Power outages in Rice County, MN

We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Rice County yet. Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, Dakota Electric Association and Minnesota Valley Electric Coop 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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Dakota Electric Associationno 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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Minnesota Valley Electric Coopno 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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Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electricno 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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Goodhue County Coop 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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County outline

Outage history in Rice County

2014–2025 record

Rice County averaged 14 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Minnesota counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 12. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 16 hours, starting July 29, 2025.

The largest on record began July 6, 2016, with 12,884 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in June.

14significant 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.
3.1 dayslongest on record (September 2018)
12,884most 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.
July 6, 201612,88424 hours66,021
September 21, 20188,7603.1 days238,631
August 10, 20184,8291 hour4,826
April 19, 20234,73445 minutes2,367
April 12, 20223,8938 hours12,046

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.