Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, ND
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota's outage record
North Dakota's record with Northern States Power Co - Minnesota: 0.6 outages in the most recent filing year, 88 minutes without power in total, modestly better than the national norm. That is 57% less outage time than the North Dakota state average of 3.4 hours a year.
What a typical outage at Northern States Power Co - Minnesota looks like
A typical outage here runs about 2.7 hours - long enough that a battery alone usually will not see you through, but short enough that a fuel-powered portable generator is a reasonable match. More on that split in how often versus how long an outage runs.
The generator question for Northern States Power Co - Minnesota
Serving 96,332 customers here, Outages at Northern States Power Co - Minnesota 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.
How Northern States Power Co - Minnesota's record was measured
Northern States Power Co - Minnesota filed these numbers itself, as an investor-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire North Dakota territory, serving 96,332 customers here, not a single street or outage. See North Dakota as a whole, across every utility that filed: North Dakota's outage record. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.