Minnesota time-of-use hours by utility

Every Minnesota electric utility we track with at least one active time-of-use rate plan, with peak and off-peak hours verified against the published tariff. Periods only — no price values.

8Utilities covered
28Active TOU plans
1,115ZIP codes covered

Every TOU schedule on this page verified since

Utilities in Minnesota

Sorted by number of customers served in Minnesota.

Northern States Power Co - MinnesotaInvestor Owned · 6 plans Connexus EnergyCooperative · 4 plans ALLETE, Inc.Investor Owned · 1 plan Dakota Electric AssociationCooperative · 4 plans East Central EnergyCooperative · 1 plan Rochester Public UtilitiesMunicipal · 5 plans Wright-Hennepin Coop Elec AssnCooperative · 2 plans Otter Tail Power CoInvestor Owned · 5 plans

Frequently asked

  1. What are the typical time-of-use on-peak hours in Minnesota?

    Across the 6 residential TOU plans tou.tools tracks in Minnesota, the most common on-peak window is 4 PM – 8 PM (2 plans); others run 2 PM – 8 PM and 7 AM – 10 AM. Every hour outside the on-peak (and any mid-peak) window is billed as off-peak. Exact boundaries vary by utility and plan — see each utility's schedule above.

  2. Which electric utilities in Minnesota offer time-of-use rate plans?

    tou.tools tracks 8 Minnesota utilities with at least one active TOU rate plan — 28 active schedules in total. The largest by customers served are Northern States Power Co - Minnesota, Connexus Energy, and ALLETE, Inc.. They span investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities, and electric cooperatives. The full list above is sorted by customers served.

  3. Do Minnesota time-of-use peak hours apply on weekends?

    On the residential TOU plans we track in Minnesota, on-peak hours apply on weekdays only — weekends are off-peak across all 6 plans. Many tariffs also treat observed holidays as off-peak; the Days column in each schedule above shows the exact rule.

  4. Do Minnesota time-of-use hours change by season?

    Some do. Of the 6 residential TOU plans we track in Minnesota, 1 shift their period boundaries between seasons (typically summer and winter), while 5 keep the same hours year-round. Each schedule above lists its exact season dates.

  5. When is the cheapest time to charge an EV in Minnesota?

    tou.tools tracks 11 EV-specific rate plans in Minnesota (EV-1, EV-FLEET, EV-SUB, EV-TOU, EV-TOU-DEDICATED, EV-TOU-RIDER, MN-10-07-EV, MN-A08, MN-A80, RES-TOD-EV, and SCHEDULE-57). On EV time-of-use plans the lowest-cost window is generally the overnight super-off-peak or off-peak period; charging then avoids the on-peak window. See the EV plan schedules for the exact hours.

  6. How do I find which Minnesota utility serves a specific address or ZIP code?

    tou.tools maps 1,115 Minnesota ZIP codes to the utilities that serve them. Because service territories can overlap, a ZIP may return more than one candidate utility; supplying a full street address resolves it to a single utility via a geocoded point-in-territory lookup. The REST API and MCP server both return the matching utility and its current TOU period.

For developers & agents

Time-of-use periods for all of Minnesota, one API.

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