Power outages in Nicollet County, MN

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Nicollet County yet. Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, BENCO Electric Cooperative and Brown County Rural Elec Assn serve this county.

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Northern States Power Co - Minnesotano live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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BENCO Electric Cooperativeno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Brown County Rural Elec Assnno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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Renville-Sibley Coop Pwr Assnno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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City of Saint Peterno live feed
iThis 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.
Serves this county, per federal utility records
iFrom EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.
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County outline

Outage history in Nicollet County

2014–2025 record

Nicollet County averaged 6.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Minnesota counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 8. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 4 hours, starting March 11, 2025.

The largest on record began March 11, 2025, with 2,533 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in June.

6.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
iAt 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.
2 hourstypical (median) length
iHalf of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.
20 hourslongest on record (July 2015)
2,533most customers out at once
Largest events (start)Peak outLasted
iHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.
Customer-hours
iCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
March 11, 20252,5334 hours9,275
October 11, 20252,3432 hours3,822
April 30, 20232,0881.5 hours2,871
January 24, 20251,9891.5 hours2,348
October 6, 20211,8363.5 hours5,038

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

iFrom 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.