Power outages in Cascade County, MT
We don't have a live outage feed for the utilities serving Cascade County yet. NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT), Fergus Electric Coop, Inc and WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration serve this county.
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No live outage data for Cascade County yet.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.i
This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
Outage history in Cascade County
2014–2025 recordCascade County averaged 24.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Montana counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 28. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 14 hours, starting May 5, 2025.
The largest on record began October 5, 2024, with 12,024 customers out at once.
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At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.i
Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| October 5, 2024 | 12,024 | 12 hours | 52,805 |
| May 8, 2024 | 10,468 | 4.1 days | 102,851 |
| April 12, 2021 | 6,002 | 5.5 hours | 16,568 |
| November 8, 2020 | 5,616 | 27 hours | 81,582 |
| February 1, 2020 | 5,244 | 17 hours | 45,331 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.
Cities in Cascade County
Nearby counties
Utilities
- NorthWestern Energy LLC - (MT) no live feed
- Fergus Electric Coop, Inc no live feed
- WAPA-- Western Area Power Administration no live feed
- Sun River Electric Coop, Inc no live feed
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