Minnesota Valley Electric Coop, MN
How often Minnesota Valley Electric Coop goes out
Minnesota's record with Minnesota Valley Electric Coop: 0.7 outages in the most recent filing year, 87 minutes without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 52% less outage time than the Minnesota state average of 3 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Minnesota Valley Electric Coop looks like
2 hours is the average length of a single outage here - past comfortable battery range, which is where a portable generator becomes the better buy. Why outage length, not count, picks the backup: how often vs how long.
What this means for buying a generator
Serving 48,318 customers here, Outages at Minnesota Valley Electric Coop run below the national norm, so a generator is not urgent - still worth checking if you have medical equipment or a sump pump that cannot go without power.
Where this number comes from
Minnesota Valley Electric Coop filed these numbers itself, as a member-owned cooperative, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Minnesota territory, serving 48,318 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Minnesota average instead of just this one utility? Minnesota's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.