Updated: Thousands Temporarily Left Without Power In, Around Maple Grove Tuesday

A power outage left 5,145 Xcel Energy customers without power Tuesday afternoon.

The outage started about 12:15 p.m. and was restored about 1:32 p.m. Tuesday, according to Xcel Energy media representative Tom Hoen. The Xcel Energy outage map indicated restoration was “in progress” as of 2:10 p.m.

The outage was due to a cable failure, Hoen said.

Customers in the northwest corner of Maple Grove as well as the portions of the surrounding communities of Dayton, Osseo, Hamel, Rogers and Corcoran were impacted.

Update: 2:46 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18

According to the Xcel Energy outage map, the larger outage of more than 5,000 customers is no longer in effect. However, outages were now shown for a total of 1,883 customers in Maple Grove and Osseo which began at around 2:15 p.m. with expected restoration by 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Xcel Energy could not confirm whether the additional outages were to the larger outage occurring shortly after noon.

Updated 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18

Yet another update to the Xcel Energy outage map is reflecting 3,344 customers in the Maple Grove, Osseo area without power as of 1:52 p.m. with expected restoration 3:47 p.m. As of 3:20 p.m., the estimated restoration time was pushed out to 4:17 p.m.

Updated 4:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18

Despite an estimated restoration time of 4:28 p.m., the Xcel Energy continues to report an outage for 3,344 Maple Grove and Osseo residents. Some areas included, according to residents on the Maple Grove Patch Facebook page near Weaver Lake Elementary, route: {:controller=>"listings", :action=>"show", :id=>"weaver-lake-elementary-school-2"} --> and