Xcel Energy power outage map: Minneapolis and parts of Hennepin County affected

As of 8:40 p.m., nearly 4,000 customers remained without electricity.

Updated on: Jan 26, 2026, 08:26:50 IST

By Shirin Gupta

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Thousands of Xcel Energy customers in Minnesota's Hennepin County, including Minneapolis, were affected by a power outage on Sunday. As of 8:40 p.m., nearly 4,000 customers remained without electricity.

Thousands of Xcel Energy customers in Minnesota's Hennepin County, including Minneapolis, were hit by a power outage. (UnSplash)

According to Find Energy, Hennepin County, Minnesota, has the 47th highest customer ratio of any county in Minnesota and the 47th most power outages of any state.

Scope of outage and restoration efforts in Hennepin County

According to outage maps maintained by poweroutage.us, the outage is concentrated in Minneapolis and surrounding parts of Hennepin County, where Xcel Energy has the highest number of customers affected.

These maps allow residents to see which areas are impacted and provide ongoing status updates on service outages and restorations. As of 9:15 p.m., the crew is working on restoring the power to homes as “quickly and safely as possible.”

The map update further reads, “Please continue to check back for estimated restoration time updates. Thank you for your patience.”

Other counties affected, other than Hennepin, are Anoka, Wright, Washington and Scott with single-digit customers out.

Xcel power outages in other states and counties

Meanwhile, a strong winter storm hit many US states on Sunday, pouring sleet, freezing rain and snow, and bringing temperatures below zero in several areas of the US.

More than a million households and businesses were left without energy as a result of the icy conditions weighing down power cables and breaking infrastructure.

As of 9:15 p.m. EDT, in the Xcel Energy service region, 4,469 residences and businesses are without electricity. That represents 0.1% of the 4,409,635 clients that the utility provides service to.

Most outages are being seen in Gaines, Texas, with 378 customers out of 13,248 in the dark.

Texas: 386
North Dakota: 54
Colorado: 42
Wisconsin: 19
New Mexico: 11

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Shirin Gupta
Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues. Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments. She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog. She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.Read More

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