We've been proudly powering the @mnstatefair for over 100 years. Come along with us as we quiz fairgoers on State Fair energy trivia!. Learn more about how we're powering the Great Minnesota Get-Together:

It’s the first day of the Great MN Get-Together! Find us in the Eco Experience, Grandstand, and Blue Flame Lodge at the @mnstatefair to learn more about energy savings, safety tips and more!. Also, be sure to participate in our scavenger hunt for a chance to win a $500 gift card!

We recently received a key state approval to extend operations at our Prairie Island nuclear plant, marking a crucial milestone in our mission to serve cleaner, more reliable energy to customers across the Upper Midwest. Learn more:

And a special thanks to our friends at the Minnesota State Fair for allowing us to use their grounds as a staging and coordinating site. See you again in a few weeks for the Fair!

We are immensely grateful to our crews who have worked tirelessly in challenging conditions and high heat since storms began. Over 2,000 crew members assisted with restoration efforts, including hundreds of additional workers from our Colorado and Texas service areas.

We have successfully restored power to nearly all 300,000 impacted customers across Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, and remaining outages should be restored this evening. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we worked to restore power this week.

As of this morning, 97% of outages are restored across Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota. We appreciate your patience as we work to restore power to all customers today.

As overnight crews head home to rest and morning crews prepare to head out into the field, safety meetings are held at our service centers to ensure everyone stays healthy and safe as restoration efforts continue.

If you have received a notification that your power has been restored but you remain without power, please ensure the main breaker in your home is flipped to the on position before submitting another outage report. To report a new outage, visit

As restoration efforts continue, power has been restored to over 90% of customers across South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Neighboring utilities offering mutual aid, and crews from our Texas and Colorado service territories joined over 2000 employees in the field today.

For those without power, we appreciate your patience and understanding as we work quickly to restore your power. To check the status of your outage and estimated restoration time, visit

Restoration efforts continue, with over 100,000 customers restored so far today. We're incredibly grateful for our hardworking crews, including employees from @XcelEnergyTX and @XcelEnergyCO, and other utility companies across the Midwest lending help from their crews.

If you're experiencing an outage and haven't reported it yet, visit

Crews are finding widespread damage across the region this morning, working as quickly as possible to repair downed lines, replace damaged equipment and restore power. We'll be deploying teams from our Texas and Colorado service areas as they arrive to help on the ground today.

To report an outage and see estimated restoration times, visit our outage map:

We appreciate your patience and understanding as our crews work diligently in the extreme heat and challenging conditions to restore power.

Today, over 2,000 crew members will be deployed across Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, with additional crews coming in from other regions to assist in restoration efforts.

Destructive storms moved through the region again last night, bringing heavy rain, hail and 65 mph winds, and causing over 140,000 customers to lose power. As soon as storms passed and it was safe, crews worked through the night to restore power to more than 50,000 customers.

We’re monitoring for possible additional storms this evening and appreciate your patience and understanding as crews continue to work in challenging conditions.

We’re committed to restoring power to customers as quickly and safely as possible as storms continue to impact the region. Despite infrastructure damage from high winds, heavy rain, lightning and hail, more than 1,000 crew members have made significant progress restoring service.