Power outages in Freeborn County, MN
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Freeborn County yet. Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative and Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric serve this county.
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No live outage data for Freeborn 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 Freeborn County
2014–2025 recordFreeborn County averaged 8 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Minnesota counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 21. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 13 hours, starting August 9, 2025.
The largest on record began May 4, 2015, with 4,278 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in April.
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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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| May 4, 2015 | 4,278 | 4 hours | 12,961 |
| August 6, 2025 | 2,571 | 2.5 hours | 5,048 |
| March 16, 2015 | 2,568 | 45 minutes | 1,926 |
| November 11, 2014 | 2,561 | 2 hours | 3,307 |
| August 9, 2025 | 2,142 | 13 hours | 13,252 |
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 Freeborn County
Utilities
- Northern States Power Co - Minnesota no live feed
- Freeborn Mower Electric Cooperative no live feed
- Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric no live feed
- Heartland Power Coop no live feed
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