5,930 | 2,582 | 96 |
| 35 | Le Sueur County | 1.9 | 22K | 11,683 | 1,544 | 291 |
| 36 | Todd County | 1.8 | 24K | 13,003 | 2,365 | 373 |
| 37 | Carver County | 1.8 | 77K | 43,054 | 3,402 | 576 |
| 38 | Stearns County | 1.7 | 137K | 79,310 | 7,604 | 543 |
| 39 | Traverse County | 1.7 | 4,037 | 2,357 | 997 | 14 |
| 40 | Polk County | 1.4 | 27K | 19,237 | 2,473 | 119 |
| 41 | Meeker County | 1.4 | 14K | 9,659 | 1,632 | 63 |
| 42 | Crow Wing County | 1.3 | 66K | 48,618 | 3,077 | 723 |
| 43 | Isanti County | 1.2 | 26K | 20,627 | 3,529 | 600 |
| 44 | Murray County | 1.1 | 5,879 | 5,226 | 440 | 83 |
| 45 | Winona County | 1.1 | 24K | 21,651 | 4,068 | 329 |
| 46 | Swift County | 1.1 | 5,874 | 5,384 | 810 | 55 |
| 47 | Nicollet County | 1.1 | 16K | 15,048 | 2,088 | 138 |
| 48 | Waseca County | 1.1 | 8,418 | 7,916 | 841 | 138 |
| 49 | Grant County | 1.1 | 3,559 | 3,371 | 507 | 59 |
| 50 | Sibley County | 1.0 | 7,003 | 6,912 | 715 | 82 |
| 51 | Olmsted County | 1.0 | 77K | 76,519 | 3,628 | 789 |
| 52 | Hubbard County | 1.0 | 17K | 16,671 | 983 | 311 |
| 53 | Scott County | 0.9 | 57K | 61,831 | 8,889 | 516 |
| 54 | Kittson County | 0.9 | 2,427 | 2,662 | 316 | 19 |
| 55 | Rice County | 0.9 | 26K | 29,247 | 4,734 | 423 |
| 56 | Mahnomen County | 0.9 | 3,562 | 4,068 | 787 | 24 |
| 57 | Marshall County | 0.8 | 3,088 | 3,652 | 507 | 25 |
| 58 | Yellow Medicine County | 0.8 | 1,873 | 2,324 | 174 | 79 |
| 59 | Chippewa County | 0.8 | 4,555 | 5,934 | 787 | 130 |
| 60 | McLeod County | 0.7 | 12K | 16,570 | 3,372 | 131 |
| 61 | Rock County | 0.7 | 3,577 | 4,958 | 313 | 117 |
| 62 | Renville County | 0.7 | 4,545 | 6,578 | 568 | 110 |
| 63 | Houston County | 0.6 | 4,226 | 6,647 | 2,816 | 58 |
| 64 | Becker County | 0.6 | 15K | 24,622 | 586 | 167 |
| 65 | Lyon County | 0.6 | 7,370 | 12,443 | 977 | 81 |
| 66 | Douglas County | 0.5 | 12K | 23,496 | 620 | 118 |
| 67 | Fillmore County | 0.5 | 3,271 | 6,865 | 748 | 53 |
| 68 | Mille Lacs County | 0.4 | 6,706 | 16,515 | 690 | 428 |
| 69 | Clay County | 0.3 | 8,916 | 26,598 | 6,436 | 157 |
| 70 | Koochiching County | 0.2 | 2,011 | 9,083 | 454 | 201 |
| 71 | Redwood County | 0.2 | 1,742 | 7,964 | 1,006 | 49 |
| 72 | Roseau County | 0.1 | 1,146 | 7,663 | 431 | 9 |
| 73 | Wadena County | 0.1 | 1,266 | 8,800 | 379 | 57 |
| 74 | Steele County | 0.1 | 2,448 | 17,365 | 302 | 56 |
| 75 | Faribault County | 0.1 | 673 | 5,867 | 424 | 9 |
| 76 | Freeborn County | 0.1 | 1,154 | 16,219 | 275 | 28 |
| 77 | Clearwater County | 0.1 | 301 | 5,121 | 198 | 18 |
| 78 | Mower County | 0.0 | 614 | 17,846 | 397 | 68 |
| 79 | Watonwan County | 0.0 | 96 | 4,294 | 24 | 11 |
| 80 | Pennington County | 0.0 | 171 | 7,940 | 50 | 6 |
| 81 | Brown County | 0.0 | 169 | 12,921 | 108 | 7 |
| 82 | Nobles County | 0.0 | 2 | 9,001 | 1 | 1 |
Biggest Minnesota outages of 2023
Up to 25 county outage episodes with the most customers out at once.
