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Crews Prioritize Major Outages as 90,000 Still Without Power in Minnesota

Xcel Energy is focusing on restoring the largest outages first across the Twin Cities metro.

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Overview

  • More than 90,000 customers statewide remained without electricity Tuesday morning, according to poweroutage.us.
  • Xcel Energy has deployed over 1,000 workers and contractors to repair downed lines and restore service.
  • Scattered smaller outages could extend restoration times, the utility says, as crews focus on the most significant failures first.
  • Wind gusts up to 74 mph toppled large trees across the Twin Cities metro and western Wisconsin, blocking roads and damaging power lines.
  • Residents spent a second day clearing debris under sunny skies and were urged to report downed or sagging lines to Xcel Energy’s hotline.