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2023 Douglas County, MN Power Outage Report
In 2023, customers in Douglas County, MN went without power for an average of 0.5 hours, a total of 12K customer-hours (Minnesota average 3.0 hours). That ranks 66th worst of 82 Minnesota counties and 2813th of 2,977 nationally.
Compared with MN, the US and 2022
Coverage line is EAGLE-I's share of Minnesota customers tracked each year.
Biggest outages in Douglas County, 2023
The 10 outage episodes with the most customers out at once. Times are UTC.
| # | Started (UTC) | Ended (UTC) | Duration | Peak out | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 25, 2023 16:45 | October 25, 2023 21:15 | 4h 30m | 620 | 2,790 |
| 2 | June 6, 2023 03:30 | June 6, 2023 12:30 | 9h | 381 | 1,821 |
| 3 | November 14, 2023 07:15 | November 14, 2023 13:30 | 6h 15m | 295 | 893 |
| 4 | August 2, 2023 17:45 | August 2, 2023 20:45 | 3h | 232 | 612 |
| 5 | August 9, 2023 14:45 | August 9, 2023 17:30 | 2h 45m | 221 | 168 |
| 6 | May 17, 2023 18:00 | May 17, 2023 19:15 | 1h 15m | 211 | 212 |
| 7 | July 26, 2023 06:15 | July 26, 2023 12:00 | 5h 45m | 209 | 1,202 |
| 8 | August 23, 2023 12:30 | August 23, 2023 15:45 | 3h 15m | 209 | 679 |
| 9 | April 24, 2023 13:45 | April 24, 2023 15:30 | 1h 45m | 194 | 195 |
| 10 | September 16, 2023 14:15 | September 16, 2023 18:30 | 4h 15m | 194 | 166 |
Outage episodes by size in 2023: 18 reached 100+ customers, 0 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 Douglas County reported on EIA Form 861 for 2023, 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 | 2023 | 2.4 hrs | 1.78 | 1.9 hrs | 1.68 |
| Northern States Power Co - Minnesota | 2023 | 1.7 hrs | 0.86 | 74 min | 0.77 |
| Lake Region Electric Cooperative - (MN) | 2023 | 3.5 hrs | 1.84 | 1.7 hrs | 1.02 |
| Todd-Wadena Electric Coop | 2018 | 2.4 hrs | 0.70 | 2.4 hrs | 0.68 |
| Runestone Electric Assn | 2023 | 56 min | 0.58 | 56 min | 0.58 |
| Stearns Cooperative Elec Assn | 2023 | 1.7 hrs | 1.11 | 90 min | 1.08 |
| City of Alexandria - (MN) | 2023 | 10 min | 0.29 | - | - |
About this data
- Outage figures come from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I, which records customers out by county every 15 minutes. EAGLE-I tracked about n/a of Minnesota's customers in 2023; utilities it does not see are not counted.
- Hours per customer = outage customer-minutes ÷ 23,496 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. Douglas County has data for 2015–2025.
Cite this report
MassOutage (massoutage.com), Douglas County, MN annual power outage report, 2023, 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/2023/minnesota/douglas-county