Power outages in Empire, MN
Live outages for Empire and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. Empire has 3,063 residents.
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EmpireDakota County
Outage history in Dakota County, which includes Empire
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.
23.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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.1 hourtypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.32 hourslongest on record (September 2021)
21,324most customers out at once
| 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.