Hennepin County, Minnesota Power Outages, 2015 to 2023

Hennepin County, Minnesota had 12 major outages from 2015 to 2023

Lower outage time among US counties

Residents here averaged 0.38 times the US outage time per person and 1.02 times the Minnesota rate. It ranks 27 of 79 in the state, where 1 has the most. Data confidence: High, with 9 years of records.

1.3major outages per year

7 of 9years with a major outage

98 hrslongest major outage

Jun, Aughardest months

June and August made up 41% of this county's outage time. The largest outage on record began Jun 11, 2017, reached 53,530 customers, and left at least 200 customers out for 97.8 hours.

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Outage impact by year

Customer-hours without power. 1,000 customers out for 2 hours is 2,000 customer-hours.

2015'152016'162017'172018'182019'192020'202021'212022'222023'23

Show yearly numbers

Year	Customer-hours	Reported outages	Major outages
2015	608,050	455	0
2016	620,914	304	1
2017	1,355,962	329	1
2018	955,914	374	2
2019	723,670	408	0
2020	1,443,684	417	1
2021	1,067,234	449	1
2022	2,040,483	460	3
2023	1,907,551	672	3

When outages hit

Share of this county's customer-hours by month.

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Largest outages on record

Start date	Hours	Peak customers	Customer-hours
Jun 11, 2017	97.8	53,530	837,175
May 12, 2022	68.0	54,153	810,192
Jun 24, 2023	31.0	84,596	535,497
Apr 1, 2023	47.8	26,674	414,289
Aug 3, 2022	37.0	46,035	404,954

Hours measure how long at least 200 customers in the county were out. Most customers get power back sooner.

Size your backup battery

Start with what you would keep running. Wattages are typical averages, so check your own appliances.

Phones, Wi-Fi, lights, about 60 WRefrigerator, about 60 WChest freezer, about 40 WGas furnace fan, about 160 W

Hours to cover: 24

1,700 Whof battery capacity, allowing for about 15% conversion loss

If anyone relies on medical equipment, plan that with their provider. Run portable fuel generators outdoors only, at least 20 feet from doors, windows and vents. See the outage checklist.

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How to read this

A major outage lasted at least 8 hours and reached customers equal to at least 1% of county residents.
Records cover outages of at least 200 customers in a county. They do not show what happened on your street.
Utilities that do not report can make a county look better than it is. Data ends in 2023. Read the full method.