| # | County | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hennepin County, MN | June 23, 2023 06:00 | July 2, 2023 03:00 | 8d 21h | 84,596 | 576K |
| 2 | Ramsey County, MN | July 19, 2023 11:00 | July 23, 2023 22:00 | 4d 11h | 59,372 | 374K |
| 3 | Anoka County, MN | July 19, 2023 10:45 | July 21, 2023 11:45 | 2d 1h | 32,549 | 116K |
| 4 | Ramsey County, MN | August 11, 2023 04:00 | August 13, 2023 02:00 | 1d 22h | 30,736 | 30K |
| 5 | Hennepin County, MN | March 31, 2023 21:00 | April 4, 2023 05:00 | 3d 8h | 26,674 | 417K |
| 6 | Washington County, MN | July 19, 2023 10:30 | July 21, 2023 03:15 | 1d 16h | 22,519 | 70K |
| 7 | Washington County, MN | March 31, 2023 22:45 | April 4, 2023 14:15 | 3d 15h | 22,040 | 440K |
| 8 | Dakota County, MN | April 1, 2023 02:00 | April 6, 2023 19:00 | 5d 17h | 21,324 | 214K |
| 9 | Dakota County, MN | November 15, 2023 21:45 | November 16, 2023 01:30 | 3h 45m | 20,486 | 15K |
| 10 | Hennepin County, MN | April 10, 2023 11:15 | May 17, 2023 06:15 | 36d 19h | 20,390 | 140K |
| 11 | Washington County, MN | May 31, 2023 13:00 | June 1, 2023 07:15 | 18h 15m | 19,680 | 11K |
| 12 | Ramsey County, MN | July 24, 2023 11:45 | July 26, 2023 03:00 | 1d 15h | 19,505 | 70K |
| 13 | Dakota County, MN | June 11, 2023 13:45 | July 8, 2023 00:00 | 26d 10h | 18,971 | 53K |
| 14 | Ramsey County, MN | April 1, 2023 02:30 | April 5, 2023 00:00 | 3d 21h | 17,196 | 302K |
| 15 | Dakota County, MN | October 10, 2023 01:15 | October 10, 2023 09:30 | 8h 15m | 13,612 | 36K |
| 16 | Hennepin County, MN | July 25, 2023 11:15 | July 31, 2023 03:45 | 5d 16h | 13,153 | 121K |
| 17 | Ramsey County, MN | September 3, 2023 23:45 | September 6, 2023 03:00 | 2d 3h | 12,492 | 9,611 |
| 18 | Anoka County, MN | September 3, 2023 12:30 | September 4, 2023 18:00 | 1d 5h | 12,286 | 8,437 |
| 19 | Ramsey County, MN | July 26, 2023 05:45 | July 30, 2023 22:00 | 4d 16h | 12,223 | 74K |
| 20 | Hennepin County, MN | September 23, 2023 07:30 | October 7, 2023 04:45 | 13d 21h | 12,115 | 160K |
| 21 | Anoka County, MN | June 8, 2023 11:45 | June 8, 2023 22:15 | 10h 30m | 11,460 | 18K |
| 22 | Hennepin County, MN | June 14, 2023 09:45 | June 15, 2023 04:30 | 18h 45m | 11,184 | 17K |
| 23 | Ramsey County, MN | September 22, 2023 23:30 | September 23, 2023 03:45 | 4h 15m | 11,140 | 10K |
| 24 | Hennepin County, MN | July 19, 2023 06:30 | July 22, 2023 07:15 | 3d | 10,918 | 43K |
| 25 | Anoka County, MN | June 24, 2023 15:00 | June 26, 2023 02:45 | 1d 11h | 10,417 | 55K |
EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Minnesota's electricity customers in 2023; outages at utilities it does not see are not counted. Hours per customer divide outage customer-minutes by modeled county customers.
Part of the 2023 US Power Outage Report.
Data from DOE EAGLE-I, every source we read.