Power outages in Dakota County, MN
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Dakota County yet. Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, Dakota Electric Association and Minnesota Valley Electric Coop serve this county.
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No live outage data for Dakota County yet.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in Dakota County
2014–2025 recordDakota County averaged 23.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Minnesota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 22. Half were over within 1 hour; the longest lasted 15 hours, starting July 29, 2025.
The largest on record began April 1, 2023, with 21,324 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| April 1, 2023 | 21,324 | 27 hours | 189,740 |
| June 16, 2022 | 20,538 | 1.5 hours | 10,841 |
| November 15, 2023 | 20,486 | 2 hours | 12,609 |
| June 18, 2023 | 18,971 | 30 minutes | 6,208 |
| June 29, 2022 | 17,679 | 15 minutes | 4,420 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
Cities in Dakota County
Utilities
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota no live feed
- Dakota Electric Association no live feed
- Minnesota Valley Electric Coop no live feed
- Goodhue County Coop Elec Assn no live feed
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